“CLUBBING TOGETHER” 12 th 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, programmes

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

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

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