Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision Of Payment Card Services
Notice Description
Provision of payment card services to help with speed of access, as well as recovery when needed.
Lot Information
Lot 1
A Prepaid Card System was implemented in 2019 after a Financial Audit had identified failings with financial monitoring not being carried out in a timely fashion. This was due to paperwork needing to be collated from the Service user. Audit had also identified significant balances of unspent funds that were not being recovered, this was due to the Service user being paid funds into an account that is owned by them, making it difficult for Council to get money back. The system implemented addressed the issues identified by Audit and has proven to allow the Council to recover unspent funds saving the council to date in excess of 6million GBP. The old manual process caused undue stress to Service users due to the financial monitoring returns required. The current system removes the barriers for users who are not able to take responsibility for completing financial monitoring but are capable or arranging their own care. The current contract is due to end February 2024. The Service are seeking to ensure they have a system beyond this date to continue to provide an efficient service and enable savings to continue by being able to reclaim unspent funds. Corporate Appointee accounts are to be added to the system
Procurement Information
A desktop exercise was conducted under the NEPO 505 Framework and it was decided that no other member of the Framework met the required criteria to award, leaving no option but to direct award.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000763418
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503555
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £28,091 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Feb 20242 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- cpss@aberdeencity.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1467539600
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERDEEN
- Postcode
- AB16 5GB
- Post Town
- Aberdeen
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Electoral Ward
- Midstocket/Rosemount
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberdeen North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503555
Provision Of Payment Card Services - Provision of payment card services to help with speed of access, as well as recovery when needed.
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