In deliveryUnited KingdomServices£2,531,920
UKRI-5495 TechFirst: Payment Function
- Published
- Published 5 December 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 1 June 2026
Overview
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) awarded a contract to QA LIMITED for £1,944,773.29 to provide a managed payment services solution that administers and disburses scholarship-related payments for three undergraduate and master's scholarship programmes. The service includes end-to-end payment administration, student and institution onboarding, identity verification, secure payment processing, reconciliation, fraud prevention, and management reporting, with compliance to data protection and information security standards.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £2,531,920
- Procedure
- Open
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 5 December 2025
- Questions by
- 26 May 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Database-management systemFinancial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house servicesFinancial consultancy servicesAdministrative educational services
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £1,944,773
- Award date
- 30 June 2026
- Contract period
- 12 July 2026 → 28 June 2030
- QA LIMITED
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
14 July 2026
View notice ↗Tender Update
15 May 2026
View notice ↗Tender Update
14 May 2026
View notice ↗Contract Notice
30 March 2026
View notice ↗Planning Update
9 December 2025
View notice ↗Prior Information Notice
5 December 2025
View notice ↗
Contracting authority
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
BuyerSwindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG
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