Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
CARD PROCESSING ADVISORY SERVICE LIMITED
5th Floor,167-169 Great Portland Street Great Portland Street
LONDON
W1W5PF
Contact
Richard Hallewell
Telephone
+44 7443336197
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI32 - Westminster
Companies House
13071945
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Financial Services and Payments Framework
Reference number
2023/S 000-013021
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Contracting Authorities, along with a number of other councils of varying sizes, are
looking to review their Financial Management & Payment Systems.
Specifically, the following areas are of interest:
Income Management Systems
Banking Services
Merchant Services
Call Masking & IVR systems for compliant Moto payments
Open Banking Payments
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Open Banking Data Services
Procurement Cards
Income Management Systems may include the provision of Merchant Services, Call Masking
& IVR and Open Banking Payments.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Income Management System
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement is seeking a modern, function-rich and cost-efficient Income Management
System.
Bids are invited from suppliers of systems which may, or may not, include one or more
transaction processing services (e.g. payment gateway, merchant services, call masking &
IVR, open banking payments).
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 10-20 year range.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Banking Services
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement seeks a modern, feature-rich and cost efficient banking solution.
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 10-20 year range
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Merchant Services
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement seeks a modern, feature-rich and cost efficient Merchant Services
solution.
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 7-10 year range.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Call Masking & IVR Services
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement seeks a modern, feature-rich and cost efficient call masking and IVR
solution to enable compliant acceptance of MOTO card payments.
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 7-10 year range.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Open Banking Payment Acceptance
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement seeks a modern, feature-rich and cost efficient open banking payments
solution.
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 7-10 year range.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Open Banking Data Services
Lot No
6
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement seeks a modern, feature-rich and cost efficient open banking payments
solution.
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 7-10 year range.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Purchasing Cards
Lot No
7
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement seeks a modern, feature-rich and cost efficient Purchasing Cards solution.
Detailed requirements are provided in the draft specification document.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Contracting Authorities are free to determine, in consultation with suppliers, their preferred
contract term. Due to the nature of the services provided, it is expected that many
contracting authorities will wish to conclude long term contracts in the 7-10 year range.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-013021
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
1 and 3
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Adelante Software Ltd.
Maidenhead
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
04450760
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
2 and 5
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Westminster Bank PLC
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
929027
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
3, 4 and 7
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Checkout Ltd.
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
8037323
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
5
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cocoon Card Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
11758240
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
5 and 6
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ecospend Technologies Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
11114967
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
5 and 7
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
GoCardless Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
07495895
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Heycentric Ltd
Portishead
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
12188113
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
4
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Key IVR Ltd
Doncaster
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
6512297
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
5
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kikapay Limited
Seaton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
11216750
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
2, 3, 5, 6 & 7
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lloyds Bank plc
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
2065
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
3, 5 and 6
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nuvei Financial Services Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
10873175
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
5 and 6
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
VISA Europe Ltd.
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
05139966
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
7
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Volopa Financial Services Ltd
Glasgow
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
09935726
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £100,000,000 taken into consideration
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
5
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vyne Technologies Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
11872778
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £1,000,000,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
CPRAS
London
Country
United Kingdom