Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and Pendle Borough Council are undertaking a review of their current merchant acquiring arrangements and through this Invitation to Tender are inviting potential service providers to tender for new contracts. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is leading the tender and procuring on behalf of itself and Pendle Council.

Oldham Council and Pendle Borough Council wish to appoint a supplier to provide merchant acquiring services. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Setting up of new merchant ID’s and terminals

- Replacing existing terminals that must offer truncation of PAN numbers on receipts

- Supply hardware as required (i.e., chip and pin machines).

- Ensure that the services conform with with PCI-DSS requirements, Payment Services Regulations, UK Cards Association and operate within the current rules of the Card Schemes.

Further details can be found in the tender documents which are published on the Chest portal.