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WP2236 Payment Provider for GOV.UK Pay

DSIT · published 26 May 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release IDb725c8c9-e265-4f01-905c-6108313f8fef-899181
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-9a9972a0-bfea-44bd-b064-ff0e77dda39e
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-334977
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£25,270,000
award field
Tender value
Not disclosed
tender field
Procurement method
Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
72000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery
North West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

GDS is seeking payment service provider to underpin the GOV.UK Pay platform, specifically for processing credit and debit card payments and pay by bank (open banking) payments made by end users to services operated by local government, police, the armed forces and some other public sector organisations. This notice is linked to a previous contract finder notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/182de6c9-d246-421a-8204-5d50922b30de?origin=SearchResults&p=1 Additional information: Award Form (Redacted information removed)

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published19 Feb 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published17 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published17 May 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 26 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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