RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · contract

Durham University

Merchant Services

Financial ServicesCPV 66000000 66100000
Value£1.3m
Deadline31 May 2018
Published22 Jul 2019
RegionNorth East
Timeline
Published 22 Jul 2019ClosedCloses 31 May 2018
Contract value in context
£1.3mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£4.7m

This is a large award for Financial & Insurance Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Durham University have a requirement for a supplier who can provide PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) Merchant Services to ensure the University remains compliant with all regulatory standards.

In addition to ensuring the University remains compliant, improved value for money is also a key driver behind this tender opportunity along with the desire for high quality management information.

Tender responses should include interchange plus plus pricing for card transactions and all other aspects of the service to be provided directly or any associated third parties including terminal costs, regular fees, DCC rebate and non-secure activity etc.

As part of the evaluation process, you may be expected to attend a clarification meeting at the University scheduled for 18/07/2018.

Suppliers are asked to ensure that they can attend such a meeting on this day.

Further details will follow in due course of process.

The contract will run for a period of 4 year with an option of a 2 year extension on a year by year basis.

The contract will be for sole use of Durham University.

Potential suppliers must offer and support Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) terminals.

The University will not consider tender submissions from suppliers who do not offer and support P2PE terminals.

Please click on the following link to see all of the documentation and or to express an interest: http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=6773

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Durham University have a requirement for

Durham University have a requirement for a supplier who can provide PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) Merchant Services to ensure the University remains compliant with all regulatory standards.

02

Tender responses should include interchange plus plus

Tender responses should include interchange plus plus pricing for card transactions and all other aspects of the service to be provided.

03

As part of the evaluation process, you

As part of the evaluation process, you may be expected to attend a clarification meeting at the University scheduled for 18/07/2018.

04

Suppliers are asked to ensure that they

Suppliers are asked to ensure that they can attend such a meeting on this day.

05

Potential suppliers must offer and support Point

Potential suppliers must offer and support Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) terminals.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Stage
contract · Contract
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