Provision of Point of Sale (Scratch Card) Dispensers and Associated Products and Services

An Post National Lottery Company

An Post National Lottery Company (The National Lottery) is licensed to operate the National Lottery by the Minister for Finance on the Ministerโ€™s behalf in accordance with the National Lottery Act 1986, with the sole focus of raising money for good causes around Ireland. The National Lottery provide world-class, exciting and engaging lottery games such as Lotto, EuroMillions and Scratch Cards. Since the National Lottery was launched, over 3.6 billion Euros has been raised for good causes. This level of funding has made a significant difference to communities, projects and individuals in the areas of Youth, Sports, Recreation, Amenities, Health, Welfare, Arts, Culture, National Heritage and the Irish Language.
The company have a requirement for Point of Sale (Scratch Card) Dispensers and associated products and services in 2012. The contract will be for a period of 3 years (commencing 1st January 2012) with an option to extend for a future two 1 year extensions. Please note that all contractual arrangements will be subject to the National Lottery Licence. The present licence expires on 31st Dec 2011.
The identified supplier will be required to provide the complete range of services for ticket dispensers and associated products from initial product design and manufacture to storage, installation and support services.
Additional accessories, products and services may be required by the NLC on an ongoing basis.
Both the product and service requirements are in response to the changes and requirements in the Retail Market and over the lifetime of the Framework, different versions, associated products and services may be sought from the supplier.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=279652.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-09-14. The procurement was published on 2011-08-12.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-08-12 Contract notice
2012-08-03 Additional information
Contract notice (2011-08-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: frames
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Frames ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Postal address: Abbey Street Lower,
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.lottery.ie ๐ŸŒ
Phone: +353 18364444 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18366034 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2011-09-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2011-08-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 156-259884
Refers to notice: 2011/S 20-031992
OJ-S issue: 156
Additional information
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers. Please note that all information relating to this Notice, including any additional documentation, clarifications and responses to queries, will be issued on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. In order to receive this information, interested parties should ensure that they have registered their interest in the contract notice on the etenders website. Registration is free of charge. Suppliers must register their interest on the etenders website in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. The National Lottery will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. If for any reason it is not possible to award this contract to the successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process, or if having awarded the contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the terms advertised and tendered by that party. This shall not be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. The National Lottery reserves the right to invoke Article 31.4(b) to extend the period of the contract. (ET Ref:279652).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
An Post National Lottery Company (The National Lottery) is licensed to operate the National Lottery by the Minister for Finance on the Ministerโ€™s behalf in accordance with the National Lottery Act 1986, with the sole focus of raising money for good causes around Ireland. The National Lottery provide world-class, exciting and engaging lottery games such as Lotto, EuroMillions and Scratch Cards. Since the National Lottery was launched, over 3.6 billion Euros has been raised for good causes. This level of funding has made a significant difference to communities, projects and individuals in the areas of Youth, Sports, Recreation, Amenities, Health, Welfare, Arts, Culture, National Heritage and the Irish Language.
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The company have a requirement for Point of Sale (Scratch Card) Dispensers and associated products and services in 2012. The contract will be for a period of 3 years (commencing 1st January 2012) with an option to extend for a future two 1 year extensions. Please note that all contractual arrangements will be subject to the National Lottery Licence. The present licence expires on 31st Dec 2011.
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The identified supplier will be required to provide the complete range of services for ticket dispensers and associated products from initial product design and manufacture to storage, installation and support services.
Additional accessories, products and services may be required by the NLC on an ongoing basis.
Both the product and service requirements are in response to the changes and requirements in the Retail Market and over the lifetime of the Framework, different versions, associated products and services may be sought from the supplier.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=279652.
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Description of options:
The contract is proposed for 3 years with 2 x 1 year extension periods available at the discretion of the NLC.
Please note all contractual arrangements will be subject to the Lottery Licence.
The present Licence expires on 31.12.2011.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per PQQ document.
Economic and financial standing: As per PQQ document.
Technical and professional ability: As per PQQ document.

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:
Candidates will be evaluated based on the details of their submission in having the requisite level of professional, technical, operational and financial expertise and capacity for the supplies and services as identified in this competition. It is envisaged that the top five scoring applicants will be invited to tender depending on the quality and number of applications received and provided there is at least this number who meet the qualification criteria.
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Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-09-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: An Post National Lottery Company
Contact
Contact point: Procurement
David Moles
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01603 ๐ŸŒ
Name: An Post National Lottery Company
Postal address: Abbey Street Lower
Contact point: All documents may be downloaded from the eTenders advertisement on www.e-tenders.gov.ie
URL for further information: http://www.lottery.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.lottery.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.lottery.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-01-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 20-031992
Additional information
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers. Please note that all information relating to this Notice, including any additional documentation, clarifications and responses to queries, will be issued on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. In order to receive this information, interested parties should ensure that they have registered their interest in the contract notice on the etenders website. Registration is free of charge. Suppliers must register their interest on the etenders website in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. The National Lottery will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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If for any reason it is not possible to award this contract to the successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process, or if having awarded the contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the terms advertised and tendered by that party. This shall not be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. The National Lottery reserves the right to invoke Article 31.4(b) to extend the period of the contract.
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(ET Ref:279652).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 1-8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2011/S 156-259884 (2011-08-12)
Additional information (2012-08-03)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-08-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-08-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 151-251688
Refers to notice: 2011/S 156-259884
OJ-S issue: 151
Source: OJS 2012/S 151-251688 (2012-08-03)