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Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse

Transport Scotland

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

20 Oct 2017 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

26 May 2017 at 01:00

OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum
Tender

04 May 2017 at 01:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Transport Scotland is seeking a contractor for the "Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse" project, aimed at developing a comprehensive ePurse system for managing customer funds in compliance with the Electronic Money Regulations 2011. The procurement method employed is competitive dialogue, and the procurement process is currently in the award stage, following previous tender evaluation. The address for submissions is Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, G4 0HF, with a significant budget set at approximately £1,000,000 over an initial four-year period plus potential extensions of two years each. The deadline for tender submissions is 12:00 GMT on 12 June 2017.

This tender presents a substantial opportunity for businesses specialising in financial technology, smartcard services, and transport infrastructure solutions. Companies with proven experience in managing ePurse systems, particularly those that are FCA-compliant, would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Additionally, businesses that can demonstrate previous successful projects involving multi-party transaction management and customer service platforms will be at an advantage in this competitive procurement process.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse

Notice Description

Transport Scotland has identified the need to appoint a contractor for the provision and ongoing delivery of a system to provide the Scottish National ePurse The system should have the following functionality: - Have in place safeguarding of customer funds through authorisation, or registration, with the FCA in terms of the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 or otherwise. - The ability to apportion the money flows to the appropriate parties and to settle to several different parties including transport operators and retail channels; - Calculate ePurse top-up payments due from operators; - Support post issuance ePurse product creation on any compatible smartcard with an ITSO shell - Provide a customer services front end and on-line portal; and - Generate reports that support the delivery of the ePurse scheme

Lot Information

Lot 1

Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint a contractor for the provision and ongoing delivery of back office services to provide the Scottish National ITSO Type 2 ePurse. (the "Contract") Transport Scotland will conduct the proposed procurement process for the Contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of the contract award, the Contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderer. Each selected economic operator shall be invited to submit a tender on the same contract terms. The system shall: - Ensure adequate protection of the managed funds through authorisation, or registration, with the FCA in terms of the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 or otherwise; - Support post issuance ePurse product creation on any compatible smartcard with an ITSO shell. There are over 2 million cards in issue only a quarter of which have our ITSO e-Purse loaded; - Calculate ePurse transaction payments due to transport operators; - Calculate ePurse top-up payments due from transport operators; - Provide prompt payment to settle transactions; - Generate reports that support the delivery of the ePurse scheme; - Provide branded customer facing web services; and - Provide branded operator facing web services. Data and accounts from existing ePurse pilots shall be required to be transferred to the new system. It is intended that the contract will be in place for a period of 48 months. The contract is subject to renewal for two 24 month extensions. Due to the nature of the system, a single deliverable is required and as such shall not be divided into lots. The contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the Competitive Dialogue procedure as proscribed in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. To be considered for this contract economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document ESPD in accordance with this Contract Notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the (ESPD).. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000493421
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT298893
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive dialogue
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Oct 20178 years ago
Submission Deadline
5 Jun 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Oct 20178 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Transport Scotland
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G4 0HF
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Further Information

Notice Documents

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