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ClosedStage · contract

British Council

PIN: UK_331 - Trapped Cash Solution (Global Payment Service Provider (PSP))

Financial ServicesCPV 66000000 66100000 66110000
ValueValue not published
Deadline17 Feb 2025
Published31 Jan 2025
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 31 Jan 2025ClosedCloses 17 Feb 2025
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The brief

The British Council is seeking to conduct a market engagement with suppliers who can provide Online Payment Acceptance Services in challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and Africa All our commercial exam operations in all our countries face a currency mismatch - local currency revenue and GBP costs (primarily Exam Board fees).

This income is collected from customers in a range of payment journeys: - Where the customer is paying while in an online journey - The customer is paying cash in an office or teaching centre - The customer pays electronically but is not in an online journey British Council is investigating options to engage a specialist payment providers handling the British Council Online Payments across our challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and Africa.

Their service will enable the customer to pay in their local currency for any product and the British Council to receive hard currency in the UK.

PIN (Prior Information Notice): https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003654-2025?

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The British Council is seeking to conduct

The British Council is seeking to conduct a market engagement with suppliers who can provide Online Payment Acceptance Services in challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and Africa.

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Source & provenance
OCID
004b2142-c64d-4221-94b9-5a21fc2ff143
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
IT-117-3765-BC/03765
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