Metro : E-PAYMENT PROVIDER

UK-Leeds,: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Metro
      Wellington House,, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds,, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1132517272, Email: chris.brooks@wypte.gov.uk, URL: www.wymetro.com, URL: www.delta-esourcing.com Access code 4P569NY6UB
      Attn: Christopher Brooks

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.3) Main activity:
      Other: Passenger Transport Executive

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      Not Provided

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: E-PAYMENT PROVIDER
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 7

         Region Codes: UKE4 - West Yorkshire         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services. Electronic marketplace retailing services. Sales and purchases recording services. Supply of an online sales facility with two secondary services;

•   a telephone payments facility for those without internet access who require 24 hour facilities to make purchases/top ups;

•   the facility for customers to set up recurring payments online.

Further details can be found in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.
         
         66151100 - Electronic marketplace retailing services.
         
         79211120 - Sales and purchases recording services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: Not Provided
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Not Provided   
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Some introduction information can be found in Metro's pre-qualification questionnaire. Full details will be provided in the tender documents.      
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
      Not Provided

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Joint and several liability.
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      Applicants will be evaluated on their skill, competence, integrity, financial standing and responsibility. The scoring methodology is given in detail in the pre-qualification questionnaire.      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         A pre-qualification questionnaire is available at www.delta-e-sourcing.com. Register, log in, select 'Response Manager' and use code to gain access to the documents.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Applicants will be evaluated on their skill, competence, integrity, financial standing and responsibility. The scoring methodology is given in detail in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         A pre-qualification questionnaire is available at www.delta-e-sourcing.com. Register, log in, select 'Response Manager' and use code to gain access to the documents.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Applicants will be evaluated on their skill, competence, integrity, financial standing and responsibility. The scoring methodology is given in detail in the pre-qualification questionnaire.      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         Applicants will be evaluated on their skill, competence, integrity, financial standing and responsibility. The scoring methodology is given in detail in the pre-qualification questionnaire.   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: Not Provided
   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2324      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 20/09/2013
         Time: 10:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 22/10/2013      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Not Provided      
   VI.3)Additional Information: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds%2C:-Financial-consultancy%2C-financial-transaction-processing-and-clearing-house-services./4P569NY6UB

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4P569NY6UB
GO-2013816-PRO-5043286 TKR-2013816-PRO-5043285
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Metro
      Wellington House, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1132517272

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Metro
         Wellington House, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 1132517272

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Metro
      Wellington House, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1132517272

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 16/08/2013

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