Contract award · 29 Oct 2026

Provision of Pre-Paid Cards

Southend-on-sea Borough Council awarded “Provision of Pre-Paid Cards” to Prepaid Financial Services Limited for £133k on 29 Oct 2026.

Office & computing equipmentEast of England

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Southend-on-sea Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£132,719.60
Procedure
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Sector
Office & computing equipment · Charge cards (CPV 30163000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date29 Oct 2026
  2. Published30 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date

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.

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