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Published 2 Aug 2024, 16:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Maidstone Borough Council - Corporate Banking and Merchant Services

Official notice

Authority: Maidstone Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 30 Aug 2024awarded 25 Oct 2024
Awarded to Lloyds Banking Group

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to award a contract for corporate banking and card merchant services (excluding investment services).

Contract Term:

This contract term will be an initial 5-year term. The Council would reserve the right to extend this contract for a period of up to 60 months at the end of the initial 5-year contract term.

CPV: Banking services · Financial and insurance services · Metal

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: South East
Extensions: This contract term will be an initial 5-year term. The Council would reserve the right to extend this contract for a period of up to 60 months at the end of the initial 5-year contract term.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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Cost: 60
  • Quality: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
2 Aug 2024, 16:39 BST
Last source update
25 Oct 2024, 14:25 BST
Award evaluation window
6 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN736378
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034685
Classification (CPV)
Banking servicesFinancial and insurance servicesMetal
Delivery area
South East (UKJ45)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048766 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
30 Aug 2024, 12:30 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Aug 2024 → 25 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Aug 2024, 12:30 BST
  2. Bids opened
    6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Oct 2024, 14:25 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Oct 2024, 14:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lloyds Banking Group——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to award a contract for corporate banking…1bids · 1 electronic——£1 – £388,600
Whole notice———£1 – £388,600

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Maidstone Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Maidstone House, Kings Street, Maidstone, South East, ME15 6JQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Mid Kent LegalReview body Maidstone
  • Mid Kent Legal ServicesReview body Maidstone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.