Ireland – Digital mapping services – Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice for a Contract for the license to use GeoDirectory Database

Dublin City Council gives notice to invoke Article 32.2 (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: ii) competition is absent for technical reasons; (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. An Post, Ordnance Survey Ireland Limited and the Licensor have created a database known as "GeoDirectory" which contains all known addresses and geocodes in the Republic of Ireland, and which is formatted and stored according to an approved standard agreed between An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland. Each address on the database contains a unique Irish national grid reference in the form of "X" and "Y" co-ordinates approved by Ordnance Survey Ireland. Dublin City Council intend to award a contract to An Post Geodirectory for 3 years at a value of €90,000 + VAT for the license to use Geo Directory Database.