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2025-TR-0033 Overseas Payment Provider

Student Loans Company Ltd · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 13:41.

Opportunity overview

The Student Loans Company (SLC)is a non-profit making government owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in colleges and universities in the UK. We have 9.7 million customers, manage a loan book worth £260.8bn and manage the full end to end “apply, assess, pay and repay “process. SLC is seeking a supplier to provide a repayment service for SLC customers, who live abroad ,that allows them to make low-cost repayments in the foreign currency of their choosing and for this to be quickly repaid to SLC in sterling. The service must capture all customer contact information and SLC customer reference number, these details to be captured for every transaction made and sent onto SLC to allow SLC to quickly identify the customer account to be credited. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-International-payment-transfer-services./84264F5ZB5 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/84264F5ZB5

Classification

  • CPV66115000 — International payment transfer services

Lots

  • Lot 1£2.3m

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-05eb56
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
9 Jan 2026, 12:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
2,310,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
2,772,000

Renewal

Description
The period of the contract is five years with the option for two further 12 month extension periods, dependant on satisfactory service delivery and the continuing need for the services.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Compliance with Mandatory requirements = Pass/Fail Criteria
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
1
Weight
order
Criterion 2
Name
Cost to the customer
Type
price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
2
Weight
order
Criterion 3
Name
Ability to deliver the desirable technical requirements (file formats; transfer information, integration requirements & accessibility)
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
3
Weight
order
Criterion 4
Name
Service Delivery
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
4
Weight
order
Criterion 5
Name
Management information/ Customer Relationship Management
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
5
Weight
order
Criterion 6
Name
Cyber security
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
6
Weight
order
Criterion 7
Name
Implementation plan /integration
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
7
Weight
order
Criterion 8
Name
Demonstration
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
8
Weight
order

Contract period

Ends
30 Jun 2031, 23:59
Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Jun 2033, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM8
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKC13
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
66115000
Scheme
CPV
Description
International payment transfer services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
078224-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
28 Nov 2025, 16:05

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PMXL-3278-BCWT
Name
Student Loans Company Ltd

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC13
Country
GB
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL1 1RW
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Memphis Building, Lingfield Point, McMullen Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PMXL-3278-BCWT
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL1 1RW · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC13 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKL · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM8 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05eb56-2025-11-28T16:05:12ZTender notice on Find a Tender ·