Merchant Services for Mass Transit Transactions
A Contract Award Notice
by STRATHCLYDE PARTNERSHIP FOR TRANSPORT
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 5 year (est.)
- Value
- £822K
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 13 Apr 2026
- Delivery
- To 18 Mar 2031 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Related Terms
Location
Glasgow
2 buyers
1 supplier
- Us Bank Europe Dac Loughlinstown
Description
SPT has a requirement to procure merchant services for Mass Transit Transactions. The contractor must have an existing integration with Visa Platform Connect (VPC) https://www.visaacceptance.com/en-gb/solutions/connector-tools/visa-platform-con... to ensure seamless integration with the S&B systems. The Subway entry/exit gates are supplied by Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH (S&B) of Moenchengladbach, Germany. S&B will be supplying the contactless payment Account Based Ticketing (ABT) solution through their Fare Go Open Payments platform utilising Visa Platform Connect transaction handling.
Total Quantity or Scope
The Subway entry/exit gates are supplied by Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH (S&B) of Moenchengladbach, Germany. S&B will be supplying the contactless payment Account Based Ticketing (ABT) solution through their Fare Go Open Payments platform utilising Visa Platform Connect transaction handling
Award Detail
| 1 | Us Bank Europe Dac (Loughlinstown)
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Renewal Options
SPT reserves the right to procure any related services from the awarded contractor without limit to value.
Award Criteria
| Methodology | 10.0 |
| PRICE | 90.0 |
CPV Codes
- 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 66100000 - Banking and investment services
- 66110000 - Banking services
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price.
Other Information
SPT will not accept any bid where the level of sub-contracted services exceeds 50%, and the bidder then effectively becomes a management company and has limited direct control over the entity/entities undertaking the services. Please confirm below in your response to 4C.10 that you as the Bidder will be undertaking in excess of 50% of the required services and provide a breakdown of this. (SC Ref:829246)
Reference
- FTS 033346-2026