In deliveryUnited KingdomServices£800,000
Merchant Services
- Published
- Published 4 February 2026
- Deadline
- Closed 9 March 2026
Overview
Chelmsford City Council has awarded an £800,000 contract to Barclays Bank Plc for merchant card acquiring services, effective from May 2026. The scope includes processing transactions for MasterCard, Visa, Electron, and Maestro cards through specified payment gateways (Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay, and NMI), managing 30 merchant numbers, and supplying and maintaining approximately 19 chip and PIN terminals across the council's outlets.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £800,000
- Procedure
- Open
- Published
- 4 February 2026
- Questions by
- 24 February 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Financial and insurance servicesBanking servicesInternational payment transfer services
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £800,000
- Award date
- 5 May 2026
- Contract period
- 25 June 2026 → 26 June 2028
- Barclays Bank Plc
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
6 May 2026
View notice ↗Contract Notice
4 February 2026
View notice ↗
Contracting authority
Chelmsford City Council
BuyerChelmsford, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PYRZ-1467-WNJW
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