Merchant Services
A Tender Notice
by CHELMSFORD CITY COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 2 year
- Value
- £800K
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 04 Feb 2026
- Delivery
- 26 Jun 2026 to 26 Jun 2028
- Deadline
- 09 Mar 2026 12:00
Related Terms
Location
1 buyer
- Chelmsford City Council Chelmsford
Description
Chelmsford City Council would like to issue a tender proposal to secure merchant acquirer services. The supplier is required to provide Merchant Card Acquiring services, to facilitate the receipt, transfer and accounting of incoming domestic and foreign payment streams where current UK sanctions permit, from the payer, to Chelmsford City Council and Chelmsford City Council Payment Gateways to facilitate Cardholder present and Cardholder not present transactions. The supplier will also need to provide chip and pin terminals where required. OBJECTIVES oTo secure value for money services. oTo provide cost savings. REQUIREMENT 1. Chelmsford City Council wish to process transactions from the following cards: MasterCard (Credit & Debit), Visa (Credit & Debit), Electron, Maestro and Solo. If any additional card issuers enter the marketplace, the Council will discuss their specific requirements in that regard as and when necessary. The Council does not accept
Renewal Options
Chelmsford City Council propose to enter into a Contract with the winning Tenderer for a maximum period of 2 years with an option of extending for additional periods of up to 3 years, to give a maximum term of up to 5 years
Award Criteria
| Bid Back Financial Cost | _ |
| Method Statement Scores | _ |
CPV Codes
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
- 66110000 - Banking services
- 66115000 - International payment transfer services
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
American Express cards or Diners Cards. The successful bidder will have to be able to operate with the following gateways: Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay and NMI. The supplier should also be able to provide a gateway service capable of integrating with Microsoft Dynamics, to ensure the supplier can support planned development with this system if required. 2. The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council; this is currently a total of 30 merchants. The supplier must be able to provide new merchant numbers as and when required by the council 3. as part of the contract the supplier must be able to supply terminals to the various outlets across the council, the council currently uses 19 terminals. If a terminal is no longer required by a Council during the course of the contract, the Council must be able to return the device to the Supplier without incurring any further related charges. To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7W5RVN5J46 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Financial-and-insuranc... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7W5RVN5J46 ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-0646cb
- FTS 009925-2026