RFP for Merchant Card Payment Services

The City of Milwaukie (City) is seeking proposals for merchant card payment services from qualified banking institutions or companies with demonstrated experience providing payment card processing to public agencies of similar size, scope and complexity as Milwaukie. Proposers must be compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). A complete description of services is provided under Section 3 of this document. The City’s objective is to enter into an agreement that will provide these comprehensive services.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) documents may be obtained at no cost at http://bids.milwaukieoregon.gov/. Proposers will be required to login in order to access the bid documents.

The City’s expectation of any consultant the City contracts with is that the consultant’s values align with the City’s values of highly ethical conduct, fiscal responsibility, respect for the City and others, and responsiveness to the City’s customers.

The City is committed to ensuring equity and fairness in its contracting and purchasing process and increasing opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and emerging small businesses enterprises. Furthermore, the City strongly encourages its consultants to utilize these businesses when providing services and materials for city contracts and projects.

Proposals must be submitted to the City of Milwaukie, Attn: Michael Osborne, Assistant Finance Director, osbornem@milwaukieoregon.gov. Proposals will be received until 4:00 p.m. (PST), on Monday, September 26, 2022, for the purpose of selecting a proposal who evidences the highest level of qualifications to provide merchant card payment services. Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.

Dated this 29th day of August 2022.