Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on authorizing the Purchasing Agent to advertise and receive sealed proposals for Electronic Payment Processing for Williamson County Treasurer under RFP #22RFP150.

Williamson County is seeking proposals from interested firms for Electronic Payment Processing. The selected vendor(s) will provide the County with a comprehensive program of payment processing services that serve the County’s current and anticipated needs. The County is interested in receiving responses from qualified firms who can provide analysis, technology, and services to efficiently process and reconcile a variety of electronic payments, such as credit cards, debit cards and e-checks. Williamson County collects various fees, court costs, sales payments, and fines. The County intends to coordinate with selected vendor(s) to provide payment processes to support collection of these fees. The selected vendor(s) are expected to work with individual departments and Williamson County Technology Services staff to meet the needs of the customer. The current contract expired January 9, 2022, and extensions were granted until December 31, 2022. There is no funding source for this contract.  All merchant service fees are paid by the customers making the payments. Budget, Audit, Information Systems, Legal, and Contract Audit have reviewed and approved this. Department contact is Scott Heselmeyer.