# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=financial-transaction-services 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Visa and Mastercard acquiring for ZVV digital sales" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/0d7a9190-811b-47bc-8f7d-f2f08c0bf6d3/visa-and-mastercard-acquiring-for-zvv-digital-sales" last-updated: 2026-10-23T16:00:00+00:00 --- # Visa and Mastercard acquiring for ZVV digital sales The Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) is procuring acquiring and settlement of remote Visa and Mastercard payments through its app, online ticket shop and other digital sales systems; payment service providing is excluded. The original notice says re-award takes effect on 1 January 2027, while SIMAP lists a 1 January 2027–31 December 2028 contract period and separately notes service commencement on 1 February 2027. Three one-year extensions are possible, up to five years total. Offers must be submitted electronically through SIMAP by 30 October 2026 at 17:00 CET and remain valid for 180 days. Questions are due 15 October. Consortiums, subcontractors, variants and partial offers are not allowed. The German notice includes a 20-day written appeal period and filing requirements. - Status: closing-soon - Country: CH - Buyer: Zürcher Verkehrsverbund ZVV - Submission deadline: 2026-10-30T16:00:00+00:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://www.simap.ch/de/project-detail/489bf7f3-87b1-424b-a22d-2ca4ec3b57cc - Source checked: 2026-10-11T23:50:22.690958Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "0d7a9190-811b-47bc-8f7d-f2f08c0bf6d3", "revision": 3, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-23T16:00:00+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-11T23:50:22.690958Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/0d7a9190-811b-47bc-8f7d-f2f08c0bf6d3/visa-and-mastercard-acquiring-for-zvv-digital-sales", "locale": "en", "title": "Visa and Mastercard acquiring for ZVV digital sales", "summary": "The Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) is procuring acquiring and settlement of remote Visa and Mastercard payments through its app, online ticket shop and other digital sales systems; payment service providing is excluded. The original notice says re-award takes effect on 1 January 2027, while SIMAP lists a 1 January 2027–31 December 2028 contract period and separately notes service commencement on 1 February 2027. Three one-year extensions are possible, up to five years total. Offers must be submitted electronically through SIMAP by 30 October 2026 at 17:00 CET and remain valid for 180 days. Questions are due 15 October. Consortiums, subcontractors, variants and partial offers are not allowed. 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Passengers can pay for tickets through the relevant digital sales channels using various digital payment methods, including Visa and Mastercard debit and credit cards. The contract for Visa and Mastercard acquiring services, in particular the contractual acceptance, processing and settlement of card payments, will be re-awarded with effect from 1 January 2027. Given the contract value, the award will be made through a public tender in accordance with applicable public procurement law. The subject of this tender is the provision of acquiring services for Visa and Mastercard payments made through ZVV’s digital sales channels. Payment service provider (PSP) services are outside the scope of this procurement. 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The original notice says re-award takes effect on 1 January 2027, while SIMAP lists a 1 January 2027–31 December 2028 contract period and separately notes service commencement on 1 February 2027. Three one-year extensions are possible, up to five years total. Offers must be submitted electronically through SIMAP by 30 October 2026 at 17:00 CET and remain valid for 180 days. Questions are due 15 October. Consortiums, subcontractors, variants and partial offers are not allowed. The German notice includes a 20-day written appeal period and filing requirements.", "key_facts": [ { "label": "Offer deadline", "value": "30 October 2026, 17:00 CET", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#dates.offerDeadline" }, { "label": "Contract period", "value": "1 Jan 2027–31 Dec 2028; service-start note says 1 Feb 2027", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#procurement.contractPeriod+executionNote" }, { "label": "Offer validity", "value": "180 days", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#dates.offerValidityDeadlineDays" }, { "label": "Submission", "value": "Electronic submission through SIMAP", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#project-info.offerTypes" } ], "notice_analysis": { "scope": "Acquiring, acceptance, processing and settlement of Visa and Mastercard card payments made remotely through the ZVV app, online ticket shop and other digital sales channels. Payment service providing (PSP) is excluded. The new service is to start on 1 January 2027.", "missing_information": [ "Detailed service specifications and award criteria are in the tender documents, not reproduced in the public notice fields." ], "participation_requirements": [ "No consortium bids or subcontracting; no variants or partial offers." ] } }, "facts": { "lots": [], "schedule": [ { "event": "Questions deadline", "value": "2026-10-15", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#dates.qnas" }, { "event": "Offer deadline", "value": "2026-10-30 17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#dates.offerDeadline" }, { "event": "Contract period", "value": "2027-01-01 to 2028-12-31; execution note says service begins 2027-02-01", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#procurement.contractPeriod+executionNote" }, { "event": "Offer validity", "value": "180 days", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#dates.offerValidityDeadlineDays" } ], "requirements": [ { "text": "Offers are submitted electronically through SIMAP. Consortia and subcontractors are not allowed; variants and partial offers are not accepted.", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#project-info+terms+procurement" }, { "text": "The offer must remain valid for 180 days.", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#dates.offerValidityDeadlineDays" }, { "text": "The published appeal notice allows a written appeal within 20 days from publication and sets out filing requirements.", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#terms.remediesNotice" } ], "award_criteria": [], "estimated_value": null }, "award": null, "contractPeriod": "1 January 2027 to 31 December 2028; the SIMAP execution note says service starts 1 February 2027. The contract may be extended by three one-year options (maximum five years total).", "noticeText": { "text": "Der Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) betreibt selbst verschiedene digitale Vertriebskanäle. Dazu gehören insbesondere die ZVV-App, der ZVV-Online-Ticketshop sowie andere webbasierte Vertriebssysteme für den telefonischen oder selbstbedienten Verkauf.\n\nFahrgäste können ihre Fahrausweise in den dafür vorgesehenen digitalen Vertriebskanälen mit verschiedenen digitalen Zahlungsmitteln und unter anderem mit Debit- und Kreditkarten von Visa und Mastercard bezahlen.\n\nDas Acquiring für Kartentransaktionen mit Visa und Mastercard, insbesondere die vertragliche Akzeptanz, Verarbeitung und Abrechnung der Zahlungen, wird per 1. Januar 2027 neu vergeben. Aufgrund des Auftragsvolumens erfolgt die Vergabe im Rahmen einer öffentlichen Ausschreibung gemäss dem anwendbaren Beschaffungsrecht.\n\nGegenstand der Ausschreibung sind die Acquiring-Dienstleistungen für Visa- und Mastercard-Zahlungen im Distanzgeschäft über die digitalen Vertriebskanäle des ZVV. Das Payment Service Providing ist nicht Bestandteil der Beschaffung. Der derzeitige Payment Service Provider (PSP) des ZVV ist Datatrans.\n\nGegen diese Ausschreibung kann innert 20 Tagen, von der Publikation an gerechnet, beim Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Zürich, Freischützgasse 1, Postfach, 8090 Zürich, schriftlich Beschwerde eingereicht werden. Die Beschwerdeschrift ist im Doppel einzureichen. Sie muss einen Antrag und dessen Begründung enthalten. Die angefochtene Ausschreibung ist beizulegen. Die angerufenen Beweismittel sind genau zu bezeichnen und, soweit möglich, beizulegen.", "language": "de", "source_ref": "official_notice_api#procurement.orderDescription+terms.remediesNotice" }, "updates": [ "The notice text states re-award from 1 January 2027; SIMAP separately gives a 1 February service-start note alongside a contract period beginning 1 January 2027. 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