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title: "Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000493421"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "TRANSPORT SCOTLAND"
published: "2017-10-20"
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# Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse

Buyer: TRANSPORT SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000493421

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT298893 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 5 Jun 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Oct 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £500,000 |
| Lots value | £500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TRANSPORT SCOTLAND |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G4 0HF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2017 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT298893
- 26 May 2017 at 00:00 - TenderUpdate - OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY284550
- 4 May 2017 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY282041

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY282041&idx=5
  6th July 2017 - ITIS - national epurse - Bulletin 2 - schedule update
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY282041&idx=4
  1st June 2017 - Clarification on process if links cannot be provided.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY282041&idx=3
  15th May 2017 - Ratios
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY282041&idx=1
  5th May 2017 - blank document - ignore
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY282041&idx=2
  5th May 2017 - ITIS ESPD National ePurse
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY282041
  Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse - 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
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT298893
  Integrated Travel In Scotland - Smart Ticketing Infrastructure - National ePurse - 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

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.transport.gov.scot
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000493421
- https://resources.mygov.scot/

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