UMC 012 - The Provision of Payment Services including Merchant and Allied Services

Shropshire Council wishes to create a framework agreement with one or a number of contractors.The framework agreement shall comprise of 7 separate lots for the provision of merchant accounts,payment gateways,fully managed PCI DSS,compliant card acceptance,direct debit,swipe cards & barcode payments,Call masking and IVR,and automated payment systems.Further details of each lot are provided in section II.2.The fundamental objective of the Framework is to provide an efficient payment services for a range of public sectors across the UK and the EU to deliver financial savings and enable compliance with legislation.As part of this Process it's intended to award a contract under lots x and x for Shropshire Council from the commencement of the framework.Applicants may bid for one,more than one or all of the 7 Category lots and any of the 63 sub-lots under each of the 7 Category lots,please see tender documentation for full details.The framework will be for a period of 4 years from 8 July 2016