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Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and Payment Devices

The City of Edinburgh Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: The City of Edinburgh Council

Buyer Address: Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH8 8BG

Contact Name: Stephen Forfar

Contact Email: stephen.forfar@edinburgh.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1314693922

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
1500000.0 GBP
Published
20 Nov 2025, 00:00
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
66133000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Barclaycard payments
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

The City of Edinburgh Council has a requirement for the provision of Merchant Service Gateway and Payment Devices to facilitate face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV543928

Link Title: Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and Payment Devices

Link Description: The City of Edinburgh Council has a requirement for the provision of Merchant Service Gateway and Payment Devices to facilitate face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council.

Lots

Lot Description: Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council across multiple of the Council's key systems. Barclaycard currently provide the infrastructure to take credit and debit card payments on behalf of the Council. This service is required to integrate within nine payment platforms. Historically a migration has incurred GBP200,000 of costs and taken 12 months and an incoming provided would be expected to absorb this.

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 Has Options: Yes

Lot 1 Options: Contract period of 3 years

Documents

Document Title: Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and Payment Devices

Document Description: The City of Edinburgh Council has a requirement for the provision of Merchant Service Gateway and Payment Devices to facilitate face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council.

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