How to win: Merchant Acquiring

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'PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PIPELINE NOTICE - NOT LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY - TENDER NOTICE TO FOLLOW'. The forthcoming opportunity relates to the provision of Merchant Acquiring Services (facilitates the acceptance of debit and credit card payments by managing transaction authorisation, routing through card schemes, and settlement of funds to the organisation) (Previous pipeline publication was Income and Payment Management Systems, however scope has changed as per the above description)

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — London Borough of Southwark scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,800,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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