Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-07
Buyer: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34000000 | 34900000 | 34927000 | 34980000 | 60100000
Estimated value: 20000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-10-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The ‘Interoperability Management Platform’ (IMP) is the tolling interoperability system which enables the electronic toll collection (ETC) in Ireland, whereby a single electronic toll tag/on board unit (OBU) can be utilised to make toll payments at all toll plazas in Ireland. The use of ETC assists in increasing the vehicle throughput through toll plazas, provides a convenience to customers to make toll payment and simplifies revenue collection and consolidation among the various toll plaza and electronic toll tag providers.
TII requires certain interoperability management and information technology services for the purpose of providing national and European electronic tolling services for motorists within Ireland.
The interoperability management platform was previously referred to as the Interoperability Management Service (IMS) as managed, operated and maintained by the Interoperability Management Service Provider (IMSP) on behalf of the authority.
This IMP service enables ETC interoperability across all toll roads in Ireland by establishing the necessary infrastructure and processes (as supported by the commercial and contractual frameworks) between all the relevant parties. This means that the holder of an account from any Irish TSP can use any toll road in Ireland and be charged through that one account.
At present the IMP is facilitating an estimated 750 000 vehicles equipped with OBEs. In 2019 the financial value of the interoperable tolling transactions which were processed via the IMSP was in the region of EUR 158 million with an average of 5 million transactions being processed per month and continuing to grow. At present the IMP facilitates this interoperability service for 11 toll roads (i.e. (TC’s) located in Ireland and 2 independent (TSP’s).
TII’s contract with the current Provider will expire mid-2022. TII therefore requires a new IMP Provider to provide all interoperability management and information technology services in relation to providing interoperability services for motorists within Ireland. It should be noted that the new IMP will be requirement to comply with relevant European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) requirements and related Electronic Fee Collection standards. The IMP required will be open, flexible and extensible and capable of supporting a broader service/technical scope for a more converged and federated platform ecosystem for national mobility.
It is anticipated that the term of the contract for the new IMP provider will be for 5 years (including a development and migration and transition period, anticipated to last between 6 to 12 months), with options for the authority to extend the term twice, in the first case by up to 3 years, and the second case by up to 2 years.
Applicants should note that the total value of the contract cannot be definitively estimated at this stage, and for this reason the value set out above is an estimated value only. The ultimate value of the Contract will depend on a variety of factors, including the tendered fees and rates, volume and type of transactions, what type of solution is ultimately procured and the extent to which planned options, extensions or enhancements are implemented under the contract or included within the overall scope. The actual value of the contract may be higher or lower. Applicants should note that the estimated total value provided does not represent guaranteed expenditure under the contract. Applicants should also note that the authority will not necessarily terminate the contract purely because the spend exceeds the estimated value set out in this contract notice; the estimated total value provided with this notice shall not be a limit upon the total potential value of the contract.
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Award value: 20000000