Banking services

Tender description

North Ayrshire Council are looking to notify the market of this future contract opportunity. It is anticipated that this will be advertised in July 2019 as an open tender on the Public Contracts Scotland National Advertising Portal and the Official Journal of the European Union. The procurement exercise will be carried out via the PCS-Tender E-tendering system. North Ayrshire Council would welcome notes of interest at this stage. Please note, you will still be able to submit a tender for this procurement exercise without having to note your interest at this stage. Lot 1: Banking Services. The Council currently operates bank accounts to handle core activities and investments. These accounts require an internet banking facility, providing bank account balances, group account cleared and available balances, reporting, find transaction facility, reconciliation facility, payments, inter-account transfers and customised user access. Lot 2: Merchant Services. The Council seeks to continue to implement an efficient delivery of its financial services. As an integral part of this the Council requires access to a merchant service provider for a number of Council locations. Payments will be required for both customer present and not present transactions with a range of major cards being accepted.