Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Sevenoaks District Council
Council Offices, Argyle Road
Sevenoaks
TN13 1HG
UK
Contact person: Roy Parsons
Telephone: +44 1732227204
E-mail: Roy.Parsons@sevenoaks.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ42
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.sevenoaks.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
Merchant Acquiring Services.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66172000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council will require merchant acquiring services to facilitate the collection of credit/debit card payments via the Council web site, by telephone and face to face at Council establishments.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
192 251.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ42
Main site or place of performance:
Several sites within the area served by the Council.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Card payments are currently collected via the Council web site, by telephone and face to face at Council establishments.
The successful tenderer will be expected to provide a card acquiring service to include real time authorisation of card transactions, receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council bank accounts.
The Council already has in place the relevant software/hardware to enable the collection of card payments and has existing contracts with payment service providers. Internet service providers, payment service providers and software/hardware suppliers should therefore not respond to this notice.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service quality
/ Weighting: 20
Price
/ Weighting:
80
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:
2016/S 043-070181
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Merchant Acquiring Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/05/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services Limited
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3EZ
UK
NUTS: UKH33
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 192 251.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sevenoaks District Council
Council Offices, Argyle Road
Sevenoaks
TN13 1HG
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/06/2016