The Council requires card acquiring arrangements to facilitate the collection of a range of payments by credit and debit card.
Card payments are accepted at a variety of Council locations as follows:
Via the Council’s web site, in person, via the telephone with Council staff inputting details via a web page, via an automated telephone service, via payments initiated by texts from mobile phones (this service is being trialled by Fife Council).
Card payments accepted total approximately 111,000 with a value of 14 900 000 GBP.
All transactions are secure.
The Council’s financial system provider (Civica) facilitates the process of capturing card details and authorisation of transactions via TNS for card holder not present payments. Terminals will need to be rented for card holder present transactions.
The tender is divided in to two lots as follows:
Lot 1 – telephone and online transactions.
Lot 2 – customer present transactions.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland web site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=246537.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "Tender Submission Postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=246537.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Ref: SC625,
Fife Council
Fife House
Contact point(s): Finance and Procurement
For the attention of: Sheila Gray
KY7 5LT Glenrothes
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8451550000
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00187
Further information can be obtained from: Fife Council
Fife House
Contact point(s): Finance and Procurement
For the attention of: Sheila Gray
KY7 5LT Glenrothes
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8451550000
Internet address: http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Fife Council
Fife House
Contact point(s): Finance and Procurement
For the attention of: Sheila Gray
KY7 5LT Glenrothes
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8451550000
Internet address: http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Fife Council
Fife House
Contact point(s): Finance and Procurement
For the attention of: Sheila Gray
KY7 5LT Glenrothes
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8451550000
Internet address: http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
Contract value: 50 000,00.
Published: 1 Dec 2012, Receipt by: 9 Jan 2013
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