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Leicestershire County Council Direct Payment Card Service.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Leicestershire County Council
442252-2014
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
For the attention of: Mr Stewart Brewer
LE3 8RA Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1163055857
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.leics.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
Public order and safety
Environment
Economic and financial affairs
Health
Social protection
Recreation, culture and religion
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Leicestershire County Council Direct Payment Card Service.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

NUTS code UKF2

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Leicestershire County Council Direct Payment Card Service.
 CHAR(13) + CHAR(10).
 Leicestershire County Council is inviting tenders for the supply of pre-paid payment cards with associated accounts. The cards and accounts aim to help persons (Account Holders) in receipt of cash and direct payments manage the payments and assist in improving their outcomes as well as providing reporting / Management Information transparency for Leicestershire County Council (LCC).
 CHAR(13) + CHAR(10).
 LCC aims to retain ownership of funds it transfers into the accounts/cards and requires an online reporting system which allows access to account details. LCC is seeking a supplier that can offer the Account Holders an experience which is the same as a standard UK bank account, both for card / account use, including Account Holder support such as the ability to manage the account online.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66172000, 30000000, 66110000, 66150000, 66170000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Price. Weighting 40
2. Quality. Weighting 60
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
LCC/TP/DPCS/2014
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 442252-2014 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Direct Payment Card Service
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
23.6.2015
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 3
Number of offers received by electronic means: 3
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Prepaid Financial Services Ltd
4th Floor, Carnaby Street
W1F 7DR London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 2075348040
Internet address: www.prepaidfinancialservices.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 150 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 0
V.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2079476000
Internet address: https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
12 Bloomsbury Square
WC1A 2LP London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 2074217444
Internet address: http://www.ciarb.org/

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2079476000
Internet address: https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
2.12.2015

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