Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-04-24
Buyer: National Transport Authority
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32400000 | 32412000 | 32412100 | 32424000 | 32427000
Submission deadline: 2018-05-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the Leap Card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system “BMO”. As part of this the successful Tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of Services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either Leap Card services or BMO services.
The successful Tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the Authority and end of support during the term of the Contract. In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of Contract; the successful Tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the Authority.
The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the Leap Card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system “BMO”. As part of this the successful Tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of Services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either Leap Card services or BMO services.
The successful Tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the Authority and end of support during the term of the Contract. In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of Contract; the successful Tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the Authority.
The successful Tenderer should propose new processes to address the current infrastructure to future proof the system going forward and suggest new next generation technology to improve the ITS communications network.
The Contract will be for an initial period of 2 years of operations. If the Services provided are deemed to be satisfactory the operations may be renewed annually up to a maximum of 2 years after the end of the second year. The extension of the Contract will be dependent on service requirements, performance and continued funding availability.
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.
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 tender documents.