Single Supplier Frameworks for the Supply of Transactional Banking Services to the Contracting Entity, Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland and Irish Water

Ervia

The contracting entity are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the provision of transactional banking services.
The successful tenderer will enter into a separate relevant contract with each of the contracting entity, i.e. Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water.
The objective is to appoint a single supplier, to supply transactional banking services to Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water listed.
The contracting entity does not make any guarantee in regard to any contract award and/or the volume or value of services to be procured over the lifetime of the contract.
The expected scope of services is the provision of full transactional banking services to the contracting entity.
As per PQQ document.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-11-07. The procurement was published on 2019-10-08.

Suppliers

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

• Allied Irish Banks PLC.

Who?

• Ervia

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-10-08	Contract notice
2021-09-28	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-10-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Banking and investment services
Reference number: 19/061
Short description:

The contracting entity are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the provision of transactional banking services. The successful tenderer will enter into a separate relevant contract with each of the contracting entity, i.e. Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water. The objective is to appoint a single supplier, to supply transactional banking services to Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water listed. The contracting entity does not make any guarantee in regard to any contract award and/or the volume or value of services to be procured over the lifetime of the contract. The expected scope of services is the provision of full transactional banking services to the contracting entity. As per PQQ document.

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 📦
Additional CPV: Processing and clearing services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Ervia
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Phone: +353 4239641 📞
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-10-08 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-11-07 📅
Publication date: 2019-10-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 197-479934
OJ-S issue: 197
Additional information

You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12.00 local time 7.11.2019.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The contracting entity are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the provision of transactional banking services.

The successful tenderer will enter into a separate relevant contract with each of the contracting entity, i.e. Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water.

The objective is to appoint a single supplier, to supply transactional banking services to Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water listed.

The contracting entity does not make any guarantee in regard to any contract award and/or the volume or value of services to be procured over the lifetime of the contract.

The expected scope of services is the provision of full transactional banking services to the contracting entity.

As per PQQ document.

In this regard the contracting entity are seeking to implement a leading edge bank transaction processing and cash and liquidity management solution for the group.

The service provider will be expected to provide services which will include but may not be limited to those listed below:

— providing a first class customer service experience,

— all domestic and international transaction types — electronic and paper,

— administering all domestic and international bank accounts,

— optimising the automated sweeping/pooling of bank accounts held by the group and pooling sub-groups of accounts where appropriate,

— streamlining the banking structure through the use of efficient receipt and payment methods for all transaction types,

— providing the contracting entity with the best technical banking infrastructure for our organisation and providing a state of the art electronic banking system compatible with the contracting entity’s requirements,

— demonstrating experience of systems integration using MT940, XML and other file formats,

— provide real-time reporting of transactions both on an account by account basis and on a centralised basis,

— maximising the level of straight through processing of banking transactions,

— implementing efficient interfaces with the contracting entity’s current systems, in particular:

—— oracle,

—— customer care and billing (CC&B),

—— CORE HR,

—— salmon treasurer,

—— providing the necessary credit and guarantee support to facilitate our transactional banking needs,

—— providing all of these services in a competitive and cost-effective manner,

—— demonstrating a proven track record and capability to provide these services to companies/organisations with high volumes of transactions.

As per the PQQ Document.

Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend for further periods up to 24 months.
Description of options: Option to extend for further periods up to 24 months.
Additional information:

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:

Please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.

List and brief description of rules and criteria: Refer to PQQ document.
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:

If applicable, please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.

Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the contracting entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The contracting entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of subcontractors or on any other basis as the contracting entity considers appropriate.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 8
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Admin
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).

Source: OJS 2019/S 197-479934 (2019-10-08)

Contract award notice (2021-09-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Contracting Entity are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the provision of Transactional Banking Services. The successful Tenderer will enter into a separate relevant Contract with each of the Contracting Entity, i.e. Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water. The objective is to appoint a single supplier, to supply Transactional Banking Services to Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water listed. The Contracting Entity does not make any guarantee in regard to any contract award and/or the volume or value of services to be procured over the lifetime of the Contract. The expected scope of services is the provision of full transactional banking services to the Contracting Entity. As per PQQ document

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: P.O.Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal code: Cork

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-09-28 📅
Publication date: 2021-10-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 191-498282
Refers to notice: 2019/S 197-479934
OJ-S issue: 191
Additional information

You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict & no submissions will be possible after the date & time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such NO paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12:00 hrs local time Thursday 7th of November 2019

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Contracting Entity are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the provision of Transactional Banking Services.

The successful Tenderer will enter into a separate relevant Contract with each of the Contracting Entity, i.e. Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water.

The objective is to appoint a single supplier, to supply Transactional Banking Services to Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland, and Irish Water listed.

The Contracting Entity does not make any guarantee in regard to any contract award and/or the volume or value of services to be procured over the lifetime of the Contract.

The expected scope of services is the provision of full transactional banking services to the Contracting Entity.

As per PQQ document

In this regard the Contracting Entity are seeking to implement a leading edge bank transaction processing and cash & liquidity management solution for the group.

• Providing a first class customer service experience

• All domestic and international transaction types – electronic and paper

• Administering all domestic and international bank accounts

• Optimising the automated sweeping/pooling of bank accounts held by the group and pooling sub-groups of accounts where appropriate

• Streamlining the banking structure through the use of efficient receipt and payment methods for all transaction types

• Providing the Contracting Entity with the best technical banking infrastructure for our organisation and providing a state of the art Electronic Banking System compatible with the Contracting Entity’s requirements

• Demonstrating experience of systems integration using MT940, XML and other file formats

• Provide real-time reporting of transactions both on an account by account basis and on a centralised basis

• Maximising the level of Straight Through Processing of banking transactions

• Implementing efficient interfaces with the Contracting Entity’s current systems, in particular:

• Oracle

• Customer Care & Billing (CC&B)

• CORE HR

• Salmon Treasurer

• Providing the necessary credit & guarantee support to facilitate our transactional banking needs

• Providing all of these services in a competitive and cost-effective manner

• Demonstrating a proven track record and capability to provide these services to companies/organisations with high volumes of transactions

As per the PQQ Document

Description of options: Option to extend for further periods up to 24 months
Additional information:

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-05-31 📅
Name: Allied Irish Banks PLC.
Postal address: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay,
Information about review deadlines: Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Source: OJS 2021/S 191-498282 (2021-09-28)

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