RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · award

Chelmsford City Council

Merchant Services

ValueValue not published
Awarded5 May 2026
Published6 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Barclays Bank Plc
Awarded value£800k
Award date5 May 2026

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Harrison Crick
harrison.crick@chelmsford.gov.uk
01245606777

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

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 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.

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Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The supplier will also need to provide

The supplier will also need to provide chip and pin terminals where required.

02

OTo provide cost savings

oTo provide cost savings.

03

The successful bidder will have to

The successful bidder will have to be able to operate with the following gateways: Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay and NMI.

04

The supplier should also be able

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.

05

The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers

The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council; this is currently a total of 30 merchants.

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OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0646cb
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
041613-2026
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