Who Won It

Contract award · 26 Mar 2026

Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and Payment Devices

The City of Edinburgh Council awarded “Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway…” to Barclaycard payments for £700k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionFinancial & insurance servicesScotland

BuyerThe City of Edinburgh Council
Value £700k
WinnerBarclaycard payments

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
The City of Edinburgh Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Barclaycard payments
Value
£700,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Financial & insurance services · Processing and clearing services (CPV 66133000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
045446-2026 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date26 Mar 2026
  2. Published18 May 2026Published 53 days after the contract date

Description

Provision of Merchant Service Payment Gateway and face to face Chip and PIN terminals to take credit and debit payment on behalf of the Council across multiple of the Council's key systems.

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
19 Nov 2025
Barclaycard payments £1.5m

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