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

Completed: Award date29 July 2026
Completed: 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. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. 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.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

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

Relevant CPV codes

66110000 · Banking services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-government.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-government.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-government.gov
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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-government.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-government.gov