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Published 12 Feb 2021, 09:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Card Acquiring Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£289,269published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Mar 2021awarded 18 May 2021
Awarded to Lloyds Banking Group

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This tender is for the provision of Card Acquiring Services for processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce).

CPV: Financial and insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal
Delivery: North West
Extensions: 2 x 1year options · The duration of this contract will be for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend for a further 2x 12months (in 12 months increments), subject to performance and agreement between the parties.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
12 Feb 2021, 09:47 GMT
Last source update
27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Mar 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-002450
Classification (CPV)
Financial and insurance services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0290f9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
11 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Mar 2021 → 27 Jul 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    12 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jun 2021, 14:27 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    4 Jun 2021, 14:27 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    4 Jun 2021, 14:27 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
  5. Deadline moved to 11 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
    -1 days · was 12 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  6. Buyer details updated
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.211 Mar 202112 Mar 2021+1 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £289,2691 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 18 May 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lloyds Banking Group£289,269 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 5th Floor,Maxwell Building, University Of Salford, SALFORD, North West, M54WTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • University of SalfordReview body SalfordContact email
  • University of SalfrdReview body Salford

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria