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Merchant Services

Chelmsford City Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 09:16.

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 marketplace, 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 NMI. The supplier should also be able to provide a gateway service capable of integrating with Microsoft Dynamics, to ensure the supplier can support planned development with this system if required. 2. The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council; this is currently a total of 30 merchants. The 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. To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7W5RVN5J46

Awarded to

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Barclays Bank Plc

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£800k
Awarded
5 May 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 00048839
Location
London, UKI42, E14 5HP, United Kingdom

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
CCC/2026/MERCHANT
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYRZ-1467-WNJW

Address

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

Contact

Name
Harrison Crick
Telephone
01245606777

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Barclays Bank Plc
Id
GB-COH-00048839

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00048839

Address

Street Address
1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf
Locality
London
Postal Code
E14 5HP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Name
Wayne Savage

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Merchant Services
Status
pending
Date
6 May 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
6 May 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

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

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH36
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
960,000
Amount
800,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00048839
Name
Barclays Bank Plc

Standstill Period

Ends
15 May 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
22 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
21 May 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
21 May 2031, 23:59

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

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
041613-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 May 2026, 16:34
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
22 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 009925-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 041613-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·