Merchant Acquirer Services for Ipswich Borough Council, St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Forest Heath District Council

Tender description

Ipswich Borough Council, St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Forest Heath District Council (‘The Councils’) have come together collaboratively to issue a tender proposal to individually secure merchant acquirer services. Ipswich Borough Council is running the procurement process on behalf of itself and St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Forest Heath District Council. Ipswich Borough Council is not operating as a central purchasing body in this procurement. For the avoidance of doubt, the successful bidder will enter in to individual contracts with each of the Councils. The duration of the individual contracts will be three years plus will include a possibility for extension by the relevant Council for up to an additional two years maximum. The services will involve the processing of a variety of types of payment cards which are accepted by any one of the Councils and will include the provision of chip and pin machines if required. PCI DSS compliance is a minimum requirement and candidates that do not meet this requirement will be excluded.