Provision of a Public Transport Mobile Ticketing Solution

National Transport Authority

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 has defined a road map 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.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-02-09. The procurement was published on 2017-12-12.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd

Who?

• National Transport Authority

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2017-12-12	Contract notice
2019-03-25	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2017-12-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Transport tickets
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 has defined a road map 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.

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: Transport tickets 📦
Additional CPV: Tickets 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: gerard.deenihan@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=122757&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-12-12 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-02-09 📅
Publication date: 2017-12-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 241-501377
OJ-S issue: 241
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.

Object
Scope of the procurement
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.

+ 4 more

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.

NTA has defined a road map 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.

Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:

The expected term of the contract will be 4 years of operations with an option to extend.

Annually for up to a further 4 years at the sole discretion of the authority.
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 set out in the procurement documents.
List and brief description of rules and criteria: As set out in the procurement documents.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As set out in the procurement documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As set out in the procurement documents.
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.
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.

Procedure
Maximum number of candidates: 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.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Gerard Deenihan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=122757&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

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.

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The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.

Refer to procurement documents for further information.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886000 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines: 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).

Source: OJS 2017/S 241-501377 (2017-12-12)

Contract award notice (2019-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
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.

Total value of the procurement: 3 608 434 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: D02W T20

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-03-25 📅
Publication date: 2019-03-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 062-145234
Refers to notice: 2017/S 241-501377
OJ-S issue: 62
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.

Object
Scope of the procurement
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.

+ 3 more

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.

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.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of solution proposed
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Support Plan and Service Levels
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Project Plan
Business Continuity Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name): IT Security Management Plan
Price (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-03-21 📅
Name: Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd
National registration number: GB 602 706 277
Postal address: AFC House, Honeycrock Lane
Postal town: Salfords
Postal code: Surrey RH1 5LA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: david.powell@cubic.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 3 608 434 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Reference
Additional information

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.

Complementary information
Review body
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:

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).

Source: OJS 2019/S 062-145234 (2019-03-25)

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