--- title: "Pre Paid Cards for Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-069914" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-069914" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069914.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069914.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2026-05-14" --- # Pre Paid Cards for Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service Buyer: CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-069914 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-069914) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069914.json) ## Summary Caerphilly County Borough Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process aimed at implementing a prepaid card solution for its Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service. This procurement falls under the "services" category within the banking and smart card technology industries, with an indicative contract value of £100,000. The purpose is to support adults who cannot manage their own finances, enabling them to access discretionary funds for daily activities. The early market engagement phase is underway to gather insight and shape the requirements, with expressions of interest (EOI) due by 12 noon on 6th June 2026. The procurement process is in Hengoed, Wales, under the UK devolved regulations framework. This procurement presents significant opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to provide solutions that assist in financial transactions for individuals under public authority accountability. Businesses offering innovative fintech solutions, especially those focusing on secure, adaptable, and user-friendly prepaid card systems, would be ideal candidates to engage in this preliminary market assessment. The planned engagement and potential subsequent tender offer a pathway to establish or expand market presence by demonstrating unique capabilities in financial service innovation and client-oriented solutions. ## Notice The Council is carrying out early market engagement to help plan a future procurement for an FSCS protected money account system with pre paid / carer card solution to support its Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service. The Authority supports adults who are unable to manage their own finances. The Council is looking to understand what solutions are available to help people access day to day discretionary money (for example shopping and activities), and, where appropriate, to withdraw small amounts of cash from an ATM. The Authority will continue to act as the legal Deputy or Appointee and will retain all decision making responsibility. The Council requires to engage with the market for suitable suppliers to share non binding information about their services, including: * how discretionary spending and controlled ATM withdrawals are managed, with the ability to turn ATM access on or off and set limits for individual clients; * how proxy or secondary cards can be used safely to reduce the need for PIN sharing; * available spending controls, alerts and exception reporting; * audit and reporting features, including reporting on ATM withdrawals and system audit logs; * typical implementation timescales, support arrangements and service levels; * how client funds are held and protected (for example safeguarded Mastercard products and/or FSCS protected bank accounts); and * transparent pricing models. This notice is for information gathering only. It is not a call for competition and taking part will not provide any advantage in any future procurement. This type of notice is used to help the Council to understand the market and shape its requirements before deciding how to proceed Providers wishing to take part in the preliminary market engagement are to access the EOI from Proactis, complete and return by attaching to the project in Proactis and submitting. To access the expression of interest document, providers must log into the Councils e tendering system - Proactis Plaza as per the link below: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Once registered (if not already registered on the system) go to "Opportunities" and search "RQST14754" or "Pre Paid Cards for Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service" Complete the expression of interest form and attach appropriate question in the project. The expression of interest must be submitted no later than 12 Noon Friday 06 June 2026 via Proacts Portal. The Council will not accept expression of interests via any other mechanism. Following the preliminary market engagement which may involve a suppler event, the Council will decide the route to market - an open competitive tendering process or utilising a compliant framework. The issue of the Preliminary Market Engagement does not commit the Council to commence a procurement process. The dates and figures are indicative and will be confirmed for the tender notice ### Planning Information The Council is carrying out early market engagement to help plan a future procurement for an FSCS protected money account system with pre paid / carer card solution to support its Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service. The Authority supports adults who are unable to manage their own finances. The Council is looking to understand what solutions are available to help people access day to day discretionary money (for example shopping and activities), and, where appropriate, to withdraw small amounts of cash from an ATM. The Authority will continue to act as the legal Deputy or Appointee and will retain all decision making responsibility. The Council requires to engage with the market for suitable suppliers to share non binding information about their services, including: • how discretionary spending and controlled ATM withdrawals are managed, with the ability to turn ATM access on or off and set limits for individual clients; • how proxy or secondary cards can be used safely to reduce the need for PIN sharing; • available spending controls, alerts and exception reporting; • audit and reporting features, including reporting on ATM withdrawals and system audit logs; • typical implementation timescales, support arrangements and service levels; • how client funds are held and protected (for example safeguarded Mastercard products and/or FSCS protected bank accounts); and • transparent pricing models. This notice is for information gathering only. It is not a call for competition and taking part will not provide any advantage in any future procurement. This type of notice is used to help the Council to understand the market and shape its requirements before deciding how to proceed. Providers wishing to take part in the preliminary market engagement are to access the EOI from Proactis, complete and return by attaching to the project in Proactis and submitting.To access the expression of interest document, providers must log into the Councils e tendering system - Proactis Plaza as per the link below:https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/LoginOnce registered (if not already registered on the system) go to "Opportunities" and search "RQST14754" or "Pre Paid Cards for Public Authority Deputyship and Corporate Appointeeship service"Complete the expression of interest form and attach appropriate question in the project. The expression of interest must be submitted no later than 12 Noon Friday 06 June 2026 via Proacts Portal. The Council will not accept expression of interests via any other mechanism.Following the preliminary market engagement which may involve a suppler event, the Council will decide the route to market - an open competitive tendering process or utilising a compliant framework. The issue of the Preliminary Market Engagement does not commit the Council to commence a procurement process. The dates and figures are indicative and will be confirmed for the tender notice ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044524-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 May 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Jul 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | HENGOED | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF82 7PG | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL53 Gwent Valleys | | Local authority | Caerphilly | | Electoral ward | Ystrad Mynach | | Westminster constituency | Caerphilly | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 66 - Financial and insurance services ### Codes - 30162000 - Smart cards - 66110000 - Banking services ## Release History - 14 May 2026 at 15:06 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044524-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044524-2026 14th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk - https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login - https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/LoginOnce - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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