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title: "Banking Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f0c4"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Huntingdonshire District Council"
published: "2026-09-02"
---

# Banking Services

Buyer: Huntingdonshire District Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f0c4

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## Summary

Huntingdonshire District Council procured general banking services for its public-service operations. The requirement covers general banking services, including the banking support needed by a district council, and falls within the banking services category (CPV 66110000). The work is associated with the council in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The buyer is Huntingdonshire District Council, a local authority. The appointed provider is NatWest Group, a large banking organisation based in London. This requirement is therefore relevant to banks and banking groups able to provide broad corporate banking services to a local authority, rather than to suppliers offering narrow financial products, unrelated professional services or general administrative support. The procurement was made through a recognised banking framework arrangement.

The procurement has reached completion and an active award was made to NatWest Group on 2 September 2026. The related contract was signed on the same date for £169,513. The published requirement describes an initial two-year contract term, with three options to extend for further 12-month periods. It used a limited procedure through a direct award under framework agreement NEPO531 General Banking Services, without prior publication of a call for competition. One bid was recorded. The stated award basis was price. The procurement was treated as outside the scope of the relevant directive under the stated rationale. The single lot is recorded as cancelled, while the supplier award and contract are recorded as active; businesses should read the outcome in that context.

For a bank that did not secure this award, the outcome provides a clear benchmark for supplying general banking services to Huntingdonshire District Council. A credible future competitor would need to deliver a broad corporate banking service suitable for a local authority, manage the operational and compliance demands of public-sector banking, and demonstrate dependable service across the council’s banking needs. Price was the stated basis for the award, so cost competitiveness would be central alongside service capability. The successful supplier’s scale indicates that capacity to support an institutional customer is important. Experience of public-sector banking and access to a framework route comparable to NEPO531 would also strengthen a supplier’s position when pursuing this buyer’s recurring requirement.

## Notice

Provision of general banking services.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

General banking services.

Options: 3 options to extend for 12 month periods following the initial 2 year contract term.

### Procurement Information

The contract has been awarded in line with the direct award procedure permitted by framework NEPO531 General Banking Services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083245-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £169,513 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Huntingdonshire District Council |
| Locality | CAMBRIDGESHIRE |
| Postcode area | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE29 3TN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Huntingdonshire |
| Electoral ward | Huntingdon North |
| Westminster constituency | Huntingdon |
| Delivery location | TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Natwest Group |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66110000 - Banking services

## Release History

- 2 Sep 2026 at 18:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083245-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk

## Provenance

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