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title: "Payments, Appointeeships and Disbursement Services (PADS)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05e477"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED"
published: "2025-11-19"
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# Payments, Appointeeships and Disbursement Services (PADS)

Buyer: THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e477

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## Summary

The Association of North East Councils Limited is leading a planned procurement process for a project titled "Payments, Appointeeships and Disbursement Services (PADS)" within the financial services industry. This initiative, in collaboration with ESPO and YPO, seeks to introduce a comprehensive solution for Prepaid, Corporate, and Appointee payments. The procurement is currently at the planning stage, with a pipeline notice published on 19th November 2025. The project includes four key service lots and is scheduled to commence on 21st September 2026, ending by 20th September 2030, with potential extension until 2032. This opportunity is available to NEPO members and associate members across the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man, focusing broadly on services procurement.

This tender presents substantial business growth opportunities, especially for companies specialising in financial and insurance services, financial information systems, and the provision of magnetic card solutions. Businesses with capabilities in delivering prepaid, corporate procurement cards, appointeeship, deputyship programmes and digital payment solutions could greatly benefit from being involved. Given the inclusion of a framework agreement, participating businesses could secure longer-term engagements and access to multiple contracting authorities, enhancing their market reach in the public sector. Interested businesses should prepare to engage with NEPO through associate membership to participate in this framework agreement.

## Notice

NEPO in collaboration with ESPO and YPO are seeking to establish a new solution in relation to the supply of Prepaid, Corporate and Appointee payments. It is envisaged that the solution will comprise four lots: Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments, providing prepaid card accounts that operate like standard debit cards but without an overdraft facility, enabling secure, controlled fund disbursement; Lot 2 - Corporate Payments, offering commercial procurement cards (P-Cards) to streamline purchasing, enhance spend visibility and deliver process efficiencies; Lot 3 - Appointeeship & Deputyship Payments, designed to manage direct payments, appointee and deputyship programmes, with strong safeguarding, spend controls, and real-time monitoring; Lot 4 - Digital Pay Out Services, enabling authorities to make high-volume, secure, and instant digital payments for purposes such as grants, payroll, hardship funds, and emergency support. *NEPO is a Centralised Procurement Authority as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), providing central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities. *The agreement will be available to NEPO Member Authorities and all current and future Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: https://www.nepo.org/associate-members *NEPO intends to make the agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Procurement Act 2023). *A list of permissible users available at: http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users *Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075256-2025 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 20 Sep 2026 - 20 Sep 2030 |
| 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED |
| Additional buyers | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, TRADING AS ESPO; YORKSHIRE PURCHASING ORGANISATION |
| Locality | NORTHERN DESIGN CENTRE, ABBOTS HILL, BALTIC BUSINESS QUARTER, GATESHEAD |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE8 3DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE45 Wakefield |
| Local authority | Wakefield |
| Electoral ward | Wrenthorpe and Outwood West |
| Westminster constituency | Wakefield and Rothwell |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 30160000 - Magnetic cards
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

## Release History

- 19 Nov 2025 at 14:05 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075256-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075256-2025
  19th November 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nepo.org
- http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users
- https://www.espo.org/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.nepo.org/associate-members
- https://www.ypo.co.uk/

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