Merchant and Payment Solutions
Overview
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SUMMARY
KEY REQUIREMENTS
BUDGET
EstimateCONTRACT DURATION
TIMELINE
Solicitation Notice Publication: September 16th, 2026
Deadline for submission of proposals: November 13th, 2026
Approximate opening date: November 16th, 2026
Proposal selection: November 17th, 2026 to December 8th, 2026
Approximate award date: December 9th, 2026
QUESTION DEADLINE
CONTACTS
Primary procurement contact — name, title, email, and phone
Additional decision-makers and their departments
Issuing Agency
League Of Oregon Cities
DESCRIPTION
The procuring organization seeks a vendor to provide merchant services and payment solutions for government and education entities under a four-year contract. Services are expected to support revenue collection, billing, citizen payment platforms, utility billing, electronic bill presentment, tax and assessment payments, licensing and permitting fees, court fines, parks and recreation registration, emergency medical services billing, installment payment plans, and refund processing.
The solution should also support school, district, and campus payments, including cafeteria point-of-sale and meal account funding, student stored-value accounts, tuition and fee collection, athletics ticketing, bookstore and vending payments, parent portals, and integration with student information systems. Required capabilities include settlement and deposit reconciliation, automated cash receipting, general ledger posting, enterprise resource planning and financial system integration, APIs and file-based interfaces, account hierarchies, audit trails, and reporting dashboards.
The vendor should provide payment security, compliance, and fraud management services, including assessment and remediation, point-to-point encryption, tokenization, certification, fraud screening, chargeback and dispute management, penetration testing, compliance attestation, and breach response support. Payment acceptance may include in-person, card-present, online, mobile, and interactive voice response channels, with support for card processing, contactless and mobile wallets, terminals, integrated or cloud-based point-of-sale systems, kiosks, mobile collection devices, hosted payment pages, recurring payments, electronic checks, ACH, pay-by-text, QR codes, telephone payments, and accessible multilingual interfaces.
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Frequently asked questions
- When is the submission deadline?
- Submissions are due November 13, 2026. Questions must be submitted by November 3, 2026.
- What is the budget for this RFP?
- Settle estimates the budget at $25,000,000. The issuer has not published an official figure.
- Who issued this RFP?
- It was issued by League Of Oregon Cities. The work is located in Salem, Oregon, United States.
- Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
- Payment processing and merchant services provider with government and education experience
- Demonstrated expertise in citizen, utility, tax, school, and campus payment platforms
- Provider of secure omnichannel payment acceptance and point-of-sale solutions
- Experience integrating ERP, financial, billing, and student information systems
- Strong PCI compliance, encryption, tokenization, fraud prevention, and dispute management capabilities
- Established capacity to support a multi-year, statewide or multi-entity contract
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