Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
  Town Hall
  Tunbridge Wells
  TN1 1RS
  UK
  
            Contact person: Miss Louisa Coley
  
            Telephone: +44 1892526121
  
            E-mail: louisa.coley@tunbridgewells.gov.uk
  
            NUTS: UKJ46
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk
  
              Address of the buyer profile: http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk
 
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
Corporate Banking and Merchant Services
            Reference number: DN584006
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  66110000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) is looking to award a contract for corporate
  banking and card merchant services (excluding investment services).
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    66110000
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKJ46
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) is looking to award a contract for corporate
    banking and card merchant services (excluding investment services).
    Currently, both our Corporate Banking and Merchant services are provided by Lloyds bank.
    The current service handles work to a value of £67,000.00 per annum.
    The volumes of card transactions have increased significantly due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
    The council is now almost cashless and intends for this to continue as there have been issues
    with cash collection from parking machines and council sites.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Quality criterion: Quality
                    / Weighting: 40
    
                    Cost criterion: Cost
                    / Weighting: 60
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              No
            
    II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
    
            The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
            
              No
            
   
 
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
  IV.1.1) Type of procedure
  
                        Open procedure
                        
  IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
  
                The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
                
        No
      
 
IV.2) Administrative information
  IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
  Notice number in the OJ S:
  2021/S 000-029286
 
Section V: Award of contract
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        No
      
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    Mid Kent Legal
    Mount Pleasant Road
    Tunbridge Wells
    TN1 1RS
    UK
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/01/2022