Decision details

Procurement Decision - Appoint a Bar Code Payments Facilitator / Provider

Find out more about this issue

Decision Maker: Corporate Director (Finance & IT) & Section 151 Officer

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To continue to provide a payment option at the post office and Paypoint terminals that in turn also supports the Council with meeting its obligations under section 29 of the Financial Service Act 2021 to ensure a duty of care to consumers around financial inclusion.

Decision:

To appoint Allpay Ltd to provide Bar Code payment services to the council for a period of two years following direct following direct award via the Government Cloud 14 (G-Cloud 14) Procurement Framework 2023 for cloud hosting, software and support.