The Provision of Cash Payment Services

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

The provision of cash payment services. The payments that may be made to customers include emergency/same-day, weekly, monthly, annual and once-off payments. Some customers may receive multiple payments which the successful tenderer must be able to deliver in cash in full to the customer when they present at the outlet.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-08-26. The procurement was published on 2019-07-02.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-07-02 Contract notice
2020-01-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-07-02)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: College Road
Postal town: Sligo
Postal code: Ie
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Finian McCluskey
Phone: +353 429392657 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: finian.mccluskey@welfare.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.welfare.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/349 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149519&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149519&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Provision of Cash Payment Services
Products/services: Government services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe provision of cash payment services. The payments that may be made to customers include emergency/same-day, weekly, monthly, annual and once-off...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 285 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: General public services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Compulsory social security services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe provision of cash payment services. The payments that may be made to customers include emergency/same-day, weekly, monthly, annual and once-off...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 285 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of four such extension or...โ€    Show more
Additional information:
โ€œTenderers must understand that the estimated value figure is an estimate only based on current and future expected usage.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-08-26 13:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-08-26 13:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Online Tender Box.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2019/S 128-313381 (2019-07-02)
Contract award notice (2020-01-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 303 216 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to meeting client facing requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Quality criterion (name): Quality of logistics arrangements
Quality criterion (weighting): 45
Quality criterion (name): Quality of fraud prevention arrangements
Quality criterion (weighting): 16
Quality criterion (name): Quality of contract management arrangements
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality of financial management
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Information security
Quality criterion (name): Quality of operational solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 19
Price (weighting): 105

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 128-313381

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: The Provision of Cash Payment Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-12-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: An Post
National registration number: IE4736920J
Postal address: Room 2 182, GPO
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 0868508753 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: jason.byrne@anpost.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 8090835 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.anpost.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 101 072 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 101 072 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2020/S 004-004995 (2020-01-02)