NEPO537 Payments, Appointeeships & Disbursements Services (PADS)
NEPO in collaboration with ESPO and YPO are seeking to establish a new solution in relation to the supply of Prepaid, Corporate and Appointeeship payments. It is envisaged that the solution will comprise four lots: Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments, providing prepaid card accounts that operate like standard debit cards but without an overdraft facility, enabling secure, controlled fund disbursement; Lot 2 - Corporate Payments, offering commercial procurement cards (P-Cards) to streamline purchasing, enhance spend visibility...
Buyer
The Association of North East Councils Limited (NEPO)
Value
£6,000,000,000
Published
3 Mar 2026
Closes
3 Mar 2026
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Tyneside
Procurement method
Selective
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
30160000
Magnetic cards
48812000
Financial information systems
66000000
Financial and insurance services
66110000
Banking services
66133000
Processing and clearing services
66171000
Financial consultancy services
66172000
Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
72212451
Enterprise resource planning software development services
Lots
Lot 1 Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments
£480,000,000
Prepaid Payments provide Contracting Authorities with a controlled mechanism for distributing and managing funds by preloading balances for use across approved payment channels. Solutions may support physical and virtual payment instruments and enable payments to merchants, service providers and individuals, including online and in-person transactions, bill...
Delivery: UK · United Kingdom, GG · Guernsey, IM · Isle of Man, JE · Jersey
Lot 2 Corporate Payments
£4,800,000,000
Corporate Payments (aka Commercial Procurement Cards, P-Cards, Purchasing Cards, Corporate Cards) provide public sector organisations with a secure and efficient mechanism for managing and settling operational expenditure outside of traditional purchase to pay processes. These solutions support a range of payment types and instruments, enabling the controlle...
Delivery: UK · United Kingdom, GG · Guernsey, IM · Isle of Man, JE · Jersey
Lot 3 Appointee & Deputyship Accounts
£480,000,000
This lot is designed to address the complex, sensitive, and often high‑risk financial requirements associated with supporting vulnerable individuals and households. It encompasses the disbursement, management, and oversight of funds provided by Contracting Authorities to individuals eligible for social care and related support, including direct payments, per...
Delivery: UK · United Kingdom, GG · Guernsey, IM · Isle of Man, JE · Jersey
Lot 4 Fund Disbursements
£240,000,000
This lot is focused on enabling Contracting Authorities to deliver fast, secure and controlled Fund Disbursements using modern payment mechanisms. The primary outcome is to improve the speed, accessibility and effectiveness of distributing funds at scale, while maintaining strong governance, transparency and value for money. This lot will support the disburs...
Delivery: UK · United Kingdom, GG · Guernsey, IM · Isle of Man, JE · Jersey
Documents
Unlock document linkTender notice on Find a Tender
3 Mar 2026
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Tender notice · UK4 · Web page
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
24 Nov 2025
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Market engagement notice · UK2 · Web page
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