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Electronic Payment and Income Systems

PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY HOMES LIMITED · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) currently provides payment systems to customers with a well known product suite. Ahead of the full procurement process PCH wish to undertake pre-market engagement to explore supplier options and services available. Initial early engagement with suppliers may be followed by a virtual demonstration to stakeholders from the wider user group. The high-level requirements are split across 4 main areas, listed below. PCH are interested to hear of any developments within each area over the last 5 years, that could provide benefit to PCH and our customers 1) Card Payments: PCI Compliant in person, automated and agent handled payments, in person mobile payments and online payments. 2) Direct Debits: Direct debit collections over multiple collection days/periods. Direct debit payment confirmation/failure of Friday collections is required on Saturday to ensure the accurate calculation or rent balances within our Housing Management system. 3) Post Office and Paypoint Systems: Provision for customers to make payments via barcodes or payment cards. Options around provision of cards for these customers or alternatives. 4) Income Management System: Ability to centrally view and process all payments, including payments received outside of the supplier product suite. The system must provide the ability to export to PCH back-office systems, including the NEC Housing Management System and Open Accounts finance system. Innovative offerings for other complimentary services or substitute methods of delivery are welcome. The existing contract expires in November 2026 and we are looking to enter into a 4 + 2 year contract at an estimated value of £1.2 million

Classification

  • CPV66170000 — Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

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-05e199
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
8 Nov 2030, 23:59
Starts
9 Nov 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
5 Nov 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK41
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
66170000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
074034-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
14 Nov 2025, 14:31

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Dec 2025, 23:59
Description
Expressions of Interest should be emailed to Procurement@pch.co.uk Virtual early engagement with suppliers will take place and a virtual demonstration to stakeholders from the wider user group may be requested

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-IP030637
Name
PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY HOMES LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK41
Country
GB
Locality
Plymouth
Postal Code
PL6 5DH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Plumer House

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
IP030637
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PQHR-8758-LZBN
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Plymouth · UKK41 · PL6 5DH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK41 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05e199-2025-11-14T14:31:49ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·