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2025-TR-0033 Overseas Payment Provider

Student Loans Company Ltd

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Student Loans Company Ltd

Buyer Address: The Memphis Building, Lingfield Point, McMullen Road, Darlington, UKC13, DL1 1RW, United Kingdom

Contact Email: Diane_Pirie@slc.co.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
2310000.0 GBP
Gross: 2772000.0 GBP
Published
28 Nov 2025, 16:05
Deadline
09 Jan 2026, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
66115000 - International payment transfer services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The Student Loans Company (SLC)is a non-profit making government owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in colleges and universities in the UK. We have 9.7 million customers, manage a loan book worth £260.8bn and manage the full end to end “apply, assess, pay and repay “process. SLC is seeking a supplier to provide a repayment service for SLC customers, who live abroad ,that allows them to make low-cost repayments in the foreign currency of their choosing and for this to be quickly repaid to SLC in sterling. The service must capture all customer contact information and SLC customer reference number, these details to be captured for every transaction made and sent onto SLC to allow SLC to quickly identify the customer account to be credited. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-International-payment-transfer-services./84264F5ZB5 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/84264F5ZB5

Linked Documents

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078224-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: GBP 2,310,000.00

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 2,772,000.00

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-07-01T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2031-06-30T23:59:59+01:00

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Compliance with Mandatory requirements = Pass/Fail Criteria (1)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Cost to the customer (2)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Ability to deliver the desirable technical requirements (file formats; transfer information, integration requirements & accessibility) (3)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Service Delivery (4)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Management information/ Customer Relationship Management (5)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Cyber security (6)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Implementation plan /integration (7)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Demonstration (8)

Documents

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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