Payments, Appointeeships and Disbursement Services (PADS)
A Prior Information Notice
by THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- ___
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 19 Nov 2025
- Delivery
- 21 Sep 2026 to 20 Sep 2030
- Deadline
- n/a
Related Terms
Location
United Kingdom:
3 buyers
- Association of North East Councils Gateshead
- Leicestershire County Council Leicester
- Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Wakefield
Description
NEPO in collaboration with ESPO and YPO are seeking to establish a new solution in relation to the supply of Prepaid, Corporate and Appointee payments. It is envisaged that the solution will comprise four lots: Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments, providing prepaid card accounts that operate like standard debit cards but without an overdraft facility, enabling secure, controlled fund disbursement; Lot 2 - Corporate Payments, offering commercial procurement cards (P-Cards) to streamline purchasing, enhance spend visibility and deliver process efficiencies; Lot 3 - Appointeeship & Deputyship Payments, designed to manage direct payments, appointee and deputyship programmes, with strong safeguarding, spend controls, and real-time monitoring; Lot 4 - Digital Pay Out Services, enabling authorities to make high-volume, secure, and instant digital payments for purposes such as grants, payroll, hardship funds, and emergency support. •NEPO is a Centralised Procurement Authority as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), providing central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities. •The agreement will be available to NEPO Member Authorities and all current and future Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: https://www.nepo.org/associate-members •NEPO intends to make the agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Procurement Act 2023). •A list of permissible users available at: http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users
CPV Codes
- 30160000 - Magnetic cards
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
•Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e477
- FTS 075256-2025