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Merchant Services

Chelmsford City Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 03:26.

Opportunity overview

Chelmsford City Council would like to issue a tender proposal to secure merchant acquirer services. The supplier is required to provide Merchant Card Acquiring services, to facilitate the receipt, transfer and accounting of incoming domestic and foreign payment streams where current UK sanctions permit, from the payer, to Chelmsford City Council and Chelmsford City Council Payment Gateways to facilitate Cardholder present and Cardholder not present transactions. The supplier will also need to provide chip and pin terminals where required. Objectives oTo secure value for money services. oTo provide cost savings. REQUIREMENT 1. Chelmsford City Council wish to process transactions from the following cards: MasterCard (Credit & Debit), Visa (Credit & Debit), Electron, Maestro and Solo. If any additional card issuers enter the market place, the Council will discuss their specific requirements in that regard as and when necessary. The Council does not accept American Express cards or Diners Cards. The successful bidder will have to be able to operate with the following gateways: Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay and Barclaycard EPDQ. 2. The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council, this is currently a total of 29 merchants. oThe supplier must be able to provide new merchant numbers as and when required by the council 3. as part of the contract the supplier must be able to supply terminals to the various outlets across the council, the council currently uses 19 terminals. If a terminal is no longer required by a Council during the course of the contract, the Council must be able to return the device to the Supplier without incurring any further related charges. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Financial-and-insurance-services./5ZY2UH8387 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5ZY2UH8387

Classification

  • CPV66000000 — Financial and insurance services
  • CPV66110000 — Banking services
  • CPV66115000 — International payment transfer services

Lots

  • Lot 1£800k

Documents and notices

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
ocds-h6vhtk-0527f7
Status
complete
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA
CPTPP

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends
10 Sept 2025, 00:59

Tender Period

Ends
15 Jul 2025, 13:00

Enquiry period

Ends
2 Jul 2025, 13:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
800,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
960,000

Renewal

Description
Chelmsford City Council propose to enter into a Contract with the winning Tenderer for a maximum period of 2 years with an option of extending for additional periods of up to 3 years, to give a maximum term of up to 5 years

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Bid Back Financial Cost
Type
cost

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
40
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Method Statement Scores
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
60
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
19 May 2027, 00:59
Starts
19 Jan 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
19 May 2030, 00:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
66000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial and insurance services
Entry 2
Id
66110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Banking services
Entry 3
Id
66115000
Scheme
CPV
Description
International payment transfer services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
A-1725
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 3
Id
A-1726
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 4
Id
A-1727
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 5
Id
A-1728
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 6
Id
A-1729
Format
application/pdf
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 7
Id
028120-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
28 May 2025, 14:05
Entry 8
Id
052574-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK12
Description
Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderCancellationNotice
Published
29 Aug 2025, 16:06

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYRZ-1467-WNJW
Name
Chelmsford City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH36
Country
GB
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1 JE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Duke Street, Chelmsford

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PYRZ-1467-WNJW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Vincent Hunt
Telephone
07970659846

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Status Details
Upon review, our Service Terms & Conditions were not fit for purpose for this procurement and the Authority has taken the decision to abandon this Tender exercise.
Final Status Date
29 Aug 2025, 00:00

Related lots

1

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH36 · CM1 1 JE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0527f7-2025-08-29T16:06:07+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·