PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Provision of Merchant Acquirer Services

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency · published 14 Oct 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 IDcc355c3c-a99d-45a7-90c9-d7e9a504efbd-917837

Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-16876928-fc1a-471f-b7a9-f6fe8c4a7c08

Buyer identifierGB-CFS-179733

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: £69,170,000
Tender value: £89,990,000
Procurement method: Open procedure (above threshold)
Category: services
CPV: 66000000
Delivery: Not stated

PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Agreement will be for the services of a Merchant Acquirer to facilitate credit and debit card processing on behalf of the Authority within the following environments: - - Internet - Cardholder present - Cardholder not present The service to be provided will include as a minimum: - Transaction processing - online, manual and telephone - Integrated system links - Provision of rented processing terminals with Chip and Pin functionality - Online payment and settlement service accessed via the internet. ***Contract contains 2 x 1 years extension options which were enacted 31/01/2025, the contract end date has been changed to 31/05/2027.*** Additional information: Previous Notice: 2021/S 000-007863

Tender statuscomplete

STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.

01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release14 Oct 2026
02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 May 2022
03Tender period endsTender-period field as published21 Apr 2021End precedes start · verify
04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 May 2022
05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 May 2027

SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Barclays Bank PLC

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 14 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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