AwardedAwarded 6 May 2026
Merchant Services
Chelmsford City Council · Local authority
In brief
Chelmsford City Council awarded financial services work to Barclays Bank plc on 6 May 2026.
The notice gives a value of £800,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 2 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 26 June 2026.
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What the notice says
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…Read the full 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
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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Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Barclays Bank plc 5 bids received | £800,000 | Awarded 6 May 2026 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Tender notice · UK4, notice 009925-2026
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 041613-2026
About the buyer
Chelmsford City CouncilLast 12 months
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From notice 009925-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 4 February 2026, last updated 6 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.