BACS Services for HMRC

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority. HMRC is seeking to engage interested providers in the market who are BACS-Approved Software (BASS) providers and who are able to provide Bacstel-IP services. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is issued for notification purposes and does not constitute a formal tender or pre-qualification process. HMRC are seeking to re-procure their BACS gateway service. The non-exhaustive list of services under consideration are as follows: Securely send BACS files to Vocalink on behalf of HMRC using a BACS-Approved Software; Capability to process files same-day; Capability to handle high volumes of files; Ability to configure SUNS for the number of files; Ability to view Vocalink reports including value and volume of paid, returns, rejected and amendments for audit purposes; Capability to receive BACS files from HMRC IT supplier; Capability to convert BACS files into Faster Payments files where needed; Capability to process Government Grade 3 files; Ability to process and report on failure or success of transactions; Availability of Management Information for HMRC; Ability to receive and process Direct Debit payments and set up Direct Debit mandates; BACS Supplier must be able to retrieve BACS reports from the BACS Payment Services website and display them on the BACS-Tel-IP report service; Optional: Act as a Bureau to submit payments on behalf of DfT and MHCLG.