Official UK procurement notice
Pre-Paid Purchasing Cards · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe services which are being procured as part of this Procurement are approx. 700 pre-paid payment cards initially for court of protection department clients at Lincolnshire County Council.
The Council reserves the ability to increase this number over the contract term to other clients within the Social Care arena if such a business case is accepted.
The Call-Off Contract will run for a period of (2) two years commencing February 2026. There will be an option for the Council to extend the Call-Off Contract by a period of 2 x 12month extensions to 8th January 2030 Currently the Council estimates expenditure would be circa £540,000 per annum – up to £1,000,000 pa if the card cohort is extended further during the term of the contract.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - unknown
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Authority reference
PL25/028- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007686- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06111aFind a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 28 Jan 2026- Contract award notice published28 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELM Pre-paid Financial Services Ltd.9 Feb 2026 – 9 Feb 2028 · up to 31 Jan 2030Extensions: Potentially two extensions, each of one year. | £56,003 inc. VAT | 27 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ELM Pre-paid Financial Services Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender