Single Supplier Framework Contracts for Merchant Acquiring and Payment Gateway Services

The Office of Government Procurement

In summary, the services comprise:
1) Merchant acquiring services โ€” the settlement services allowing the funds to pass from the end userโ€™s (payer) account into a framework clientโ€™s bank account for payment of items and services.
2) Payment gateway services โ€“ services which facilitate a payment transaction by the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and merchant acquiring service provider.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-28. The procurement was published on 2020-04-02.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-04-02 Contract notice
2020-11-05 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-04-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Reference number: PROJ000005329 - PBF113F
Short description:
In summary, the services comprise: 1) Merchant acquiring services โ€” the settlement services allowing the funds to pass from the end userโ€™s (payer) account into a framework clientโ€™s bank account for payment of items and services. 2) Payment gateway services โ€“ services which facilitate a payment transaction by the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and merchant acquiring service provider.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Credit cards ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: D01 PF72.
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 761008082 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=165195&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=165195&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-04-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-05-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-04-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 068-161762
Refers to notice: 2019/S 216-530186
OJ-S issue: 68
Additional information
Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
In summary, the services comprise:
1) Merchant acquiring services โ€” the settlement services allowing the funds to pass from the end userโ€™s (payer) account into a framework clientโ€™s bank account for payment of items and services.
2) Payment gateway services โ€“ services which facilitate a payment transaction by the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and merchant acquiring service provider.
Estimated total value: 32 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Lot 1: Merchant Acquiring Services
Lot number: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 30 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months
Title of the lot: Lot 2. Payment Gateway Services
Lot number: 2
Short description:
1) merchant acquiring services โ€” the settlement services allowing the funds to pass from the end userโ€™s (payer) account into a framework clientโ€™s bank account for payment of items and services.
2) payment gateway services โ€“ services which facilitate a payment transaction by the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and merchant acquiring service provider.
The full scope of services is outlined in Appendix 1.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
Dublin 1.
Dublin 1

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).
Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).
Technical and professional ability:
Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender opening date: 2020-05-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Functional and technical merits of the proposed service
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Data security and business continuity
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Client on-boarding and implementation of services
Customer service approach and management of client relationship
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 330
Cost criterion (name): Acquirerโ€™s margin for transactional value bands
Cost criterion (weighting): 120
Cost criterion (name): Minimum % rebate for dynamic currency conversion transactions
Cost criterion (weighting): 50
320
Cost criterion (name): Volume band transaction fee
Cost criterion (weighting): 180

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Contact
Contact point: OGP Support
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=165195&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Information about review deadlines: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2020/S 068-161762 (2020-04-02)
Contract award notice (2020-11-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
In summary, the Services comprise: 1) Merchant Acquiring Services โ€” the settlement services allowing the funds to pass from the end userโ€™s (Payer) account into a framework clientโ€™s bank account for payment of items and services. 2) Payment Gateway Services โ€“ services which facilitate a payment transaction by the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and merchant acquiring service provider.
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Total value of the procurement: 32 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: D01 PF72

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-11-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-11-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 219-538175
Refers to notice: 2020/S 068-161762
OJ-S issue: 219
Additional information
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #168005).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
In summary, the Services comprise:
1) Merchant Acquiring Services โ€” the settlement services allowing the funds to pass from the end userโ€™s (Payer) account into a framework clientโ€™s bank account for payment of items and services.
2) Payment Gateway Services โ€“ services which facilitate a payment transaction by the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and merchant acquiring service provider.
Title of the lot: Lot 1 โ€” Merchant Acquiring Services
Lot 2 โ€” Payment Gateway Services

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-10-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Elavon Merchant Services
National registration number: IE9568650O
Postal address: 2nd Floor, Block E, Cherrywood Business Park
Postal town: Loughlinstown
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 877376742 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: peter.charmant@elavon.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.elavon.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 30 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-08-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Realex Payments โ€” Global Payments
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: The Observatory, 7-11 Sir John Rogers
Postal town: Dublin
Phone: +353 17022000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: denise.geoghegan@globalpay.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.realexpayments.com ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 2 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 219-538175 (2020-11-05)