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Clean Air Zone Go cardless Payment

Newcastle City Council

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01 Sep 2026 at 16:10

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Newcastle City Council procured a payment service for charges associated with its Clean Air Zone. The requirement covers financial and insurance services, specifically enabling Clean Air Zone payments through GoCardless. The buying organisation is Newcastle City Council, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and the service is to support the council’s Clean Air Zone activity in the United Kingdom. The procurement was for one requirement rather than a range of separately described goods, works or services. The arrangement is intended to provide the council with a payment facility without charging the council. This opportunity is therefore relevant to businesses providing payment processing, direct debit or related financial transaction services for local-authority transport or environmental charging schemes.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Newcastle City Council used a direct award below the threshold without competition, and selected GOCARDLESS LTD. The contract was signed on 24 August 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2029. Its recorded value is £0 gross and £0 excluding tax. The contract is active and the award is active. There was one completed lot. The stated procurement basis was a direct award, with no competitive tender or reported evaluation between bids. The arrangement is described as involving no charge to the council. Businesses reviewing this outcome should note that the requirement was awarded through a non-competitive below-threshold route rather than an open market exercise.

This award demonstrates established council demand for payment processing linked to a Clean Air Zone, delivered through a direct-award route and a commercial model that does not charge the council. A credible future supplier would need proven financial or payment-services capability, suitable infrastructure for collecting and processing Clean Air Zone payments, and the operational capacity to support a local authority reliably. Experience with direct debit or comparable public-facing payment journeys would be relevant to the requirement. Suppliers should also be able to offer a clear, workable pricing model for the council and demonstrate that their service can operate securely and consistently at the scale required by a city-wide charging scheme.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Clean Air Zone Go cardless Payment

Notice Description

Direct award to GoCardless, no charge to the council.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efdb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082807-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

CPV Codes

66000000 - Financial and insurance services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Dec 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Newcastle City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 8QH
Postcode Area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

GoCardless Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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