Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
H M Revenue & Customs
Trinity Bridge House
Salford
M3 5BS
Contact
James Power
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
H M Revenue & Customs
HMRC
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Direct and Indirect Taxation
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Money Transmission Services for Government Banking
Reference number
SR10
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66110000 - Banking services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people.
Government Banking (GB) sits within HMRC and is the banking shared service provider to Government and the wider public sector, providing banking services to over 600 organisations (hereafter referred to as "customers").
To deliver the direct-to-bank model and facilitate payments in and out of Government, GB contracts with commercial banks. The current Money Transmission Services (MTS) contracts which facilitate this process are due to expire in March 2025.
The purpose of this updated PIN is to:
a) advise the banking industry that HMRC (on behalf of GB) intends to undertake a tendering exercise to award new contract(s) for the provision of MTS;
b) Provide further information on envisaged MTS requirements and the prospective procurement; and
c) invite potential providers to register (if not already registered) through HMRC's eSourcing system - using the instructions provided below.
For the intentions of this Prior Information Notice (PIN), HMRC Commercial, a directorate within HMRC, is acting on behalf of GB. Therefore, HMRC Commercial does not solely represent the interests of HMRC in publishing this PIN.
GB is seeking long term arrangements for MTS which are resilient, secure and able to move with industry changes. The following, non-exhaustive, list of banking services are in scope:
• Account Provision;
• Electronic Banking;
• Payment Products
• Reporting
• Customer Support
• Incident Management
• Overlay Services
It is envisaged service requirements will be delivered across the following lots:
• Lot 1 - "House Bank A" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 2 - "House Bank B" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 3 - "Overseas Payments" covers regular and one-off Spot FX not covered by Lots 1 and 2 (i.e., Exotics), ACH network services and FX advisory services.
Any resulting contracts will be enabled for use by GB customers including Government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental bodies, and the wider public sector (including the National Health Service). Further customer information is provided in the "Customer Background" document.
It is intended the Restricted Procedure will be used to source MTS requirements, with the 'Selection Stage' commencing in March 2024 and the 'Award Stage' commencing in June 2024. Subsequently, the envisaged contract award date is January 2025.
Please see the 'Detailed PIN information' document for further information on the scope of requirements and prospective procurement timescales.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66111000 - Central bank services
- 66115000 - International payment transfer services
- 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 66180000 - Foreign exchange services
- 66600000 - Treasury services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people.
Government Banking (GB) sits within HMRC and is the banking shared service provider to Government and the wider public sector, providing banking services to over 600 organisations (hereafter referred to as "customers").
To deliver the direct-to-bank model and facilitate payments in and out of Government, GB contracts with commercial banks. The current Money Transmission Services (MTS) contracts which facilitate this process are due to expire in March 2025.
The purpose of this updated PIN is to:
a) advise the banking industry that HMRC (on behalf of GB) intends to undertake a tendering exercise to award new contract(s) for the provision of MTS;
b) Provide further information on envisaged MTS requirements and the prospective procurement; and
c) invite potential providers to register (if not already registered) through HMRC's eSourcing system - using the instructions provided below.
For the intentions of this Prior Information Notice (PIN), HMRC Commercial, a directorate within HMRC, is acting on behalf of GB. Therefore, HMRC Commercial does not solely represent the interests of HMRC in publishing this PIN.
GB is seeking long term arrangements for MTS which are resilient, secure and able to move with industry changes. The following, non-exhaustive, list of banking services are in scope:
• Account Provision;
• Electronic Banking;
• Payment Products
• Reporting
• Customer Support
• Incident Management
• Overlay Services
It is envisaged service requirements will be delivered across the following lots:
• Lot 1 - "House Bank A" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 2 - "House Bank B" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 3 - "Overseas Payments" covers regular and one-off Spot FX not covered by Lots 1 and 2 (i.e., Exotics), ACH network services and FX advisory services.
Any resulting contracts will be enabled for use by GB customers including Government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental bodies, and the wider public sector (including the National Health Service). Further customer information is provided in the "Customer Background" document.
It is intended the Restricted Procedure will be used to source MTS requirements, with the 'Selection Stage' commencing in March 2024 and the 'Award Stage' commencing in June 2024. Subsequently, the envisaged contract award date is January 2025.
Please see the 'Detailed PIN information' document for further information on the scope of requirements and prospective procurement timescales.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66111000 - Central bank services
- 66115000 - International payment transfer services
- 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 66180000 - Foreign exchange services
- 66600000 - Treasury services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people.
Government Banking (GB) sits within HMRC and is the banking shared service provider to Government and the wider public sector, providing banking services to over 600 organisations (hereafter referred to as "customers").
To deliver the direct-to-bank model and facilitate payments in and out of Government, GB contracts with commercial banks. The current Money Transmission Services (MTS) contracts which facilitate this process are due to expire in March 2025.
The purpose of this updated PIN is to:
a) advise the banking industry that HMRC (on behalf of GB) intends to undertake a tendering exercise to award new contract(s) for the provision of MTS;
b) Provide further information on envisaged MTS requirements and the prospective procurement; and
c) invite potential providers to register (if not already registered) through HMRC's eSourcing system - using the instructions provided below.
For the intentions of this Prior Information Notice (PIN), HMRC Commercial, a directorate within HMRC, is acting on behalf of GB. Therefore, HMRC Commercial does not solely represent the interests of HMRC in publishing this PIN.
GB is seeking long term arrangements for MTS which are resilient, secure and able to move with industry changes. The following, non-exhaustive, list of banking services are in scope:
• Account Provision;
• Electronic Banking;
• Payment Products
• Reporting
• Customer Support
• Incident Management
• Overlay Services
It is envisaged service requirements will be delivered across the following lots:
• Lot 1 - "House Bank A" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 2 - "House Bank B" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 3 - "Overseas Payments" covers regular and one-off Spot FX not covered by Lots 1 and 2 (i.e., Exotics), ACH network services and FX advisory services.
Any resulting contracts will be enabled for use by GB customers including Government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental bodies, and the wider public sector (including the National Health Service). Further customer information is provided in the "Customer Background" document.
It is intended the Restricted Procedure will be used to source MTS requirements, with the 'Selection Stage' commencing in March 2024 and the 'Award Stage' commencing in June 2024. Subsequently, the envisaged contract award date is January 2025.
Please see the 'Detailed PIN information' document for further information on the scope of requirements and prospective procurement timescales.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66111000 - Central bank services
- 66115000 - International payment transfer services
- 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 66180000 - Foreign exchange services
- 66600000 - Treasury services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people.
Government Banking (GB) sits within HMRC and is the banking shared service provider to Government and the wider public sector, providing banking services to over 600 organisations (hereafter referred to as "customers").
To deliver the direct-to-bank model and facilitate payments in and out of Government, GB contracts with commercial banks. The current Money Transmission Services (MTS) contracts which facilitate this process are due to expire in March 2025.
The purpose of this updated PIN is to:
a) advise the banking industry that HMRC (on behalf of GB) intends to undertake a tendering exercise to award new contract(s) for the provision of MTS;
b) Provide further information on envisaged MTS requirements and the prospective procurement; and
c) invite potential providers to register (if not already registered) through HMRC's eSourcing system - using the instructions provided below.
For the intentions of this Prior Information Notice (PIN), HMRC Commercial, a directorate within HMRC, is acting on behalf of GB. Therefore, HMRC Commercial does not solely represent the interests of HMRC in publishing this PIN.
GB is seeking long term arrangements for MTS which are resilient, secure and able to move with industry changes. The following, non-exhaustive, list of banking services are in scope:
• Account Provision;
• Electronic Banking;
• Payment Products
• Reporting
• Customer Support
• Incident Management
• Overlay Services
It is envisaged service requirements will be delivered across the following lots:
• Lot 1 - "House Bank A" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 2 - "House Bank B" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX.
• Lot 3 - "Overseas Payments" covers regular and one-off Spot FX not covered by Lots 1 and 2 (i.e., Exotics), ACH network services and FX advisory services.
Any resulting contracts will be enabled for use by GB customers including Government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental bodies, and the wider public sector (including the National Health Service). Further customer information is provided in the "Customer Background" document.
It is intended the Restricted Procedure will be used to source MTS requirements, with the 'Selection Stage' commencing in March 2024 and the 'Award Stage' commencing in June 2024. Subsequently, the envisaged contract award date is January 2025.
Please see the 'Detailed PIN information' document for further information on the scope of requirements and prospective procurement timescales.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
26 January 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
HMRC invite interested parties to register using the guidance below. Please ensure you are registered with HMRC SAP Ariba to access further documentation including the 'Detailed PIN information'.
If you are not already registered, the registration link is:
http://hmrc.sourcing-eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration
As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address.
Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam inbox) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.
Once you have obtained 'your organisation's account ID' number, please email James.power1@hmrc.gov.uk and copy in chloe.hobbs@hmrc.gov.uk and e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk with your account ID number, you will then receive an e-mail confirming access
Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm . If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.