Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Tender description

The scope of services is for the provision of specialist advice in the field of contactless EMV payments in order to facilitate the development and implementation of NTA’s strategy for introducing EMV for paying for passenger transport services. The Authority is not seeking to appoint a team of advisors and the services are for the provision of one individual EMV Specialist. The contract has two stages and additional detail on these stages are contained within the tender documents. The scope of services is for the provision of specialist advice in the field of contactless EMV payments in order to facilitate the development and implementation of NTA’s strategy for introducing EMV for paying for passenger transport services. While any interested party may tender, the Authority is not seeking to appoint a team of advisors and the services are for the provision of one individual EMV Specialist. (a) Stage 1 will include attendance at strategic planning workshops and providing input and advice on the implementation of the transit models of contactless EMV acceptance (which will specifically include aggregation under Model 2); financial modelling of the cost of contactless acceptance; assistance with the development of governance and risk management processes necessary for the acceptance of contactless EMV in a transit environment; advice on procurement strategy for acquirer and PSP services, consultation with local issuers and input into the implementation strategy, as well as the documentation of processes and guidelines and other documentation. (b) Stage 2 will involve support on an ad-hoc basis as required by NTA with market consultation, meetings with various stakeholders including issuers, input into procurement and implementation advice.