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Iraq National Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) wishes to implement a national Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure
including a National EFTPOS / ATM Switch and an Iraq Interoperable Mobile Payment System. CBI
intends to commence implementation of the national Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure (RPSI)
through a bidding exercise which will lead to the winning Bidder being granted a License to Build and
Operate the RPSI on a vendor‐financed basis.
The RPSI will be tendered as a single integrated solution including:
(a) Overall integration of the RPSI systems;
(b) Software and infrastructure for the Iraq Interoperable Mobile Payment System;
(c) Software and infrastructure for the National EFTPOS / ATM Switch;
(d) Integration with the Iraq Payment System (IPS) clearing and settlement facilities consisting of the
Check‐enabled Automated Clearing House (CACH), the Real‐time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) and
the Central Securities Depository;
(e) Integration with the Participant Banks, Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and the existing
EFTPOS/ATM Switching and Mobile Financial Services Systems (including but not limited to existing Bank
Front End Processors (FEPs), the AMWAL System and the QI System (International Smart Card Company).
Goods to be provided under the RPSI will include very high availability hardware and equipment
including Disaster Recovery equipment. Software to be procured will include all components required to
deliver the systems listed above and to integrate with RPSI Participant Banks, Mobile Network Operators
(MNO) and identity databases as and when such systems emerge. Existing communications services such
as the Iraq Inter‐Bank Network (IIBN) will be used for inter‐institution communications. Funding and
services will be required for project management, consultancy, installation, integration, customization,
testing, commissioning, documentation and training.
Qualification of vendors will be conducted through procedures as specified in the Instructions for
Government Contract Execution no 1 (2008). Participation is open to all invited Bidders as defined in the
Request for Proposal. As it is expected that no one company is likely to be able to offer all the software
and services to be provided, it is expected that groups of the invited companies will form bidding
consortia. Eligibility of consortia will be assessed mainly on the basis of experience in the domain areas
(Shared interoperable EFTPOS / ATM Switching and Mobile Financial Services) and demonstrable
software in these domain areas and the proven ability to run operational services.
The official E‐mail address for this project is: ‐
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Iraq National Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) wishes to implement a national Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure
including a National EFTPOS / ATM Switch and an Iraq Interoperable Mobile Payment System. CBI
intends to commence implementation of the national Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure (RPSI)
through a bidding exercise which will lead to the winning Bidder being granted a License to Build and
Operate the RPSI on a vendor‐financed basis.
The RPSI will be tendered as a single integrated solution including:
(a) Overall integration of the RPSI systems;
(b) Software and infrastructure for the Iraq Interoperable Mobile Payment System;
(c) Software and infrastructure for the National EFTPOS / ATM Switch;
(d) Integration with the Iraq Payment System (IPS) clearing and settlement facilities consisting of the
Check‐enabled Automated Clearing House (CACH), the Real‐time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) and
the Central Securities Depository;
(e) Integration with the Participant Banks, Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and the existing
EFTPOS/ATM Switching and Mobile Financial Services Systems (including but not limited to existing Bank
Front End Processors (FEPs), the AMWAL System and the QI System (International Smart Card Company).
Goods to be provided under the RPSI will include very high availability hardware and equipment
including Disaster Recovery equipment. Software to be procured will include all components required to
deliver the systems listed above and to integrate with RPSI Participant Banks, Mobile Network Operators
(MNO) and identity databases as and when such systems emerge. Existing communications services such
as the Iraq Inter‐Bank Network (IIBN) will be used for inter‐institution communications. Funding and
services will be required for project management, consultancy, installation, integration, customization,
testing, commissioning, documentation and training.
Qualification of vendors will be conducted through procedures as specified in the Instructions for
Government Contract Execution no 1 (2008). Participation is open to all invited Bidders as defined in the
Request for Proposal. As it is expected that no one company is likely to be able to offer all the software
and services to be provided, it is expected that groups of the invited companies will form bidding
consortia. Eligibility of consortia will be assessed mainly on the basis of experience in the domain areas
(Shared interoperable EFTPOS / ATM Switching and Mobile Financial Services) and demonstrable
software in these domain areas and the proven ability to run operational services.
The official E‐mail address for this project is: ‐
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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