Enterprise Grade Commercial Tablets and Peripherals

Short description

Commercial Tablets (Enterprise grade) will be used by Tote Ireland staff on racetracks throughout Ireland as handheld sales units for taking bets from customers on track. Ability to slot commercial tablet into a POS fixed base also required. Tote Ireland operate a staff of mobile tellers at Racedays throughout Ireland.

Racecourse-based Tote betting in Ireland takes place at various racecourses during different times of the year, with the typical racecourse operating anything from 8 to 25 days in the year. Outside of these days the racecourses are typically closed for business. The terminal requirements at any individual meeting range from 10 to 350 for operator-based handheld betting terminals.

Please see attached tender documentation for full specification of requirements.

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 authority 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 authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers;

4) Establishment of the contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all sub-contractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition;

6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract 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 authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.