---
title: "Clean Air Zone Go cardless Payment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06efdb"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Newcastle City Council"
published: "2026-09-01"
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# Clean Air Zone Go cardless Payment

Buyer: Newcastle City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06efdb

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## Summary

Newcastle City Council procured a payment service for charges associated with its Clean Air Zone. The requirement covers financial and insurance services, specifically enabling Clean Air Zone payments through GoCardless. The buying organisation is Newcastle City Council, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and the service is to support the council’s Clean Air Zone activity in the United Kingdom. The procurement was for one requirement rather than a range of separately described goods, works or services. The arrangement is intended to provide the council with a payment facility without charging the council. This opportunity is therefore relevant to businesses providing payment processing, direct debit or related financial transaction services for local-authority transport or environmental charging schemes.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Newcastle City Council used a direct award below the threshold without competition, and selected GOCARDLESS LTD. The contract was signed on 24 August 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2029. Its recorded value is £0 gross and £0 excluding tax. The contract is active and the award is active. There was one completed lot. The stated procurement basis was a direct award, with no competitive tender or reported evaluation between bids. The arrangement is described as involving no charge to the council. Businesses reviewing this outcome should note that the requirement was awarded through a non-competitive below-threshold route rather than an open market exercise.

This award demonstrates established council demand for payment processing linked to a Clean Air Zone, delivered through a direct-award route and a commercial model that does not charge the council. A credible future supplier would need proven financial or payment-services capability, suitable infrastructure for collecting and processing Clean Air Zone payments, and the operational capacity to support a local authority reliably. Experience with direct debit or comparable public-facing payment journeys would be relevant to the requirement. Suppliers should also be able to offer a clear, workable pricing model for the council and demonstrate that their service can operate securely and consistently at the scale required by a city-wide charging scheme.

## Notice

Direct award to GoCardless, no charge to the council.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082807-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Dec 2029 |
| 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 | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Newcastle City Council |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 8QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GoCardless Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2026 at 16:10 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082807-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082807-2026
  1st September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://gocardless.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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