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Payments, Appointeeships and Disbursement Services (PADS)

The Association of North East Councils Limited · Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:55.

Opportunity overview

NEPO in collaboration with ESPO and YPO are seeking to establish a new solution in relation to the supply of Prepaid, Corporate and Appointee payments. It is envisaged that the solution will comprise four lots: Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments, providing prepaid card accounts that operate like standard debit cards but without an overdraft facility, enabling secure, controlled fund disbursement; Lot 2 - Corporate Payments, offering commercial procurement cards (P-Cards) to streamline purchasing, enhance spend visibility and deliver process efficiencies; Lot 3 - Appointeeship & Deputyship Payments, designed to manage direct payments, appointee and deputyship programmes, with strong safeguarding, spend controls, and real-time monitoring; Lot 4 - Digital Pay Out Services, enabling authorities to make high-volume, secure, and instant digital payments for purposes such as grants, payroll, hardship funds, and emergency support. •NEPO is a Centralised Procurement Authority as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), providing central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities. •The agreement will be available to NEPO Member Authorities and all current and future Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: https://www.nepo.org/associate-members •NEPO intends to make the agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Procurement Act 2023). •A list of permissible users available at: http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users •Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

Classification

  • CPV30160000 — Magnetic cards
  • CPV48812000 — Financial information systems
  • CPV66000000 — Financial and insurance 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
NEPO537
Status
planned
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
24 Jan 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
20 Sept 2030, 23:59
Starts
21 Sept 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
20 Sept 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
GG
Country
GG
Country Name
Guernsey
Entry 3
Region
IM
Country
IM
Country Name
Isle of Man
Entry 4
Region
JE
Country
JE
Country Name
Jersey

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
30160000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Magnetic cards
Entry 2
Id
48812000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial information systems
Entry 3
Id
66000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial and insurance services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
075256-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
19 Nov 2025, 14:05

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-05014821
Name
The Association of North East Councils Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC22
Country
GB
Locality
Northern Design Centre, Abbots Hill, Baltic Business Quarter, Gateshead
Postal Code
NE8 3DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITE

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
05014821
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Nick McDonald

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PYVX-2132-JNMM
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PYDD-1122-TCVN
Name
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF22
Country
GB
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE19 1ES
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PYDD-1122-TCVN
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-PPON-PMRV-4748-MNJV
Name
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE45
Country
GB
Locality
Wakefield
Postal Code
WF2 0XE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
41 Industrial Park

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PMRV-4748-MNJV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Northern Design Centre, Abbots Hill, Baltic Business Quarter, Gateshead · UKC22 · NE8 3DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · GG · Guernsey
  • Delivery location · IM · Isle of Man
  • Delivery location · JE · Jersey
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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