Procurement Summary
Country : Ireland
Summary : Contract notice: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Deadline : 16 May 2019
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 32287512
Document Ref. No. : 175779-2019
Competition : ICB
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : NATIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
Office Name: National Transport Authority
Address: Dun Sceine, Harcourt Lane, Iveagh Court
Town: Dublin
Postal Code: D02 WT20
Contact Point: Gerard Deenihan
Phone: +353 18798300
Fax: +353 18798333
Ireland
Email :procurement@nationaltransport.ie
URL :https://www.nationaltransport.ie
Tender Details
Object of the contract
Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Description: Contract notice: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Authority Type: National or federal Agency/Office
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation by GPA countries
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 66170000, 30161000, 30162000, 48812000, 66171000, 66172000, 66170000, 30161000, 30162000, 48812000, 66171000, 66172000
CPV Description: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.
Credit cards.
Smart cards.
Financial information systems.
Financial consultancy services.
Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of EMV Specialist Services
The scope of services is for the provision of specialist advice in the field of contactless EMV payments in order to facilitate the development and implementation of NTA's strategy for introducing EMV for paying for passenger transport services.
The scope of services is for the provision of specialist advice in the field of contactless EMV payments in order to facilitate the development and implementation of NTA's strategy for introducing EMV for paying for passenger transport services.
While any interested party may tender, the Authority is not seeking to appoint a team of advisors and the services are for the provision of one individual EMV Specialist.
(a) Stage 1 will include attendance at strategic planning workshops and providing input and advice on the implementation of the transit models of contactless EMV acceptance (which will specifically include aggregation under Model 2); financial modelling of the cost of contactless acceptance; assistance with the development of governance and risk management processes necessary for the acceptance of contactless EMV in a transit environment; advice on procurement strategy for acquirer and PSP services, consultation with local issuers and input into the implementation strategy, as well as the documentation of processes and guidelines and other documentation.
(b) Stage 2 will involve support on an ad-hoc basis as required by NTA with market consultation, meetings with various stakeholders including issuers, input into procurement and implementation advice.
As stated in the procurement documents.
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The Contracting Authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
Internet address (URL): https://www.nationaltransport.ie
Documents
Tender Notice