Provision of School Payment Solutions for the Irish Primary and Post-Primary School Sector

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

1.1 The Education Procurement Service, (EPS), invites responses (‘Tenders’) to this Request for Tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) interested in being appointed to the Framework Agreements (‘Framework Agreements’) for the provision of the services described in Appendix 1 (Requirements and Specifications) to this RFT (‘the Services’). Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools, will be the contracting authority for this Framework Agreement (‘the Contracting Authority’) for this public procurement competition (‘the Competition’).
The EPS is coordinating and undertaking the tender process as a central sourcing body on behalf of Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools participating in this Framework.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-09-26. The procurement was published on 2017-08-25.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2017-08-25 Contract notice
2018-04-13 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2017-08-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Financial and insurance services
Reference number: ESS002C
Short description:
1.1 The Education Procurement Service, (EPS), invites responses (‘Tenders’) to this Request for Tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) interested in being appointed to the Framework Agreements (‘Framework Agreements’) for the provision of the services described in Appendix 1 (Requirements and Specifications) to this RFT (‘the Services’). Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools, will be the contracting authority for this Framework Agreement (‘the Contracting Authority’) for this public procurement competition (‘the Competition’). The EPS is coordinating and undertaking the tender process as a central sourcing body on behalf of Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools participating in this Framework.
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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: Financial and insurance services 📦
Additional CPV: Banking and investment services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Postal address: University of Limerick, Plassey, Co. Limerick
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
Internet address: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
E-mail: neil.mccarthy@ul.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61234664 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=117808&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=117808&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-08-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-09-26 📅
Publication date: 2017-08-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 164-338175
Refers to notice: 2017/S 116-233385
OJ-S issue: 164
Additional information
The EPS intends to run a competitive procurement process for School Payments Solution for the Irish Primary and Post-Primary School Sector during 2017. This will result in the selection of a service provider(s) with a School Payments Solution for use by Primary and Post-Primary Schools when accepting payments.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
1.1 The Education Procurement Service, (EPS), invites responses (‘Tenders’) to this Request for Tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) interested in being appointed to the Framework Agreements (‘Framework Agreements’) for the provision of the services described in Appendix 1 (Requirements and Specifications) to this RFT (‘the Services’). Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools, will be the contracting authority for this Framework Agreement (‘the Contracting Authority’) for this public procurement competition (‘the Competition’).
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The EPS is coordinating and undertaking the tender process as a central sourcing body on behalf of Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools participating in this Framework.
Estimated total value: 6 250 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 Irish Primary School Sector
Lot number: 1
Short description: Please see Appendix 1 provided for a detailed description of this requirement.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 250 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Additional information:
The EPS intends to run a competitive procurement process for School Payments Solution for the Irish Primary and Post-Primary School Sector during 2017. This will result in the selection of a service provider(s) with a School Payments Solution for use by Primary and Post-Primary Schools when accepting payments.
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Title of the lot: Lot 2 Irish Primary School Sector
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Lot 3 Irish Primary School Sector
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Lot 4 Irish Primary School Sector
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Lot 5 Irish Primary School Sector
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Lot 6 Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Lot 7 Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot number: 7
Title of the lot: Lot 8 Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot number: 8
Title of the lot: Lot 9 Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot number: 9
Title of the lot: Lot 10 Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot number: 10

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see RFT for details.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT for details.

Procedure
Number of participants to be contemplated: 10
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2017-09-26 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Place: ETender Portal.
Additional information: Education Procurement Service staff members responsible for opening.

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Contact
Contact point: Neil McCarthy
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=117808&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2017/S 164-338175 (2017-08-25)
Contract award notice (2018-04-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
1.1. The Education Procurement Service, (EPS), invites responses (“Tenders”) to this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) interested in being appointed to the Framework Agreements (“Framework Agreements”) for the provision of the services described in Appendix 1 (Requirements and Specifications) to this RFT (“the Services”). Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools, will be the Contracting Authority for this Framework Agreement (“the Contracting Authority”) for this public procurement competition (“the Competition”). The EPS is co-ordinating and undertaking the tender process as a central sourcing body on behalf of Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools participating in this Framework.
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Total value of the procurement: 1 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: University of Limerick, Plassey
Postal code: Co.Limerick

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-04-13 📅
Publication date: 2018-04-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 074-164989
Refers to notice: 2017/S 164-338175
OJ-S issue: 74

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
1.1. The Education Procurement Service, (EPS), invites responses (“Tenders”) to this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) interested in being appointed to the Framework Agreements (“Framework Agreements”) for the provision of the services described in Appendix 1 (Requirements and Specifications) to this RFT (“the Services”). Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools, will be the Contracting Authority for this Framework Agreement (“the Contracting Authority”) for this public procurement competition (“the Competition”).
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The EPS is co-ordinating and undertaking the tender process as a central sourcing body on behalf of Irish Primary Schools and Irish Post-Primary Schools participating in this Framework.
Title of the lot: Lot 1: Irish Primary School Sector
Lot 2: Irish Primary School Sector
Lot 3: Irish Primary School Sector
Lot 4: Irish Primary School Sector
Lot 5: Irish Primary School Sector
Lot 6: Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot 7: Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot 8: Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot 9: Irish Post-Primary School Sector
Lot: 10 Irish Post-Primary School Sector

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Payment solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Integration with MIS
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Reconciliation of payment
Communication
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Training and support
Sustainability
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price weighting: 25
Quality criterion (name): Reconcilliation of payments
Reconcilliation of payment

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-02-06 📅
Source: OJS 2018/S 074-164989 (2018-04-13)
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