Award

Payment Processing Agents

  • UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-008195

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03269d

Published 25 March 2022, 4:04pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

Kedleston Road

DERBY

DE22 1GB

Contact

Procurement

Email

procurement@derby.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1332592004

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF11 - Derby

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.derby.ac.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Payment Processing Agents

Reference number

PROC IJ ITT/098

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of merchant payment gateway services to process financial card transactions.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £174,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of merchant payment gateway services to process financial card transactions. It is mandatory to provide a high level of integration, automation, flexibility, self -service and DCC capabilities for Recurring card payment. There must not be any limitations around frequency or fixing timing of payments. An automatic retry of failed payments is required. There shall be no reliance on third party solutions to collect and facilitate payments and no reliance on manual interventions to "manage" payment, changes in payment details and amounts and failures.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Adherence to requirements / Weighting: 70%

Price - Weighting: 30%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.14) Additional information

This contract has been awarded after pre-market engagement had been undertaken and negotiations held with the selected provider.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

There is no other provider that provides the same functionality and integration for Recurring Card Payments (RCP) in the sector. Potentially comparable solutions lack the same level of integration, automation, flexibility, self-service and DCC capabilities. To contact with a new provider will take two years to implement and will be at significant cost. It has been agreed that a tender process taking this into consideration will commence next year.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

PROC IJ ITT/098

Title

Payment Processing Agent

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 April 1966

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

WPM Education Limited

Burgess Hill

West Sussex

RH15 9NF

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £174,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £174,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Finance Director

Derby

Country

United Kingdom