# PIN: UK\_331 - Trapped Cash Solution \(Global Payment Service Provider \(PSP\)\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by British Council.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [British Council](/buyers/british-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 14 February 2025
- Contract start: 23 June 2025
- Contract end: 21 June 2027
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 004b2142-c64d-4221-94b9-5a21fc2ff143-826549
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af5c2410-ad4c-4376-8410-186810c375cc

## Description

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? Additional information: If you are interested in expressing an interest and/or bidding for this project, please go to https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/britishcouncil \. You may then have to register your company before you can express an interest for this project and get access the documents\. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/004b2142-c64d-4221-94b9-5a21fc2ff143-826549)