BILL PAYMENT SERVICES

Contract notice (2023-12-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Bill payment services
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity intends to procure a framework agreement for the provision of Bill Payment Services and PAYG Top Up Services, and related services as...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Financial consultancy services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3

1️⃣
Internal identifier: 1
Title: Lot 1 OTC Bill Payment (Electricity and Gas)
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Over the Counter (OTC) Bill Payment - receipting service for general Electricity and Gas bill payments where cash or card is the primary method of payment...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Financial consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Banking and investment services 📦
Billing system 📦
Business transaction and personal business software package 📦
Maximum renewals: 0
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“At the date of issuing this PQQ it is envisaged that the contract duration will be for an initial 3-year period with the option to extend by a further 48...”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2️⃣
Internal identifier: 2
Title: Lot 2 OTC PAYG Top Up Electricity and Gas
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Over the Counter PAYG top up vends for Electricity and Gas customers who have PAYG meters. Electric Ireland customers use their personalised PAYG card in...”    Show more
Information about options
Description of options:
“At the date of issuing this PQQ it is envisaged that the contract duration will be for an initial 3-year period with the option to extend by a further 48...”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3️⃣
Internal identifier: 3
Title: Lot 3 Online PAYG Top Up Electricity (incl. web, IVR, SMS and app)
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Provision of a facility for: (i) Online Top Ups via our website– both once off or by creating an account (ii) Provision of an Electric Ireland Top Up App....”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Banking and investment services 📦
Billing system 📦
Business transaction and personal business software package 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-02-05 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2876613
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated ✅
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
A guarantee is required ✅
A certain legal form must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract ✅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2876613”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Selection criteria are defined in the PQQ document”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Information provided to shortlisted applicants at RFT stage”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“To be detailed to selected applicants at RFT stage”

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
National registration number: 465172
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin
Postal code: D02 KT92
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: olawale.omotosho@esb.ie 📧
Phone: 01 676 5831 📞
Information exchange endpoint (URL): https://www.esb.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.esb.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Electricity
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2876613 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2876613 🌏
There is a maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure ✅
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure ✅
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2023/S 246-775650 (2023-12-20)