“CLUBBING TOGETHER” 12 th October 2006, Sheffield

“CLUBBING TOGETHER”12th October 2006, Sheffield Neil Kitchen – Payment Cards Senior Manager, OGCbuying.solutions

Introduction Introduction to Payment Solutions Project Scope/Objectives of the Project Progress Future Developments Outline of Presentation

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

Requests from customers wanting to accept payment via GPC Carried out a feasibility study Recent customer survey Bank activities Introduction to Payment Solutions Project

Introduction to Payment Solutions 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” Scope/Objectives of the Project

OJEU placed Currently in PQQ stage Held meetings with various individual parties Progress

Intention to issue ITT on Merchant Acquiring in the next 4~6 weeks Remaining ITTs in early 2007, depending upon stakeholder involvement The Future

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

neil.kitchen@ogcbs.gov.uk 0151-672-2316 Contact Details

Thank you for your time

“CLUBBING TOGETHER” 12 th October 2006, Sheffield