Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2022-05-11
Buyer: Lappeenrannan kaupunki
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The City of Lappeenranta (the contracting authority) is planning a procurement of an automated ticketing and fare collection system.
This is a request for information (RFI) / notification for a technical dialogue to identify potential markets and prepare gather information for the procurement. The contracting authority may use the responses received during the technical dialogue in the planning of the future procurement. Responding to this RFI and participating in a dialogue is not a prerequisite for participation in the future procurement. The answers from participants involved no binding. No compensation will be paid to those involved in the RFI.
The City of Lappeenranta has prepared a set of draft documents describing the scope of the planned procurement, and a questionnaire for participating the technical dialogue. Economic operators interested in participating the technical dialogue may  request the documentation by email. Please send inquiries to jaana.pousi@lappeenranta.fi.
Economic Operators wishing to participate in the technical dialogue are requested to submit their responses to the questionnaire by e-mail no later than on 25 May 2022 by 16:00 (Finnish time). Responses received after this date may not be considered.
Please mention "RFI Procurement for Automated Ticketing and Fare Collection System” in the subject field.
The Contracting Authority may modify the scope of the procurement and/or its criteria as the procurement proceeds. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to make changes to the requirements during the procurement in order to meet the combination of the best and the most advantageous solution.
The purpose of this market consultation is to receive feedback from interested parties on the intended scope of the procurement, life cycle costs, data protection, estimated prices and the procurement timetable for potential suppliers and their capabilities so that the potential procurement can be implemented as efficiently as possible.
The Contracting Authority plans, in the event of the possible procurement, to sign a contract with one prime contractor responsible for the supply of the system and its maintenance as a whole.
This request is not a contract notice or a Request for Quotation initiating a procurement process. This Request should not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Contracting Authority to implement any procurement, and the decision on initiating a potential procurement process is made after the market consultation.
All procurement documents provided are drafts. All requirements are tentative based on preliminary capability requirements, which at this point are categorized as mandatory or optional.
If the company considers that any part of the tender contains information that is confidential under the Act on the Openness of Government Activities, such as trade secrets, the company must disclose this information in a separate appendix. The appendix must be named so that the name of the appendix begins with the word “CONFIDENTIAL”. In addition, the proposed trade secrets in that appendix should be underlined, marked with the word “CONFIDENTIAL” or otherwise clearly highlighted and distinguished from the rest of the text.
The contracting authority reserves the right to invite or not to invite suppliers for further market dialogue. The contracting authority will not pay for any work related to this request for information or to the potential market dialogue.