Electronic Ticketing System - Request for Proposal - PTTC0801

The NSW Government is proposing to introduce an Electronic Ticketing System (ETS) for public transport in the Greater Sydney Region. The Request for Proposal (RFP) objective is to deliver a fast, convenient and sustainable Electronic Ticketing System for Greater Sydney.

The Guiding Principles for the development of the ETS are:

• proven – the ETS, specifically the technology, should be proven and successfully used in a comparable mass transit situation;

• vendor capacity – the selected Proponent should be able to demonstrate proven capacity in terms of resources (skills and financials) and capability

• minimal development – to ensure timely delivery of the ETS, the ETS should require minimal bespoke development;
  

• simplicity – the ETS should be simple for public transport users and Operators to understand and use;

• business driven – the ETS system requirements and operator business requirements will be aligned to ensure a timely delivery with reduced risk. This could potentially involve changes to current operating business rules;

• focus on migration – the ETS should focus on the smooth and orderly migration of Customers from existing systems;

• best-of-breed – the ETS should optimise proven best-of-breed components with minimal system integration risk;

• adaptable and scalable – the ETS design should allow for emerging technology to an Account-Based solution, use of open standards, an increase in Customers and broader use by other third parties; and

• phased implementation – implementation should be phased and run in parallel with existing systems with a focus on transition management.

NSW Regions: Hunter, Illawarra, Sydney

Pre-Qualified / Invited - Only those directly invited to tender, may obtain an RFT for the purpose of lodging a tender response. Generally an invitation from a pre-qualified register of approved tenderers who have the ability to undertake the particular work or type of work proposed, a limited number of service providers are known to carry out the work or service (or in emergency or other restricted situations). Tenderers have usually been pre-qualified, accredited, or selected for the type of work and financial range. Competitive bids called from a standing offer (panel / period) contracts would also use this type.

http://www.pttc.nsw.gov.au/

• RFTs:
  • PTTC0801 EOI

The invited tenderers, short listed from a previous EOI process (PTTC0801 EOI) are:

• Pearl Consortium,  2/333 Adelaide Street,  Brisbane QLD 4000

•  Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH, Breite Strasse 132, Moenchengladbach 41238, Germany 
  
  On 5 June 2009 PTTC announced that the Glide Consortium [which had been short listed from the EOI process (PTTC0801 EOI)] would not be submitting an offer for the electronic ticketing system for the greater Sydney region.