“CLUBBING TOGETHER”

12th October 2006, Sheffield

Neil Kitchen – Payment Cards Senior Manager, OGCbuying.solutions

Outline of Presentation

• Introduction

• Introduction to Payment Solutions Project

• Scope/Objectives of the Project

• Progress

• Future Developments

Introduction

• OGCbuying.solutions – Executive Agency of Office of Government Commerce – part of HM Treasury

• Payment Cards team – 4 staff

• GPC and Fuel Card frameworks

Introduction

• GPC – annual spend of £500m+ with 70,000+ cards, 500+ programmes

• Six issuing banks

• Fuel Card – 3 frameworks – annual spend approx. £180m with 100,000 + cards, 1500+ programmes

Introduction

• Developments withIN GPC include:– Implementation manager– Free back office software solution– User Group 18th October London

• Developments within Fuel Cards include:– Carbon foot-printing– Enhanced on-line reporting

Introduction to Payment Solutions Project

• Requests from customers wanting to accept payment via GPC

• Carried out a feasibility study

• Recent customer survey

• Bank activities

Introduction to Payment Solutions Project

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no. of responses

MerchantAcquiring

DebitCards

Pre-paidcards

Smartcards

fuel cards

type of service

Interested in future service

yes

no

Scope/Objectives of the Project

• Put in place a range of frameworks to cover the following:– Merchant Acquiring– Debit/Pre-paid cards– Other forms of card related payment solutions

Scope/Objectives of the Project

• Use our experience/knowledge gained on GPC and Fuel Cards and the working relationships we have with the suppliers

• Need stakeholders– Early adopters– Knowledge

Hence “CLUBBING TOGETHER”

Progress

• OJEU placed

• Currently in PQQ stage

• Held meetings with various individual parties

The Future

• Intention to issue ITT on Merchant Acquiring in the next 4~6 weeks

• Remaining ITTs in early 2007, depending upon stakeholder involvement

Conclusion

• Background to OGCbs/Team/Cards• History behind the project• Scope & Objectives of the project• Where we are now• Timetable for future

Contact Details

neil.kitchen@ogcbs.gov.uk

0151-672-2316

Thank you for your time