Payment Card Services
A Tender Notice
by THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS, TRADING AS NEPO
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 6 year
- Value
- £6B
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 23 Feb 2022
- Delivery
- To 27 Feb 2028 (est.)
- Deadline
- 30 Mar 2022 11:00
Concepts
Location
United Kingdom:
1 buyer
- Association of North East Councils Gateshead
Description
NEPO is the lead organisation for this opportunity, working in collaboration with ESPO and YPO to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot Framework Contract for the provision of Prepaid Card Accounts, Commercial Procurement Cards and other related services provided by payment solution providers. The Framework Contract will be divided into the following lots: Lot 1: Prepaid Payments Lot 2 : Corporate Payments The future Framework Contract will replace the preceding NEPO505 Prepaid Cards Framework Contract which expired on 8.01.2022.
Lot Division
1 | Prepaid Payments
Prepaid Card Accounts operate similar to a standard UK bank account, including sort codes and account numbers as well as the option to withdraw cash from an ATM, make regular payments, pay vendors and receive regular statements. The cards operate much in the same way as a standard debit card whereby funds are preloaded by Contracting Authorities, carers or third parties and then used by the cardholder until the balance is exhausted. NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Contract. The Framework Contract will consist of two lots. Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the Invitation To Tender documents. The most economically advantageous Tenderer(s) for each lot will be awarded onto the Framework Contract. Upon completion of the Tender evaluations, NEPO will combine the final marks for both quality and price and evaluate Tenders according to the score. It is intended that a maximum of six suppliers will be appointed to the Framework Contract for lot 1. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Tenderers wishing to be considered for this Framework Contract must register their expression of interest and submit a Tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register. Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful Tenderers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof. Award Criteria
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2 | Corporate Payments
Commercial Procurement Cards are used across the UK public sector and can deliver significant administrative cost reductions and benefits for front line services. The cards provide Contracting Authorities with an electronic method to purchase goods or services. NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Contract. The Framework Contract will consist of two lots. Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the Invitation to Tender documents. The most economically advantageous Tenderer(s) for each lot will be awarded onto the Framework Contract. Upon completion of the Tender evaluations, NEPO will combine the final marks for both quality and price and evaluate Tenders according to the score. It is intended that a maximum of four suppliers will be appointed to the Framework Contract for lot 2. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Tenderers wishing to be considered for this Framework Contract must register their expression of interest and submit a Tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register. Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful Tenderers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof. Award Criteria
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CPV Codes
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
- 30160000 - Magnetic cards
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 72212440 - Financial analysis and accounting software development services
- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
- 75300000 - Compulsory social security services
- 79211120 - Sales and purchases recording services
- 79211200 - Compilation of financial statements services
- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
Indicators
- This is a recurring contract.
- Renewals are available.
Legal Justification
The Framework Contract is anticipated to exceed 48 months in duration. This is due to the commercial and contractual complexity of the Framework Contract combined with the cost of administrating the procurement and resulting implementations. For this purpose, longer term agreements are preferred by both Contracting Authorities and Suppliers
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-i... http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procur... https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-socia... http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social... https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_i... http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhom... http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/so... A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-031a60
- FTS 005060-2022
Domains
- schoolswebdirectory.co.uk
- ted.europa.eu
- ukschoolsdirectory.net
- nepo.org
- communities.gov.uk
- gov.uk
- proactis.com
- firescotland.gov.uk
- finance-ni.gov.uk
- hefce.ac.uk
- apps.charitycommission.gov.uk
- nhs.uk
- wales.nhs.uk
- hscni.net
- nifrs.org
- procontract.due-north.com
- fire.org.uk
- police-information.co.uk
- proactis.kayako.com
- nidirect.gov.uk
- scotland.gov.uk
- charity-commission.gov.uk
- scotland.police.uk
- ons.gov.uk
- police.uk
- fireservice.co.uk
- scottishambulance.com
- oscr.org.uk
- psni.police.uk
- sell2wales.gov.uk
- education-ni.gov.uk
- direct.gov.uk
- gov.scot
- communities-ni.gov.uk
- northernireland.gov.uk