--- title: "Payment Service Provider & Merchant Acquirer" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL" published: "2023-07-11" --- # Payment Service Provider & Merchant Acquirer Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b4f06dbe-b8fa-456f-a09f-89b9e47e0854.json) ## Summary The University of Bristol has issued a planning stage tender for a contract titled "Payment Service Provider & Merchant Acquirer" in the international payment transfer services category. The procurement process involves engaging potential suppliers, with an engagement end date set for 4th August 2023. The University seeks a single supplier to deliver various payment integration requirements, including student and commercial payment channels separation, student payment portals integration, and management information on payment volumes and values. This tender from the University of Bristol offers business growth opportunities for suppliers specializing in international payment transfer services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in payment processing systems and compliance with PCI-DSS standards would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The University's requirement for secure and efficient payment processing solutions presents a niche market opportunity for businesses offering card processing/acquiring services and advanced technical support across multiple campus locations. ## Notice OUR AIMS - WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE The UoB is looking for a single supplier to deliver the following requirements: - To clearly separate student and commercial payment channels, with pay-ments coming into separate bank accounts. - Student-facing payment portals must integrate with our student management and accounting systems (SITS/SAM) - clearly showing students the precise amount payable from their financial statement and available payment op-tions. - Student-facing payment portals must also integrate with our accommodation system (StarRez), allowing payment of accommodation deposits and ad-hoc charges as well as the issue of payments to students where required. - An option to process payments from third parties (parents) on students' be-half. - Student payment channels must capture metadata around the transaction including student / course information (ideally configurable by us), and rela-tionship of payer to student, to enable simple/automated matching of pay-ments received to student accounts and to support anti-fraud and money laundering controls - Ability to offer students and their parents a range of payment methods, in-cluding card payment and bank transfer (using an online portal to manage the quality of reference information), and potentially a recurring card payment option, for both domestic and international payers. UoB will continue to run our own Direct Debit collection process. - It is desirable that all student payment options will be offered via a single por-tal, rather than having to link to multiple services from the UoB website. - The University handles US Loans, and we are interested to know about any solutions suppliers have for managing this. - The University receives commercial income from a range of sources includ-ing Amazon, Google Pay, Stripe, our payment services provider, our catering Epos system (currently out for tender), and card readers across the campus. Therefore the supplier will need to interface and align to existing infrastruc-ture. - The University requires PCI-DSS compliant, P2P encrypted card readers in a range of locations across campus, including full technical support. - The University requires card processing/acquiring - whether supplied by the PSP or separately in partnership. This includes having acquiring in place for card payments received from our card readers and incoming Epos system - therefore acquirers able to work with a range of main market Epos suppliers may be preferred - The University requires clear management information from all payment channels showing volumes and value of payments received, and cost of transactions through each route. Additional information: For further information please see the published PIN notice: Notice Number 2023/S 000-019799 Link https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019799-2023 Notice Reference 2023-041985 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d01620-46d5-4260-aeed-f05373ac958b | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Aug 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS1 5DS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of | | Local authority | Bristol, City of | | Electoral ward | Central | | Westminster constituency | Bristol Central | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 66 - Financial and insurance services ### Codes - 66115000 - International payment transfer services ## Release History - 11 Jul 2023 at 13:55 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d01620-46d5-4260-aeed-f05373ac958b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d01620-46d5-4260-aeed-f05373ac958b 11th July 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019799-2023 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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