Request for Information on ePayment Solutions for welfare clients

Department of Social Protection

The Department of Social Protection is proposing to procure an electronic payment solution to supplement existing direct payments into client accounts (EFT) and as a replacement for existing cash payments. In advance of this procurement, the Department now intends to conduct a 'Request for Information' (RFI) process. This RFI will not form part of any public procurement process which may follow. However, information received on foot of this RFI process may inform the specification of relevant services in any subsequent procurement competition. Decisions made on foot of examination of RFI responses may give rise to a subsequent procurement exercise, or may conclude that one is not required.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-03-03. The procurement was published on 2014-01-21.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-01-21 Contract notice
2014-02-25 Additional information
Contract notice (2014-01-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Government services
Quantity or scope: See RFI.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Government services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Social Protection
Postal address: Payment Strategy, Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.welfare.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 429392738 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-01-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-03-03 📅
Publication date: 2014-01-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 016-024553
Refers to notice: 2014/S 4-004248
OJ-S issue: 16
Additional information
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=73278&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department of Social Protection is proposing to procure an electronic payment solution to supplement existing direct payments into client accounts (EFT) and as a replacement for existing cash payments. In advance of this procurement, the Department now intends to conduct a 'Request for Information' (RFI) process. This RFI will not form part of any public procurement process which may follow. However, information received on foot of this RFI process may inform the specification of relevant services in any subsequent procurement competition. Decisions made on foot of examination of RFI responses may give rise to a subsequent procurement exercise, or may conclude that one is not required.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Eilis Hamilton

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2014-01-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2014/S 4-004248
Source: OJS 2014/S 016-024553 (2014-01-21)
Additional information (2014-02-25)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-02-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-03-18 📅
Publication date: 2014-02-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 042-069789
Refers to notice: 2014/S 16-024553
OJ-S issue: 42
Source: OJS 2014/S 042-069789 (2014-02-25)
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