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title: "GB-London: Secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services"
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buyer: "FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME"
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# GB-London: Secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services

Buyer: FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dad20662-849c-4e78-9542-993f7a295f32

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## Summary

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is currently at the Award stage for the procurement process titled "Secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services". This contract, valued at £188,500, aims to establish Service Contracts with two service providers for key financial services. The tender period concluded on 16 April 2019, while the contract period runs from 23 April 2019 to 9 September 2022. The services are required in London, United Kingdom, and fall under the industry category of "Financial and insurance services".

This procurement opportunity presents significant growth potential for businesses, particularly those specialising in secure printing and payment services, given the need for implementation and standby services, as well as cheque production and handling. Large-scale suppliers that can meet stringent security standards and manage high volumes of transactions would be well-suited to compete for this contract, especially those with experience in sensitive material handling and compliance with financial regulations.

## Notice

FSCS is seeking to award Service Contracts to two (2) individual Service Providers for the provision of secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services comprising the following: 1. Implementation Services: -Put in place standby and payment services capable of anytime short notice invocation. -Supplier project management of design, including End to End testing, through to implementation of standby service. 2. Standby Services: -Cheque base-stock and envelope stock production and storage capability, or outsource/sub-contract facilities for same -Security around plant, stock and process consistent with sensitive materials and mail handling, and accredited cheque production 3. Payment Services: -Printing, enclosing and dispatching cheques to the required standards within the required timeframes -Receiving data for up to two (2) million records on Day 1, and ensuring all records are dispatched by last post before the end of Day 4 (exceptions apply to non-Business days). -Receipt/transmission of data in FSCS prescribed pipe delimited .txt via a Secure File Transfer (SFTP), a secure method over the Internet (e.g. SFTP, Portal or Website secured by TLS 1.2 or higher) , Error handling and Management Information Reporting over invocation period via same protocol. -Returned mail handling and reporting facility Each Contract for Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services will be the same and it is intention that FSCS will award the Primary Service Provider contract to the Tenderer having submitted the most economically advantageous tender then Secondary Service Provider contract to Tenderer of the second most economically advantageous tender. All Service Providers shall be required to provide Implementation services to set up services, and Standby Services following 'set up' for the term of the contract. Pay-out services will be on a tiered approach as described below. The work to be allocated to the Service-Providers is on a tiered basis so that Primary Provider is preferred followed by Secondary Provider where Primary Provider is unable to meet all or part of the requirement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72f547c9-4f7a-4e42-82cf-d1215314bbaf |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Nov 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Apr 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Apr 2019 |
| Contract period | 22 Apr 2019 - 9 Sep 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £188,500 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £188,500 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC3A 7QU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Portsoken |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | ADARE SEC; INTEGRITY PRINT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

## Release History

- 26 Nov 2019 at 09:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72f547c9-4f7a-4e42-82cf-d1215314bbaf

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72f547c9-4f7a-4e42-82cf-d1215314bbaf
  26th November 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=450146178
  Please follow this link to view the notice.

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