---
title: "Card Acquiring Tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043bec"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER"
published: "2024-07-24"
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# Card Acquiring Tender

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043bec

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## Summary

The University of Chester, a public body governed by UK procurement law, has completed the Card Acquiring Tender process. This procurement, classified under banking services (CPV 66110000), aimed to secure card acquiring services, including processing, authorisation, and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions across various channels such as Chip and PIN, contactless payments, Mail Order/Telephone Order, and online e-commerce. The notice details the awarding of the contract to Global Payments, effective from 2nd July 2024, with a total value of £250,000 for a period of seven years, including possible extensions. The procurement process employed an open procedure method and the initial tender was launched on 21st February 2024.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in payment processing and merchant services. Companies with capabilities in providing efficient, cost-effective, and technologically adaptive solutions are particularly well-suited to compete. The University sought partners who can exceed user expectations and support both current and future requirements. Firms with robust support teams and dedicated relationship managers for the education sector have a competitive edge. Therefore, this tender provides an attractive prospect for businesses that can bring innovative, reliable, and scalable payment solutions to educational institutions.

## Notice

This Award Notice follows the University of Chester seeking tenders for its card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University's current and future requirements. Please note the values in this notice are rounded up and are for the full potential 7 years of the contract including optional extension periods.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This award notice follows University of Chester having tendered for card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University was seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. The values entered into this notice are rounded up and for the value of the full 7 years including optional extensions.

Renewal: The initial contract is for 5 years with 2 potential extension years, after this the requirement may be retendered.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023081-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Mar 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jul 2024 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £750,000 |
| Lots value | £750,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £250,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER |
| Locality | CHESTER |
| Post town | Chester |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Chester City & the Garden Quarter |
| Westminster constituency | Chester North and Neston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GLOBAL PAYMENTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66110000 - Banking services

## Release History

- 24 Jul 2024 at 14:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023081-2024
- 21 Mar 2024 at 16:20 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009251-2024
- 21 Feb 2024 at 16:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005708-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.chester.ac.uk
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester

## Provenance

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