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Contract notice – utilities

Services

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

National Transport Authority

N/A

Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane

Dublin 2

D02WT20

Contact person: Gerard Deenihan

Telephone: +353 18798300

E-mail: gerard.deenihan@nationaltransport.ie

Fax: +353 18798333

NUTS code: IE061 - Dublin

Internet address(es):

Main address: https://nationaltransport.ie

Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:

http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=122757&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Additional information can be obtained from

the abovementioned address:

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted

to the abovementioned address

I.6)

Main activity

Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of a Public Transport Mobile Ticketing Solution

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

34980000 - Transport tickets

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)

Short description

The NTA is seeking to enter into a contract for the provision of a Public Transport Mobile Ticketing Solution for use across various public transport operators in Ireland.
This contract is intended for the provision of a transport mobile ticketing solution from the Supplier, which would be deployed nationally across multiple public transport operator services in Ireland. This is likely to include both multi-operator and multi-modal tickets.
NTA have defined a roadmap for the next generation of automated fare collection for Ireland. This will involve a graduated move to a nationwide Account Based Ticketing (ABT) system across public and private transport operators services, with the eventual aim of enabling the integration of multiple mobility solution providers, as used in 'Mobility As A Service' or MAAS.

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

22459000 - Tickets

64215000 - IP telephone services

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

72421000 - Internet or intranet client application development services

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code: IE0 - IRELAND

Main site or place of performance:

Ireland

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a contract for the provision of a Public Transport Mobile Ticketing Solution for use across various public transport operators in Ireland.
This contract is intended for the provision of a transport mobile ticketing solution from the Supplier, which would be deployed nationally across multiple public transport operator services in Ireland. This is likely to include both multi-operator and multi-modal tickets.
NTA have defined a roadmap for the next generation of automated fare collection for Ireland. This will involve a graduated move to a nationwide Account Based Ticketing (ABT) system across public and private transport operators services, with the eventual aim of enabling the integration of multiple mobility solution providers, as used in 'Mobility As A Service' or MAAS. In this context ABT is defined as 'a method of ticketing where the proof of entitlement to travel and any records of ticket usage are held as records in a ticketing back office and not in/on any physical media held by the passenger'.
In the longer term the mobile ticketing solution provided under this procurement competition could become one of the accepted methods of ticketing in the NTA’s ABT system. For example, the mobile app could serve as a token or customer identifier, while the details of the customer and tickets are held centrally. The next generation of ticketing equipment shall be capable of validating such tokens/identifiers.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: yes

Description of renewals:

The expected term of the contract will be four years of operations with an option to extend
annually for up to a further four years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Maximum number: 6

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

After the assessment of the Candidates who are not eliminated under the pass/fail criteria has been completed, the Candidates who scored 60% or more of the available marks under each criterion set out in Section 6.1 to 6.4, will be ranked according to the overall summation of their marks scored under those criteria.
Provided that there are sufficient numbers of qualified Candidates, no more than 6 Candidates will be included in the list of Candidates who will be invited to submit formal tenders for the Contract.

II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no

II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.1)

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.

III.1.2)

Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)

Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.4)

Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria: As set out in the procurement documents.

III.1.6)

Deposits and guarantees required

As set out in the procurement documents.

III.1.7)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

As set out in the procurement documents.

III.1.8)

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

As set out in the procurement documents.

III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2)

Contract performance conditions

As set out in the procurement documents.

III.2.3)

Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 2/9/2018

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

IV.2.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months : 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)

Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3)

Additional information

The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of Ireland

Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay

Dublin 7

Telephone: +353 18886000

E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie

Fax: +353 18886000

Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As set out in S.I. No. 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).

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