Transport for NSW(TfNSW) Opal Next Generation Program Open Request for Proposal for Account Based Ticketing & Fare Payment Solution Package (ABT Solution) and Bus Solution Package - WS4251144879

TfNSW seeks Proposals from suitable Respondents who can meet the Conditions of Participation in relation to the following Opal Next Generation Program packages:

(a)    the Account-Based Ticketing Solution (ABT Solution) package; and

(b)    the Bus Solution package.

collectively the ‘Sub-System Core Packages’

The scope of the RFP includes but not limited to:

ABT Solution: delivery and support of a new account-based ticketing back office to enable account-based fare calculation and payment, fare media account management, barcode ticket sales and usage, financial management and support for customer service channels. Supply, installation, integration, monitoring, management and maintenance of validators and upgraded gates (excludes installation of bus validators installed under the Bus Solution); and

Bus Solution: delivery and support of an end-to-end Bus Solution for the estimated 5,000 plus bus fleet, comprising a new back-office which will improve on current driver management and vehicle tracking capabilities and introduces new features to enable real time bus tracking and prediction, schedule and headway adherence, driver messaging, passenger counting and passenger information displays. Supply, installation, integration, monitoring, management and maintenance of the on-bus equipment including driver console, bus computer, mobile communications system, AVL, passenger counters and passenger information displays. Also included is the installation of validators which will be separately supplied, monitored, and managed under the ABT

 Note:

• Previously titled Systems Integration Partner (SI Partner) in the Market Sounding conducted Dec’22-Mar’23 has now been renamed Integration Assurance Services (IAS).

• A separate Request for Proposal (RFP)for IAS may be published within the next three months.

• There is no restriction on Respondents to participate in any of the ONG Tenders but there are Exclusivity requirements for IAS, where the successful IAS respondent cannot be awarded any other contract within the ONG delivery Program. 

NSW Regions: Far North Coast, Mid North Coast, New England, Central Coast, Hunter, Cumberland/Prospect, Nepean, Northern Sydney, Inner West, South East Sydney, South West Sydney, Central West, Orana/Far West, Riverina/Murray, Illawarra, Southern Highlands

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

The attached Confidentiality Deed Poll & Data Room Access Form should be duly completed and submitted to ONGTenders_SSCP@Transport.nsw.gov.au for access to the RFP documents held in the Ansarada Data Room

The folloing file are attached:

1. ONG RFP SSCP – Confidentiality and Data Room Deed Poll_v3 Final.pdf
2. ONG RFP SSCP – Schedule 1 Initial Data Room Representatives.docx
3. RFP WS4251144897 - Amendment 1.pdf
4. ONG RFP SSCP - Confidentiality abd Data Room Deed Poll_v4.pdf
5. Confidentiality and Data Room Deed Poll - Amendment 31072024.pdf

**Note: Amendments to Confidentiality Deed and Data Room Access form - new version 4 attached

Those Respondents interested in the IAS RFP are encouraged to access the ONG SSCP RFP documents for information only ahead of the release of the IAS RFP.

• The Procurement (Enforceable Procurement Provisions) Direction 2019 applies to this procurement

• A government agency may conduct negotiations with suppliers regarding the procurement

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