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Payment processing & Merchant Acquiring for Sports & Exercise Leisure system

University Of Edinburgh · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 01:36.

Opportunity overview

The University requires an alternative payment processing solution to enable online and point-of-sale payment transactions to be processed through the OpenPlay platform from the planned go-live date. Th/rough Openplay, Ryft has been identified as the payment processor and merchant acquiring provider that is currently integrated with and supported by OpenPlay.

Awarded to

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Ryft Pay

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£120k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
13 Aug 2026
Award ID
077566-2026-NCA21412-1
Status
active
Location
Manchester, UK, M3 3EB, United Kingdom

Classification

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

Lots

  • the University requires an alternative payment processing solution to enable online and point-of-sale payment transactions to be processed through the OpenPlay platform from the planned go-live date. Through Openplay, Ryft has been identified as the payment processor and merchant acquiring provider that is currently integrated with and supported by OpenPlay.Value not stated

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
NCA21412
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The University recently completed a competitive procurement exercise for a replacement Leisure Management System and awarded a contract to OpenPlay. The implementation of OpenPlay is a business-critical requirement and is necessary to replace the incumbent XN Leisure system, which has reached end-of-life and no longer represents a sustainable long-term solution.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

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

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
the University requires an alternative payment processing solution to enable online and point-of-sale payment transactions to be processed through the OpenPlay platform from the planned go-live date. Through Openplay, Ryft has been identified as the payment processor and merchant acquiring provider that is currently integrated with and supported by OpenPlay.
Has Options
Yes
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Options

Description
Additional 12 month period may be required as we integrate to our current Acquiring contract with Lloyds due to currently not being configurable with Openplay system.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

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

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM75

Delivery Location

Description
University of Edinburgh Sports Centre

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University Of Edinburgh
Id
GB-FTS-2023

Identifier

Legal Name
University Of Edinburgh

Address

Street Address
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Locality
Edinburgh
Region
UKM75
Postal Code
EH1 1HT
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
GORDON WHITTAKER
Telephone
+44 1316502759

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
09
Description
Education
Organisation 2
Name
Ryft Pay
Id
GB-FTS-185835

Identifier

Legal Name
Ryft Pay

Address

Street Address
Cubo, 1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Locality
Manchester
Region
UK
Postal Code
M3 3EB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 07539063280

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
Edinburgh Sherriff Court
Id
GB-FTS-120547

Identifier

Legal Name
Edinburgh Sherriff Court

Address

Street Address
27 Chamber Street
Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH1
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
077566-2026-NCA21412-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-185835
Name
Ryft Pay

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
077566-2026-NCA21412-1
Award ID
077566-2026-NCA21412-1
Status
active
Date Signed
14 Aug 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
120,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Edinburgh · UKM75 · EH1 1HT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM75

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 077566-2026award, contract ·