The national transport authority in Ireland has issued a notice seeking interested parties to partake in the Market Consultation exercise with the ultimate intention of procuring Next Generation Ticketing (NGT) capabilities incorporating an Account-Based Back Office along with new validation devices and associated services.

The objective of the Market consultation exercise is to understand 

• The commercial models emerging within the industry
• Trends or common practices in ABT solutions with respect to scope and contract model
• The operational models where the supplier takes a larger operational responsibility for the technical and business operations of an ABT solution
• The industry view on addressing the end-to-end payment chain and several parties involved in Open Payment, with a focus on the risk, integration effort and time and ongoing certification and compliance to payment industry criteria
• The various product and platform strategies and how the industry can deliver towards these new strategies
• The evolution of an Account-Based back office to Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

The deadline to submit the interest in market consultation is December 4, 2019. The expected date of publishing the contract notice is January 27, 2020.