Published date: 8 April 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 10 May 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Banking services - 66110000

Location of contract

nr47tj

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PURCON 883

Published date

8 April 2020

Closing date

10 May 2020

Contract start date

1 July 2020

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This tender is for the provision of Merchant Services for processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit
transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order /
Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce).

The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future
market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an
organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University's current and future requirements.

It is important that any potential acquiring partner can add value through an effective dedicated corporate support team backed up by a
proactive education sector specialist Relationship Manager.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Rob Bloomer

Address

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nr47tj
United Kingdom

Telephone

01603 59

Email

r.bloomer@uea.ac.uk