--- title: "Payment Gateway" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e697" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e697" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e697.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e697.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)" published: "2026-08-18" --- # Payment Gateway Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e697 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e697) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e697.json) ## Summary The University of Nottingham intends to procure a payment gateway service provider. The requirement is for a payment gateway solution serving domestic and international students, together with the University’s online shop. This is a software and information systems requirement, including the technology needed to process and support online payments across these user groups and sales activity. Delivery is associated with the University’s operations in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The buying organisation is the University of Nottingham, a public authority and higher education institution. The procurement is categorised as goods, although the requirement is centred on the provision and operation of a payment gateway service and its supporting software solution. This procurement is at the planning stage and the University is conducting preliminary market engagement rather than inviting tenders. Organisations wishing to participate in the planned engagement are expected to submit a Preliminary Market Engagement response through the University’s Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal by 18 September 2026 at 17:00. The engagement is intended to gather market information and is not a call for competition. The planned contract is expected to run from 1 March 2028 to 28 February 2033, with a renewal or extension option allowing it to continue until 28 February 2035. The procurement is planned as a single lot and an indicative contract value has not been published. This engagement will suit payment gateway providers and software companies able to deliver an online payments solution for both domestic and international students, while also supporting an institutional online shop. Relevant suppliers are likely to have experience integrating payment technology into several customer-facing payment journeys and operating a solution that can serve a university’s student and commercial activities. Businesses with established payment gateway platforms, implementation capability and the capacity to support multiple user groups should monitor the requirement as it develops. Small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as voluntary, community and social enterprises, are identified as suitable for the planned lot. The immediate focus is preparation and market engagement, not submitting a competitive tender. ## Notice The University of Nottingham (UoN) requires an Payment Gateway Service Provider (the Provider) to provide a payment gateway solution for Domestic and International Students as well as an on-line shop. ### Planning Information More information - can be accessed through below tendering portal. Create Supplier Portal account (xxxx) or Sign-In to Supplier Portal account (https://nottingham.ac.uk/unicore). To view Active Negotiations - Scroll to the 'Supplier Portal' menu option and click the 'Supplier Portal' tile. Click on 'View Active Negotiations' link, under the Tasks panel. Use the search fields to find relevant Negotiations, then click 'Search' (** a value must be provided for at least one of the indicated fields). To search for Active Negotiations where you have not received a direct invitation (i.e. an 'Open' opportunity), select 'No' under the 'Invitation Received' search field, then click 'Search'. The Search Results will display accordingly. Select the Negotiation number hyperlink (N0000205) and access the opportunity. Additional detail and guidance can be found at (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/dts/accounts-and-access/unicore/unicore.aspx), within the 'Information for suppliers of goods and services' section. Where an organisation would like to participate and be invited for the tender opportunity, it shall complete and submit the Preliminary Market Engagement response document to the University by 18 September 2026, 17:00. Your organisation must submit the Preliminary Market Engagement response document to the UoN via the UoN's Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is intended to facilitate early market engagement only and is not a call for competition. The UoN shall not be held liable for any costs whatsoever resulting directly or indirectly from participation in this PME, and is issued to provide and gather information only. The information contained within this PME, or in any communication made between the UoN and any organisation (in relation to this requirement), must not be assumed as creating a contract or agreement. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078564-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | 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 | 18 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 18 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Mar 2028 - 28 Feb 2033 | | 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 | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) | | Locality | NOTTINGHAM | | Postcode area | Nottingham | | Postcode | NG8 1BB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham | | Local authority | Nottingham | | Electoral ward | Lenton & Wollaton East | | Westminster constituency | Nottingham South | | Delivery location | TLF14 Nottingham | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems ## Release History - 18 Aug 2026 at 13:57 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078564-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078564-2026 18th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://nottingham.ac.uk/unicore - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/dts/accounts-and-access/unicore/unicore.aspx ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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