Awarded contract

Provision of Pre-Paid Cards

Details

Buyer: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Supplier(s): Prepaid Financial Services Limited (PFS)
Value: £132,719.6
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Charge cards
Published: 30 October 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Southend-on-Sea City Council (SCC) is looking for a single supplier to provide pre-paid cards or virtual cards that will be administered by number of different departments. The Council has many functions that need a payment to be made or cash to be given out. Examples of these are, payments to Court of Protection service users, Essential Living Fund, Grants, Payments to Care Leavers and users that have No Recourse to Public Funds.

Timeline

Completed: Award published30 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Award date10 January 2027in 2 months
Upcoming: Contract expiry date10 January 2031

About the buyer

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is an Essex local authority, now styled Southend-on-Sea City Council. A Procurement Strategy and Contract Procedure Rules set out how the council buys. The council says it cannot favour local companies, but is committed to equal access to its contracts.

Over the past 5 years, most of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@southend-on-sea-borough-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@southend-on-sea-borough-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@southend-on-sea-borough-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@southend-on-sea-borough-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@southend-on-sea-borough-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@southend-on-sea-borough-council.gov