# Merchant Acquirer Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Sheffield City Council](/buyers/sheffield-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Lloyds Bank plc t/a Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services Ltd
- Award value: £4,125,000
- Award date: 29 January 2025
- Published: 29 January 2025
- Contract start: 3 March 2025
- Contract end: 2 March 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ea6a6847-8a11-4628-8f2e-035c33caff2f-821473
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-388545e9-bb28-4ea1-95f4-0afe8ecef686

## Description

The Council takes payments for various services, Council Tax, Business Rates etc\. via several channels e\.g\. online, telephone etc\. Through these different channels we process most of the card payments \(debit and credit\) through Access Group's Pay360 solution\. To be able us to take the card payments we need the services of a merchant acquirer who collect card-based payments which have been made via Pay360\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ea6a6847-8a11-4628-8f2e-035c33caff2f-821473)