---
title: "Payment services provider and merchant acquirer for card payments at Cheshire East Borough Council's Car Parks"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077e76"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Cheshire East Borough Council"
published: "2026-10-01"
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# Payment services provider and merchant acquirer for card payments at Cheshire East Borough Council's Car Parks

Buyer: Cheshire East Borough Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077e76

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## Summary

Cheshire East Council is seeking a combined payment services provider and merchant acquirer to deliver end-to-end processing for card payments at car park payment machines across the borough. The service must support three types of parking payment machine. This is a payment-processing service for council car parks, rather than a purchase of parking equipment or a general software supply. Delivery is across Cheshire East, with the council as the buyer.

The council invited offers through an open procedure. The enquiry deadline was 16 October 2026 at 12:00 noon; tenders were due by 27 October 2026 at 12:00 noon. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030, with one possible 12-month extension to 31 January 2031. The estimated value is £400,000 excluding VAT (£480,000 including VAT). Price carries 80% of the evaluation score; quality and social value each carry 10%. Quality covers downtime and fault resolution, transaction speed and contract review meetings. Suppliers must provide relevant experience, with up to three contract examples addressing the project requirements. The award decision was due by 11 November 2026.

The requirement suits payment service providers and merchant acquirers able to deliver a combined, end-to-end card payment service across different parking machine types. Suppliers will need to demonstrate reliable processing at car parks, including efficient transactions and effective handling of faults, downtime and slow processing. Experience on relevant contracts is important: bids are assessed against examples of up to three contracts and how they meet the project’s specific requirements. The council also expects suppliers to explain how they will review performance with its staff, including quarterly account review meetings. Small and medium-sized businesses are considered suitable for this opportunity. Social value forms part of the assessment, so suppliers should be ready to set out their offer in this area. The service is borough-wide, requiring delivery across multiple council car parks.

## Notice

A tender for the provision of Combined Payment Services/ Merchant acquirer (PSP/MA) for car parking machines across Cheshire East Borough. This requirement is for an end to end payment processing service. The winning bidder must be able to provide Combined Payment Services Provider /Merchant Acquiring for 3 types of parking payment machines across the borough.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Initial contract period is 3 years to January 2030 with 1 x 12 month extension - giving a final possible end date of January 2031

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092760-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2030 |
| Recurrence | 2026-11-12 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £400,000 |
| Lots value | £400,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cheshire East Borough Council |
| Locality | CREWE |
| Postcode area | Crewe |
| Postcode | CW1 2JZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD62 Cheshire East |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Electoral ward | Crewe Central |
| Westminster constituency | Crewe and Nantwich |
| Delivery location | TLD62 Cheshire East |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2026 at 11:37 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092760-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092760-2026
  1st October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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