Purpose

To award the contract of Payment Services
using the Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6118 Lot 1.

Decision

1.        
To note that appendices 1 to 3 are not for
publication on the basis that they contain information relating to
the financial or business affairs of any particular person
(including the authority holding that information) as set out in
paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as
amended)

 
2.        
It is recommended to award the contract for Payment
Services (Merchant Acquiring Services) to Barclaycard under the
Crown Commercial Services framework RM6118 Lot 1, as winners of the
mini competition.

 
3.        
To note that the contract will run for 3+1 years,
annual costing for the contract will be circa £346,000 (based
on forecast volumes), costing £1.4m for the
duration.