AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Cabinet Office awarded BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED a £300,000 contract for IBCA BACS Bureau payment-solution services. The published award record shows a 17 September 2026 to 16 September 2029 contract period.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED following a framework call-off.
Market significanceThis is a £300,000 public-sector payments and financial-processing services award, covering core BACS Bureau capabilities with potential additional payment and cash-management services.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-81d431e5-9d34-47eb-918d-8d8c4c4af997-1 · 300000 GBP · active
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The active award names Bottomline Technologies Limited as supplier and states a £300,000 value. Supplier verification identifies the legal company name as BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, company number 08098450.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source procurement status complete
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The process is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder", with stage "award", display status "awarded" and tender status "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-81d431e5-9d34-47eb-918d-8d8c4c4af997-1 has status "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence16 September 2026
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The award record date is 2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract evidence
92% confidenceA document classified as contractSigned is listed, but its contents were not supplied.
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Award documents include document ID 2 with documentType "contractSigned" and a PDF URL; no document text or signature details are provided.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£300,000
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The single active award value is 300000 GBP.
Published tender value range
98% confidence£300,000 to £400,000
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Tender minValue is £300,000 and tender value is £400,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence7 August 2026, 17:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2026-08-07T17:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
98% confidence16 September 2026
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The award date is 2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period
99% confidence17 September 2026 to 16 September 2029
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The award and tender contractPeriod state startDate 2026-09-17 and endDate 2029-09-16T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-12T14:51:28+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceIBCA BACS Bureau payment-solution services
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The opportunity title is "Provision of IBCA's Payment Solution (BACS Bureau) Services".
Core services
98% confidenceFinance and transaction capabilities; data ingestion, processing and validation; security, governance and compliance; reporting, tracking and reconciliation; onboarding, testing and training.
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These components are listed in the published description as the core service.
Additional services
97% confidenceFraud, CHAPS, Faster Payments, international payments and cash-management forecasting.
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The description lists these as additional services.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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The tender classification is CPV 72000000.
Delivery location
95% confidenceNE1 6QF
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Tender item 1 gives delivery postal code NE1 6QF.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceSelective procedure; call-off from a framework agreement
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The tender states procurementMethod "selective" and procurementMethodDetails "Call-off from a framework agreement".
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
SME/VCSE suitability
96% confidenceNot marked suitable for SME or VCSE suppliers
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Tender suitability records sme: false and vcse: false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published duration
99% confidence3 years
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The published period runs from 17 September 2026 to 16 September 2029.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value positioning
98% confidenceThe £300,000 award equals the published minimum value and is below the £400,000 published tender value.
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Award value is £300,000; tender minValue is £300,000 and tender value is £400,000.
Service breadth
96% confidenceThe scope combines payment processing with controls, reconciliation, implementation support and optional payment-related services.
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The published description lists BACS Bureau core capabilities, onboarding/testing/training, and additional fraud, CHAPS, Faster Payments, international payments and cash-management forecasting services.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus published tender value
99% confidenceThe award is £300,000 while the tender record shows a £300,000 to £400,000 range; the notice does not explain the difference.
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Tender minValue/value are £300,000/£400,000; award value is £300,000.
Signed-contract detail unavailable
95% confidenceA contractSigned document is listed, but its contents were not supplied for analysis.
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Document ID 2 is classified contractSigned, with no title, publication date or text provided.
Lots and allocation
99% confidenceNo lots are published.
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The supplied lots array is empty and the award has no lot IDs.
Unpublished competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder list, scoring, award rationale or evaluation results are present in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not publish bid numbers, bidder identities, evaluation scores, award rationale or savings.
- No lot structure, lot titles or lot-level allocation is supplied.
- No extension, renewal, pricing or payment terms are published.
- A document classified as contractSigned is listed, but its contents and signature details were not supplied.
- The published tender range is £300,000 to £400,000, whereas the award is £300,000; no explanation is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Cabinet OfficeBOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDBottomline TechnologiesIBCABACS Bureaupayment solutionframework call-offpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the IBCA BACS Bureau services award?
BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, verified against company number 08098450.
What is the published award value?
£300,000.
What is the published contract period?
17 September 2026 to 16 September 2029.
What procurement route was used?
A selective framework call-off.
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