Estimated Value
Up to £800,000
Deadline
9 March 2026
Published
6 May 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
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.
Eligibility & compliance
The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council; this is currently a total of 30 merchants.
Additional details
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 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
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Award Details
Barclays Bank Plc
£800,000
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
DAC PLANNING LIMITED
£135,000
total awarded
- 2
SPEKTRIX LIMITED
2 contracts wonlatest 18 Sept 2026ends 23 Aug 2029£500,000
total awarded
- 3
GRANT THORNTON UK LLP
2 contracts wonlatest 13 Jul 2026£200,000
total awarded
- 4
DOCUMENT OUTPUT SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
- 5
Craggs Energy Limited
1 contract wonlatest 1 Oct 2026ends 12 Jan 2027£330,000
total awarded
DAC PLANNING LIMITED is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Chelmsford City CouncilKey Dates
Published
6 May 2026
Submission deadline
9 March 2026
Notice type
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