“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
Thank you for your time