You asked
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Finance (Accounts Receivable/Payable) and IT (Information Technology):
Who provides the organisations BACS payments and Direct Debit collection software?
Please provide a list of your suppliers of the above software.
How you came to the decision to choose these companies?
Are these solution(s) hosted on premise or cloud hosted?
Please provide expenditure on computer software used for Bacs payment processing and Direct Debit collection. For financial years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016.
When does your current contract(s) with BACs payment and direct debit collection software expire?
Will this service(s) be tendered and if so where?
What is the total value of your current BACS payment and Direct Debit collection software contract(s) and over what period?
With whom does the organisation hold its primary bank account?
Does the organisation, acting as a Bureau, provide Bacs processing on behalf on any other organisation?
What payments types does the organisation use? (e.g Bacs (Direct Credit), Direct Debit, Faster Payments, etc.).
Who is the person responsible for BACS processing and Direct Debit collection software?
We said
Thank you for your request.
- Who provides the organisations BACS payments and Direct Debit collection software?
Our BACS payment software is provided by Version 1 Ltd. Software is not required for direct debit payments or collections.
- Please provide a list of your suppliers of the above software.
Version 1 Ltd
- How you came to the decision to choose these companies?
Best value at the time
- Are these solution(s) hosted on premise or cloud hosted?
On premise.
- Please provide expenditure on computer software used for Bacs payment processing and Direct Debit collection. For financial years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016.
2014/15 - £784.84 , 2015/16 - £805.63
- When does your current contract(s) with BACs payment and direct debit collection software expire?
BACS payment software is renewed each year (31/03/2017).
- Will this service(s) be tendered and if so where?
No, the current software license and maintenance contract is normally renewed.
- What is the total value of your current BACS payment and Direct Debit collection software contract(s) and over what period?
BACS Payment license and maintenance 01/04/2016 - 31/03/2017 - £824.16
- With whom does the organisation hold its primary bank account?
RBS
- Does the organisation, acting as a Bureau, provide Bacs processing on behalf on any other organisation?
No
- What payments types does the organisation use? (e.g Bacs (Direct Credit), Direct Debit, Faster Payments, etc.).
BACS, Direct Debits and CHAPS.
- Who is the person responsible for BACS processing and Direct Debit collection software?
Finance Manager
accounts.payable.newport@ons.gov.uk
In accordance with s40(2)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, which exempts personal data, and general office policy, the names and contact details of staff members have not been provided.