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title: "Banking and Merchant Acquirer Service"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000488341"
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buyer: "ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL"
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# Banking and Merchant Acquirer Service

Buyer: ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000488341

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## Summary

Argyll and Bute Council is conducting a procurement process for a "Banking and Merchant Acquirer Service" aimed at establishing partnerships for two specific service lots: Banking Services and Merchant Acquirer Services. This tender was first initiated with an open procurement method, and the tender period ended on 24 April 2017. The entire project, overseen by Argyll and Bute Council, is located in Lochgilphead, UK, and falls within the economic affairs category, indicative of its nature related to financial services.

This opportunity is ideal for financial institutions and service providers with expertise in banking and payment processing systems. Businesses that can demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements outlined, including managing various financial services and facilitating card transactions, would be well placed to compete. Given the focus on community benefits, suppliers who can also contribute to local community initiatives and support small and medium enterprises will find themselves at an advantage in this competitive tendering process.

## Notice

Argyll and Bute Council is seeking to appoint a supplier / service provider(s) for the provision of Banking Services and Merchant Acquirer Services to Argyll and Bute Council advertised in two lots.

### Lot Information

Banking Services

Banking Services - provision of accounts, online banking services; credit facilities; local cheque cashing and Lodging facilities and other related services.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Bidders must refer to tender docs for conditions on variant bids Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal: This contract may be extended for up to 3 further years.

Merchant Acquirer Service

The Council requires a Merchant Acquiring Service to facilitate the collection, processing and authorising of Chip/Pin , customer present, payments taken at Council facilities, and card transactions passed from existing payment gateway supplier for customer not present transactions (telephone payments).. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Bidders must refer to tender docs for conditions on variant bids Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal: The contract may be extended for up to a further 3 years

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV337056 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Nov 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Apr 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Apr 2018 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Tender may be published between 2021 and 2024 depending on activation of extensions |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £550,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £403,500 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL |
| Locality | LOCHGILPHEAD |
| Post town | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA31 8RT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
| Electoral ward | Mid Argyll |
| Westminster constituency | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber |
| Delivery location | TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CLYDESDALE BANK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66110000 - Banking services

## Release History

- 12 Nov 2018 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV337056
- 24 Mar 2017 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR277975

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR277975
  Banking and Merchant Acquirer Service - Argyll and Bute Council is seeking to appoint a supplier / service provider(s) for the provision of Banking Services and Merchant Acquirer Services to Argyll and Bute Council advertised in two lots.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV337056
  Banking and Merchant Acquirer Service - Argyll and Bute Council is seeking to appoint a supplier / service provider(s) for the provision of Banking Services and Merchant Acquirer Services to Argyll and Bute Council advertised in two lots.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000488341
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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