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Awarded contract

BACS Payments Processing - Single Tenancy

Details

Buyer
Scottish Government
Supplier(s)
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
Value
£281,139.74
Topic
Banking services
Published
31 August 2026
Source
uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Scottish Government invites SVARs Paygate (Paygate Solutions Limited) to submit a formal quotation for the provision of a dedicated single tenancy Paygate Enterprise service alongside a bespoke enhanced customer support package. This requirement forms part of the upcoming contract renewal and aligns with our strategic objective to enhance security, scalability, resilience, and technical capability for critical national payment infrastructure. Lot 1: The Scottish Government currently operates Paygate Enterprise (Version 2, recently upgraded to Version 3 pending go-live) within a secure shared cloud environment, supporting: Payroll processing Accounts Payable Pension payments Ad hoc payment services The Banking and Treasury Team operates a centralised payments bureau model, delivering Bacs services across multiple public sector bodies. Key features of the current service include: Support for multiple file formats (CSV, DAT, Standard 18) Custom data mappings for upstream system integration Workflow automation for validation, approvals, and reporting Secure file transfer via SFTP (Scottish Government-managed) HSM certificate-based signing provided via NatWest sponsorship Disaster recovery services supporting Social Security operations have also been incorporated into the platform.

Timeline

  1. Award date29 July 2026
  2. Award published31 August 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government.

The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

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