Official UK procurement notice
Card Acquiring Services - University of Edinburgh
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCard Acquiring Services/Merchant Acquiring Services required to facilitate all card based payments to the University including but not limited to tuition fees and student accommodation rent
- Recurrence: in between 3 and 7 years time
CPV: Banking services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This tender is for the provision of Card Acquiring Services for processing,…Renewal
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).
The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective card acquiring service arrangements which will be capable of meeting and navigating future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University’s current and future requirements.
It is important that any potential acquiring partner can add value through an effective dedicated corporate support team backed up by a proactive and responsive education sector specialist Relationship Manager.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
The tenderer must be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and be authorised to provide card acquiring services in the United Kingdom by the FCA. Evidence must be provided.
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Bidders must be of sound economic standing to be able to fulfil contractual requirements if appointed. Bidders must submit their 2 most recent sets of audited accounts including (i) balance sheets and (ii) profit and loss information. Bidders must also hold (or commit to obtain b…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · in between 3 and 7 years time
- First published
- 9 Nov 2021, 14:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2021, 14:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
EC0955- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028067- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f510Find a Tender
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 19473. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: N/A Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Please see details in tender document (SC Ref:672138)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
9 Nov 2021 → 14 Jan 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published9 Nov 2021, 14:34 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.