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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Merchant Acquirer Services

Sheffield City Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:17.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV66000000 — Financial and insurance services

Lots

  • 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.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
95378
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Direct Award via Lot 2 (Acquiring and Merchant Equipment Services) of the Crown Commercial Services Payment Acceptance 2 (RM6325) Framework

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
66000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial and insurance services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
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.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
40
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
60

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE32

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
66000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial and insurance services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-35099
Name
Sheffield City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE32
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S1 2HH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall, Pinstone Street,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Id
(GB) 173 5488 38
Legal Name
Sheffield City Council

Contact

Name
Tim Dent
Telephone
+44 01142053646
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-136581
Name
Lloyds Bank plc t/a Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Lloyds Bank plc t/a Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services Ltd
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-35101
Name
Sheffield City Council

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
Sheffield
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Sheffield City Council

Award information

Award 1
Id
002986-2025-1-1
Title
Merchant Acquirer Services
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-136581
Name
Lloyds Bank plc t/a Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
002986-2025-1-1
Title
Merchant Acquirer Services
Status
active
Award ID
002986-2025-1-1
Date Signed
29 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
4,125,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Sheffield · UKE32 · S1 2HH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE32

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04d710-2025-01-29T15:16:28Zcompiled ·