Published date: 21 March 2022

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: 29 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

Location of contract

BS16 1QY

Value of contract

£2,400,000 to £2,500,000

Procurement reference

IT-67-511-UWE/006/2022T

Published date

21 March 2022

Closing date

29 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 July 2022

Contract end date

2 July 2027

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

The University of the West of England is going out to tender 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.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please express interest on the In-Tend Project to download the tender documents - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/he/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rosie Hale

Address

Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
Avon
BS16 1QY
United Kingdom

Telephone

0117 3286686

Email

Rosie.hale@uwe.ac.uk

Website

www.uwe.ac.uk