Published date: 12 July 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services - 66172000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£6,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_166998/776574

Published date

12 July 2019

Closing date

8 October 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Merchant services for processing, authorisation and settlement of debit and credit card transactions.

The University is seeking a provider 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 successful Supplier will be expected to provide a high level availability of the service and add value
through an effective support.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Merchant Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 September 2018

Additional text

The values quoted makes allowance for the inclusion all interchange, scheme and processing fees that make up the transaction costs.

The initial contract period will be for 5 years with an option to extend for a maximum of a further 2 years.

The awarded value assumes the option to extend is exercised in full.

Award information

Awarded date

5 March 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£8,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Global Payments

Address

61 De Monfort Street, Leicester, LE1 7BB

Reference

Companies House number: 0C337146

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Martyn Dean

Address

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England

Telephone

0117 3940653

Email

martyn.dean@bristol.ac.uk