The Authority intends to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement in 3 lots for Leap Card technical advisory services. The scope of this tender is the provision of services in relation to the current closed-loop Leap Card scheme, future account based ticketing systems and related activities of the Authority. The Authority is seeking tenderers to supply some or all of the following services, which may be on short- or medium-term engagements.
The Framework Agreement will be for an initial period of 3 years. At the discretion of the Authority, the Framework Agreement may be extended for an additional 1 year up to a maximum of 4 years in total.
The Authority intends to award places on the Framework Agreement across three (3) lots to the highest ranked 6 tenderer(s) in each lot in accordance with the evaluation criteria within each lot, as follows:
Lot 1: Strategic Advisory Services;
Lot 2: Technical Services;
Lot 3: Resource Secondments.
Tenderers may apply for 1 or more lots.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-24.
The procurement was published on 2019-04-17.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Technical Advisory Services for Ticketing and Related Technologies”
Products/services: Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services📦
Short description:
“The Authority intends to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement in 3 lots for Leap Card technical advisory services. The scope of this tender is the...”
Short description
The Authority intends to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement in 3 lots for Leap Card technical advisory services. The scope of this tender is the provision of services in relation to the current closed-loop Leap Card scheme, future account based ticketing systems and related activities of the Authority. The Authority is seeking tenderers to supply some or all of the following services, which may be on short- or medium-term engagements.
The Framework Agreement will be for an initial period of 3 years. At the discretion of the Authority, the Framework Agreement may be extended for an additional 1 year up to a maximum of 4 years in total.
The Authority intends to award places on the Framework Agreement across three (3) lots to the highest ranked 6 tenderer(s) in each lot in accordance with the evaluation criteria within each lot, as follows:
Lot 1: Strategic Advisory Services;
Lot 2: Technical Services;
Lot 3: Resource Secondments.
Tenderers may apply for 1 or more lots.
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Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Lot 1: strategic ticketing advisory services:
These services may include but not be limited to the analysis, review, design, evaluation, report writing and advisory services, across both business and technology arenas. This work is likely to be required on an ad hoc basis and the services are likely to require a mix of on-site visits (at the Authority’s offices in Dublin) and off-site work. International benchmarking and/or peer review comparisons would also be included within this category of service.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“At the discretion of the Authority, the Framework Agreement may be extended for an additional one year up to a maximum of 4 years in total.”
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“These services may include but not be limited to technical activities such as test tool development, RFID equipment testing and certification, RFID read...”
Description of the procurement
These services may include but not be limited to technical activities such as test tool development, RFID equipment testing and certification, RFID read range analysis, transaction timing analysis, TRSMs/HSMs implementation and transaction security design, and other such technical services relevant to the NTA’s current and next generation ticketing systems. This work if required is likely to be on an ad-hoc basis and these services could be delivered on an off-site basis.
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Description of renewals:
“At the discretion of the Authority, the Framework Agreement may be extended for an additional 1 year up to a maximum of 4 years in total.”
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Resource Secondments
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“These services, if required, would involve the secondment/sourcing of resources for engagements on-site in the Authority’s offices in Dublin, Ireland.
Such...”
Description of the procurement
These services, if required, would involve the secondment/sourcing of resources for engagements on-site in the Authority’s offices in Dublin, Ireland.
Such resources must have experience within transit ticketing and the skill sets required may include:
— business analysis,
— systems design and analysis,
— technical design and analysis,
— solution architecture design,
— software development,
— software testing.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As stated in the procurement documents.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: As stated in the procurement documents.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-05-24
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2019-11-23 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-05-24
12:00 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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...”
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.
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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 18886125📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set out in S.I. No 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).”
Source: OJS 2019/S 078-186924 (2019-04-17)
Contract award notice (2020-02-04) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Contact person: Daniel Coen
E-mail: daniel.coen@nationaltransport.ie📧
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Authority intends to establish a multi-party framework agreement in 3 lots for Leap Card Technical Advisory Services. The scope of this tender is the...”
Short description
The Authority intends to establish a multi-party framework agreement in 3 lots for Leap Card Technical Advisory Services. The scope of this tender is the provision of services in relation to the current closed-loop Leap Card Scheme, future account based ticketing systems and related activities of the Authority. The Authority is seeking tenderers to supply some or all of the following services, which may be on short- or medium-term engagements.
The framework agreement will be for an initial period of 3 years. At the discretion of the Authority, the framework agreement may be extended for an additional 1 year up to a maximum of 4 years in total.
The Authority intends to award places on the framework agreement across 3 lots to the highest ranked 6 tenderer(s) in each lot in accordance with the evaluation criteria within each lot, as follows:
Lot 1: Strategic Advisory Services;
Lot 2: Technical Services;
Lot 3: Resource secondments.
Tenderers may apply for 1 or more lots.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 881 774 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Description
Description of the procurement:
“These services may include but not be limited to the analysis, review, design, evaluation, report writing and advisory services, across both business and...”
Description of the procurement
These services may include but not be limited to the analysis, review, design, evaluation, report writing and advisory services, across both business and technology arenas. This work is likely to be required on an ad-hoc basis and the services are likely to require a mix of on-site visits (at the Authority’s offices in Dublin) and off-site work. International benchmarking and/or peer review comparisons would also be included within this category of service.
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Quality criterion (name): Structure and procedures
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Value add
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Price (weighting): 30
Description
Description of the procurement:
“These services may include but not be limited to technical activities such as test tool development, RFID equipment testing and certification, RFID read...”
Description of the procurement
These services may include but not be limited to technical activities such as test tool development, RFID equipment testing and certification, RFID read range analysis, transaction timing analysis, TRSMs/HSMs implementation and transaction security design and other such technical services relevant to the NTA’s current and next generation ticketing systems. This work if required is likely to be on an ad-hoc basis and these services could be delivered on an off-site basis.
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Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Price (weighting): 40
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 078-186924
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Strategic Advisory Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-10-18 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 12
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Atkins
National registration number: GB20986253
Postal address: Atkins House, 150 Airside Business Park, Swords
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18108000📞
E-mail: lorraine.brophy@atkinsglobal.com📧
Fax: +353 18108001 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.atkinsireland.ie🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 823 680 💰
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Clevor Consulting Group
National registration number: IE 3545145VH
Postal address: 2715 SE 8th Avenue
Postal town: Portland
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Phone: +150 36090204📞
E-mail: trevor.findley@clevorgroup.com📧
Region: 00 🏙️
URL: http://www.clevorgroup.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 823 680 💰
3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Consult Hyperion
National registration number: 413631386
Postal address: Tweed House,12 The Mount
Postal town: Guildford
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 1483301793📞
E-mail: neil@chyp.com📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.chyp.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 823 680 💰
4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Idom
National registration number: 9671231S
Postal address: Ormond Building, 31-36 Ormond Quay Upper, North City
Postal town: Dublin 7
Phone: +44 1773829988📞
E-mail: dmartin@idom.com📧
URL: https://www.idom.com/🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 823 680 💰
5️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Rebel Transit and Ticketing B.V.
National registration number: NL 8558.24.918 B01
Postal address: Wijnhaven 23
Postal town: Rotterdam
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Phone: +31 625229581📞
E-mail: regina.liptak@rebelgroup.com📧
Region: Nederland 🏙️
URL: http://https://www.rebelgroup.com/en/ 🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 823 680 💰
6️⃣
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Technical Services
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Postal address: Tweed House, 12 The Mount
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 342 954 💰
7️⃣ Name and address of the contractor
Name: G a Retail Serviced
National registration number: 495955086
Postal address: 41-51Grey Street
Postal town: Newcastle
Postal code: NE1 6EE
Phone: +44 7590108802📞
E-mail: mark.jones@ourhammock.com📧 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 342 954 💰
8️⃣ Name and address of the contractor
Postal address: Ormond Building, 31-36 Ormond Quay Upper
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 342 954 💰
9️⃣ Name and address of the contractor
Name: Ul ts bv
National registration number: NL809076147B01
Postal address: De Heyderweg 2
Postal town: Leiden
Postal code: 2314 XZ
Phone: +31 717998686📞
E-mail: dean.zwarts@ul.com📧 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 342 954 💰
1️⃣0️⃣
Lot Identification Number: 3
Title: Resource Secondments
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Abtran
National registration number: 260018
Postal address: Blackrock Business Park, Bessboro Road
Postal town: Cork
Phone: +353 212301800📞
E-mail: tenders@abtran.com📧
Fax: +353 212301801 📠
URL: http://www.abtran.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 715 140 💰
1️⃣1️⃣ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 715 140 💰
1️⃣2️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 715 140 💰
1️⃣3️⃣ Name and address of the contractor
Name: Renascent Tech Ltd
National registration number: IE3417745HH
Postal address: 5 Cuil Duin Walk, Citywest
Postal code: D24W PF3
Phone: +353 879507942📞
E-mail: eric@renascent.technology📧 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 715 140 💰
1️⃣4️⃣ Name and address of the contractor
Name: SYSTRA Ltd.
National registration number: IE 9984384Q
Postal address: 2nd Floor, Riverview House, 21-23 City Quay
Postal town: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 19053961📞
E-mail: ibyrne@systra.com📧
URL: http://www.systra.ie🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 715 140 💰
1️⃣5️⃣ Name and address of the contractor
Name: Systra Ltd
URL: https://www.systra.com/en/🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 823 680 💰
Complementary information Additional information
“The ‘Total value of the contract/lot’ (Section V.2.4)) for each contract awarded within each respective lot, is the total maximum value for that lot based...”
The ‘Total value of the contract/lot’ (Section V.2.4)) for each contract awarded within each respective lot, is the total maximum value for that lot based on the highest notional tender fee from the successful tenderers within that respective lot. Similarly, the ‘Total Value of the Procurement’ in Section II.1.7) is based on the summation of these maximum values for each lot.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 027-062138 (2020-02-04)