Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2023-03-22
Buyer: Traffic Management Company Fintraffic Ltd.
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72250000: System and support services | 72260000: Software-related services | 72320000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Fintraffic is planning of tendering a national aggregated database service for multimodal mobility services, which primarily collects all compatible and validated interfaces of regular scheduled public transport and secondarily also other transport services and the travel information into one national consolidated and harmonized database. The database offers high-quality travel information in a standardized format, which different parties can use as part of their own service development.
The purpose of this market dialogue is to find interested suppliers, identify various solution options and obtain information for the planned procurement. Replying to the market dialogue does not bind the supplier to participation in a possible competitive tendering process at a later stage. The procurement unit does not compensate interested suppliers for their participation in the market dialogue. The market dialogue does not bind any of the parties. The market dialogue does not oblige the procurement unit to carry out the procurement. The market dialogue is held in Finnish or English. The procurement unit reserves the right to decide on all further actions regarding, for example, the procurement, procurement method, schedules and content of the procurement. In deciding on further measures, the procurement unit may make use of the information obtained during the market dialogue.
Please note that this document is not a Call for Tenders. The information presented in the prior information notice, such as the description of the procurement and the estimated date of publication of the procurement notice, are preliminary and indicative advance information.
Fintraffic is planning of tendering a national aggregated database service for multimodal mobility services, which primarily collects all compatible and validated interfaces of regular scheduled public transport and secondarily also other transport services and the travel information into one national consolidated and harmonized database. The database offers high-quality travel information in a standardized format, which different parties can use as part of their own service development. Standards relevant to this service are NeTEx (Nordic profile), Siri, GTFS with variations like RT.
The procured service must include support for the harmonization and aggregation of travel information obtained from the interfaces/APIs, where a unique national traffic data material is collated from the operators' validated interfaces (an estimated number of 200 different APIs and/or data packages) without losing the quality elements of the mobility/travel data.
The service must offer support for identifying duplicates in the authorities' and operators' materials and filtering/combining stop and route/service duplicates.
The procurement is implemented as a SaaS service in such a way that the Supplier can provide a service that meets a description of the procurement and the criteria of a possible call for tenders, along with related support and maintenance services.
The software can be created during the deployment project or deployed as off-the-shelf software during the deployment project, if it meets the set minimum requirements.
During the contract period, the technical solutions and functionalities of the service can be developed and changed in ways mutually agreed upon by the Tenderer and the Subscriber.
The purpose of preliminary market consultation is to obtain a clear picture of which products and services are available on the market. The Contracting Authority may request comments concerning the preliminary Call for Tenders from those who answer to the RFI. This Prior Information Notice (RFI) does not bind the Contracting Authority to make any procurement based on this request. Participation to this RFI does not in any way bind any party in a potential future Call for Tenders. Suppliers who refrain from participating in this RFI are equally allowed to participate to the potential future Call for Tenders.
Please note that this document is not a Call for Tenders. This document serves as a Prior Information Notice. The information presented in the prior information notice, such as the description of the procurement and the estimated date of publication of the procurement notice, are preliminary and indicative advance information.
This is an invitation to a market dialogue regarding the content offered for the aggregated database and registry service for national multimodal mobility services. For a description of the procurement under preparation, see “Description of the procurement”.
The purpose of this market dialogue is to find interested suppliers, identify various solution options and obtain information for the planned procurement. Replying to the market dialogue does not bind the supplier to participation in a possible competitive tendering process at a later stage. The procurement unit does not compensate interested suppliers for their participation in the market dialogue. The market dialogue does not bind any of the parties. Suppliers who refrain from participating in this RFI are equally allowed to participate to the potential future Call for Tenders. The market dialogue does not oblige the procurement unit to carry out the procurement. The market dialogue is held in Finnish or English. The procurement unit reserves the right to decide on all further actions regarding, for example, the procurement, procurement method, schedules and content of the procurement. In deciding on further measures, the procurement unit may make use of the information obtained during the market dialogue.
The market dialogue consists of a written reply to the questions asked by the procurement unit, possible subsequent comments on the preliminary tender invitation material and possible meetings with suppliers. Questions and possible materials will be sent by email.