REQUEST FOR QUOTATION PROVISION OF 50 PORTABLE HANDHELD POINT-OF-SALE TICKETING DEVICES WITH EMBEDDED PRASA COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE, PAYMENT FACILITATOR AND GATEWAY, INCLUDING SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR A DURATION OF 6 MONTHS

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has issued a request for quotation for 50 handheld point-of-sale units for ticketing, to be supplied with software embedded on the devices that is compatible with the agency's systems, plus a payment facilitator and a gateway. Support and maintenance run for six months. The requirement is listed under ICT. For a supplier of ticketing hardware, terminal software or payment processing, this bundles device supply, software compatibility, payment routing and after-sales support into a single six month package, with the number of units fixed at 50. The notice gives no device specification, no statement of the software interfaces involved, no transaction volumes, no service levels and no list of what a respondent must submit or the terms it would be held to. Beyond the quantity, the duration and the broad categories of goods and services, the material published here does not describe the requirement.