Payment Card Processing and Banking Services

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The contracting entity intends to procure a single supplier framework agreement for the provision of payment card processing and banking services. ESB require the successful service provider to be able to accept payments from customers, collect the funds and pass to a nominated electricity supply board bank account. ESB require the ability to take funds in both Euro and Sterling currencies.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-04-15. The procurement was published on 2020-03-13.

Suppliers

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

• Elavon

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-03-13	Contract notice
2022-06-07	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-03-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Banking services
Reference number: SS/CON/4668
Short description:

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Banking services 📦
Additional CPV: Banking and investment 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: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: jason.weldon@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026424 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=164418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=164418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-03-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-04-15 📅
Publication date: 2020-03-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 055-131231
OJ-S issue: 55
Additional information

Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended. 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. 10) At section II.2.9) we have indicated that five applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least five applicants subject to that number qualifying.

Additional information

Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

10) At section II.2.9) we have indicated that five applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least five applicants subject to that number qualifying.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Duration: 36 months
Description of options:

The duration of the framework agreements will be for three (3) years duration with an option, at the discretion of ESB, to extend up to a further 48 months in one or more increments.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 167270.

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 167270.

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 167270.

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 167270.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Where a grouping of services providers express interest in this process, it is a requirement of ESB that one member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of services. Where appropriated the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Provided that a sufficient number of applicants are qualified to be considered for shortlisting, following application of the procedures set out in section A.9 (Evaluation of PQQ responses), it is anticipated that at least the five highest-scored applicants for each lot will be shortlisted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement process.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Jason Weldon
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=164418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

10) At section II.2.9) we have indicated that five applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least five applicants subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 055-131231 (2020-03-13)

Contract award notice (2022-06-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Contracting Entity has procured a single supplier framework agreement for the provision of Payment Card Processing and Banking Services. ESB require the successful service provider to be able to accept payments from customers, collect the funds and pass to a nominated Electricity Supply Board bank account. ESB require the ability to take funds in both Euro and Sterling currencies.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower
Postal town: Dublin 2

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-06-07 📅
Publication date: 2022-06-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 111-313936
Refers to notice: 2020/S 055-131231
OJ-S issue: 111

Object
Scope of the procurement
Description of options:

The duration of the framework agreements will be for three(3) years duration with an option, at the discretion of ESB, to extend up to a further 48 months in one or more increments.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-04-21 📅
Name: Elavon
National registration number: 418442
Postal address: Building 8, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlin's Town
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D18 W319,
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2022/S 111-313936 (2022-06-07)

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