Provision of Banking Services to Waterford City & County Council

Waterford City Council

Waterford City Council on behalf of Waterford City & County Council ( to be established pursuant to the Local Government Reform Act 2014) invites tenders from banking services providers for the provision of banking services to the new merged Council from May 2014.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-04-09. The procurement was published on 2014-03-10.

Who?

• Waterford City Council

What?

• Banking and investment services › Banking services

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-03-10	Contract notice

Contract notice (2014-03-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Banking and investment services
Quantity or scope:

As part of the business banking Waterford City and County Councils require the provision of the following services:— Current and other accounts, pay path and internet banking facilities for electronic salary and wage payments and creditors payments and all other banking and financial facilities as maybe developed and operated generally by the Bank during the period whether by technological improvement or otherwise.— Foreign exchange facilities;— Loan facilities;— Overdraft facilities;— Maintaining current accounts, operating in credit or under approved overdraft arrangements;— Performing funds transfers and payments authorised by a full range of paper and electronic payment instruments;— Accepting and clearing of incoming payments, including paper and electronic instruments, as well as currency notes and coin;— Making and accepting SEPA payments across borders within Europe;— Making and accepting payments denominated in other currencies;— Managing the orderly wind down and closure of existing accounts and transition to the new service provider.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Banking and investment services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Waterford City Council
Postal address: City Hall, The Mall
Postal town: Waterford
Contact
E-mail: rmoloney@waterfordcoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 5822488 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-03-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-04-09 📅
Publication date: 2014-03-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 052-087007
OJ-S issue: 52
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for these services. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of all the relevant competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time. 7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authorities are not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=74523&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

2) This is the sole call for competition for these services.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of all the relevant competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authorities are not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=74523&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

As part of the business banking Waterford City and County Councils require the provision of the following services:

— Current and other accounts, pay path and internet banking facilities for electronic salary and wage payments and creditors payments and all other banking and financial facilities as maybe developed and operated generally by the Bank during the period whether by technological improvement or otherwise.

— Foreign exchange facilities;

— Loan facilities;

— Overdraft facilities;

— Maintaining current accounts, operating in credit or under approved overdraft arrangements;

— Performing funds transfers and payments authorised by a full range of paper and electronic payment instruments;

— Accepting and clearing of incoming payments, including paper and electronic instruments, as well as currency notes and coin;

— Making and accepting SEPA payments across borders within Europe;

— Making and accepting payments denominated in other currencies;

— Managing the orderly wind down and closure of existing accounts and transition to the new service provider.

Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Waterford, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

The service providers must be regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland or other equivalent regulatory authority and be appropriately licensed.

Economic and financial standing:

Please refer to the qualification questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID No. 82615

Technical and professional ability:

Please refer to the qualification questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID No. 82615

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Not applicable.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful service provider.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Not applicable.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Only service providers appropriately regulated.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 2
Maximum number of candidates: 4
Objective criteria for selection:

Following assessment of responses to the qualification questionnaire a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 service providers will be invited to tender and subsequently to negotiation, should that number qualify.

Date of dispatch of invitations: 2014-04-11 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Raymond Moloney
Name: www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID No. 82615
Tenders must be submitted via the Tenderbox on www.etenders.gov.ie

Reference
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for these services.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of all the relevant competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authorities are not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=74523&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult your legal advisor
Source: OJS 2014/S 052-087007 (2014-03-10)

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