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Merchant Acquiring Services 2025-2031

Translink · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 11:04.

Opportunity overview

Merchant Acquiring Services to enable acceptance and processing of sales revenue from credit/debit card payments across the Group.

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.

U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC

No match
Published award value
£4.3m
Awarded
30 Sept 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PYZD-5433-YBQL
Location
Dublin, IE, D18 W2X7, Ireland

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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-05cdc7
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Due to technical reasons, there is currently no reasonable alternative or substitute to Translink's existing provider, Elavon.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV
Name
Translink

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKN06
Country
GB
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT2 7LX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
22 Great Victoria Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicUndertaking
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public undertaking
Entry 2
Id
GB-NIR
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
PTMT-7134-NRMV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PYZD-5433-YBQL
Name
U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
IE
Country
IE
Locality
Dublin
Postal Code
D18 W2X7
Country Name
Ireland
Street Address
Cherrywood Business Park

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PYZD-5433-YBQL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
1 Oct 2025, 00:00
Title
Merchant Acquiring Services 2025-2031
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
66000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial and insurance services

Value

Amount
4,307,200
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
5,168,640

Renewal

Description
Initial period of four years until 30/09/2029 with options to extend by two periods of up to 12 months each. N.B The value for the initial 4 years is estimated at £2.8m, with the maximum contract value (6 years if extension taken up) being £4.3m exc. VAT.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
065820-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
16 Oct 2025, 10:35
Entry 2
Id
068140-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
24 Oct 2025, 11:42

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYZD-5433-YBQL
Name
U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
5 Nov 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
30 Sept 2029, 23:59
Starts
5 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2031, 23:59

Standstill Period

Ends
4 Nov 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
5 Nov 2025, 00:00
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Direct Award

Value

Amount
4,307,200
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
5,168,640

Period

Ends
30 Sept 2029, 23:59
Starts
5 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Initial period of four years until 30/09/2029 with options to extend by two periods of up to 12 months each. N.B The value for the initial 4 years is estimated at £2.8m, with the maximum contract value (6 years if extension taken up) being £4.3m exc. VAT.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
071096-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
5 Nov 2025, 09:10

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT2 7LX · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc7-2025-11-05T09:10:22ZTransparency notice on Find a Tender ·