Merchant Acquirer Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)

Awarded value£4,125,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Lloyds Bank Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council takes payments for various services, Council Tax, Business Rates etc. via several channels e.g. online, telephone etc. Through these different channels we process most of the card payments (debit and credit) through Access Group’s Pay360 solution. To be able us to take the card payments we need the services of a merchant acquirer who collect card-based payments which have been made via Pay360.

CPV: Financial and insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber

66000000 Financial and insurance services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 Jan 2025, 15:16 GMT
Last source update: 29 Jan 2025, 15:16 GMT
Authority reference: 95378
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-002986
Classification (CPV): Financial and insurance services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d710 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Direct Award via Lot 2 (Acquiring and Merchant Equipment Services) of the Crown Commercial Services Payment Acceptance 2 (RM6325) Framework

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £4,125,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 29 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Lloyds Bank Plc	£4,125,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Merchant Acquirer Services · Lloyds Bank Plc
Signed
29 Jan 2025
Value
£4,125,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services (GB) 173 5488 38 Town Hall, Pinstone Street, , Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2HHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Lloyds Bank plc t/a Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services LtdAwarded supplier London, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.