Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-05
Buyer: Scotland Excel
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66100000 | 66110000 | 66170000 | 66172000
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This framework will provide a mechanism for local authorities to procure a range of payment process services — sometimes referred to as merchant acquiring services. This includes, but is not limited to, the provision of payment processing services to transfer funds paid by participating authority customers at retail and other outlets offering payment card gateways electronically to designated bank accounts, the production of payment cards and the provision of pre-paid cards.
Examples of payment types are Council tax, non-domestic rates, rent, housing benefit overpayments, sundry debtor and other invoices. This list is not exhaustive and other income streams to participating authorities may be included.
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
This lot is intended to set up an arrangement whereby the contracting authorities entitled to purchase under the proposed framework agreement can procure variety of payment processing services.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Act, the invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
This lot is intended to set up an arrangement whereby the contracting authorities entitled to purchase under the proposed framework agreement can procure the production of payment cards and miscellaneous payment services.
— payments through digital apps, which could be offered in relation to the use of the internet and smart phones,
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Act, the invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
In accordance with Regulation 59(12), as this proposed framework agreement is divided into lots, these economic and financial standing selection criteria each individual lot.
It is a requirement of the contracts to be procured under the proposed framework agreement that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance: maintain a minimum indemnity limit of 10 000 000 GBP in respect of each claim, and without limit to the number of claims.
Public liability insurance: maintain a minimum indemnity limit of 5 000 000 GBP in respect of each claim, and without limit to the number of claims.
A search of the bidder against Equifax's Protect must not return a 'Warning' or 'Caution' returnable code or any neutral code, unless the bidder confirms that it can provide any other document which Scotland Excel considers appropriate to prove to Scotland Excel (acting within its permitted discretion under the applicable public procurement rules) that the bidder does/would not represent an unmanageable risk should it be appointed on to the proposed framework agreement.
1) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4C.1. Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU contract notice or and the specification document.


Award value: 8000000