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Pre-Paid Purchasing Cards

Lincolnshire County Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Lincolnshire County Council

Buyer Address: County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, UKF30, LN1 1YL, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Mr Deane Fehnert

Contact Email: deane.fehnert@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +447770501248

Status
complete
Procedure
Below threshold - unknown
Value
56003.0 GBP
Published
28 Jan 2026, 15:22
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
09 Feb 2026, 00:00
Contract End
09 Feb 2028, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
ELM Pre-paid Financial Services Ltd.
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The services which are being procured as part of this Procurement are approx. 700 pre-paid payment cards initially for court of protection department clients at Lincolnshire County Council. The Council reserves the ability to increase this number over the contract term to other clients within the Social Care arena if such a business case is accepted. The Call-Off Contract will run for a period of (2) two years commencing February 2026. There will be an option for the Council to extend the Call-Off Contract by a period of 2 x 12month extensions to 8th January 2030 Currently the Council estimates expenditure would be circa £540,000 per annum – up to £1,000,000 pa if the card cohort is extended further during the term of the contract.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: Pre-Paid Purchasing Cards

Raw Notice JSON

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