Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-23
Buyer: National Transport Authority
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 22459000 | 30160000 | 30162000 | 34980000 | 63512000
Submission deadline: 2018-11-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority intends to award a contract to a service provider to provide three different types of personalised Leap Cards for the purposes of offering discounted travel fares to verified eligible cardholders:
3) A third card type, Young Adult Leap Card that may be introduced during the lifetime of the contract.
The contract is for the establishment and operation of an online and national over the counter sales network for such cards. The Authority will supply the successful tenderer with branded, numbered pre-printed Leap Cards, for over-printing and further electronic configuration by the successful tenderer with personalisation details. The successful tenderer shall be responsible for all other activities associated with the sale and distribution of the Cards.
The Authority intends to award a contract to a service provider to provide three different types of personalised Leap Cards for the purposes of offering discounted travel fares to verified eligible cardholders:
3) A third card type, Young Adult Leap Card that may be introduced during the lifetime of the contract.
The contract is for the establishment and operation of an online and national over the counter sales network for such cards. The Authority will supply the successful tenderer with branded, numbered pre-printed Leap Cards, for over-printing and further electronic configuration by the successful tenderer with personalisation details. The successful tenderer shall be responsible for all other activities associated with the sale and distribution of the Cards.
The term of the Contract will be for 4 years from the operational Services Start Date (which will follow the acceptance of the system by the Authority, i.e. after the Initial Services phase), with options for the Authority to extend the term for any period or succession of periods up to a further 4 years. The option to extend rests solely with the Authority.
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.
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).

Eligibility requirements: As set out in the procurement documents.