Published date: 18 December 2019

Last edited date: 16 January 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: 20 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

  • Banking and investment services - 66100000

  • Banking services - 66110000

    • Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services - 66172000

Location of contract

CM1 1SQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

T19/17

Published date

18 December 2019

Closing date

20 January 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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

Please find attached documents relating to the tender for card acquiring at Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation.

Please note the closing date for your return is 12 noon on 21st January 2020.

Tenderers must check that all the documents listed in the contents have been received and are complete in all respects.

Documents that must be returned to us completed in full are:
20191217_ARU Card Acquiring Tender

Tenderers are to note lodgement of large electronic files may take time and as such tenderers must allow sufficient time to fully transmit all files prior to the closing time. Please see paragraph 2.16 of the Tender Information document for further information.

End date for Contract Finder is for information only.

More information

Links

Additional text

The tender is being conducted electronically using the Anglia Ruskin University eTendering system which can be found at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity/.

To receive documents, the users must first register and obtain log in details. Existing users should log in to the website and express interest.


Delivery Notes

Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation (ARU) is looking for a Supplier to provide 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).

ARU seeks 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. ARU is looking for a relationship with an organisation that 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.

Further information is contained within the tender documentation.

The proposed contract would be for 36 months with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months extensions.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Department

Address

Bishop Hall Lane
Essex
England
CM1 1SQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0845 196 5933

Email

procurement@anglia.ac.uk