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OpenStage · planning

BANK OF ENGLAND

Market Engagement of Payments Roadmap Technology Delivery Partner (TDP)

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£30.0m
Deadline
Published14 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
RTGSCommercial.Mailbox@bankofengland.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£30.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£32.4m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Bank of England launched the new RTGS system successfully in April 2025.

After a year of maintenance and support, enhancements have been identified to ensure the system is running as effectively as possible.

The TDP is required to work alongside the Bank of England to align the core settlement product family and to deliver these strategic enhancements.

The Bank plans to explore the options from the market along with how the TDP and enhancements could be procured.

Particular suitability: -Understand what capabilities exist in the market for payments, payment processing, AMH and SWIFT messaging. -Assess how suppliers support end‑to‑end innovation in payment messaging. -Identify scalable and flexible approaches that can support future regulatory, operational, and technology change -Inform subsequent discovery and procurement activity This Notice is for information only.

The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the requirements, the estimated value, the service classification of this requirement and the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding and the Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.

The publication of this notice in no way obliges the Authority to commence any competitive tender process.

The Authority is not and shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in participating in this premarket engagement exercise.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

After a year of maintenance and support

After a year of maintenance and support, enhancements have been identified to ensure the system is running as effectively as possible.

02

The TDP is required to work alongside

The TDP is required to work alongside the Bank of England to align the core settlement product family and to deliver these strategic enhancements.

03

Assess how suppliers support end‑to‑end innovation in

Assess how suppliers support end‑to‑end innovation in payment messaging.

04

Identify scalable and flexible approaches that can

Identify scalable and flexible approaches that can support future regulatory, operational, and technology change.

05

The Authority is not and shall not

The Authority is not and shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in participating in this premarket engagement exercise.

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

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067e7e
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
066395-2026
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