Decision details
Award a contract to Allpay for the provision of an Electronic Payment Service
Decision Maker: Executive Director for Organisational Development and Corporate Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Council requires an Electronic Bill
payment service to allow residents to pay certain Council bills via
the Post Office and Paypoint networks.
The current contract for Electronic bill payment(through the
Co-operative Bank) will expire March 2017. The Co-operative Bank is
leaving the market for this service so an alternative supplier was
required. The value of the contract fell within the approval limits
assigned to the Director within the Constitution.
Decision:
Decision was given to award a contract to
Allpay for the provision of an Electronic Payment Service for a 2
year contract with an option to extend for a further period of 2
years (1+1). The total contract value for the first 2 years is
£107,957 with an estimated further £51,691 per year for
each extension.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Award contract to Allpay to supply the electronic bill
payment service - as they fitted the requirements of the Councils'
procurement process.
Option 2 - Dont award the contract.
Option 3 - Appoint another supplier that doesn't fit the
requirements of the Council's procurement process.
Publication date: 07/03/2017
Date of decision: 21/02/2017