Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and Payment Devices
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Edinburgh Council has a requirement for the provision of Merchant Service Gateway and Payment Devices to facilitate face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council.
CPV: Processing and clearing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and face to face Chip and PIN terminals…Awarded
Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council across multiple of the Council's key systems.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 20 Nov 2025, 08:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 May 2026, 15:56 BST
- Authority reference
CT1720- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045446- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e4ebFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Due to the nature and scale of this requirement installations of both hardware and software due to a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire suppliers having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility and disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance due the required integration with nine different platforms.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. In general, a claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 10 days of the date on which the VEAT Notice is published in the Find a Tender Service.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:831889)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barclaycard payments | £700,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Barclaycard payments | £1,500,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 045446-2026-CT1720-1 · Barclaycard payments
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2026
- Value
- £700,000
- Status
- active
Contract 075457-2025-CT1720-1 · Barclaycard payments
- Signed
- 19 Nov 2025
- Value
- £1,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Barclaycard paymentsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.