Ireland issues postcode tender

The Department of Communications in Ireland has issued an invitation to tender for the implementation of the national postcodes system, which is due to come into use by the end of 2011, reports The Irish Times. The article continues:

Minister for communications Eamon Ryan said that the selected consultants will likely begin their work on implementation of the system in late March

The initial set-up cost for the system is estimated at between EUR 10m and EUR 15m. However, a recent report from PA Consulting put the monetary benefits of postcodes to the State at EUR 22m “in the medium term.”

Ireland is the only country in the European Union without a national postcodes system and Ryan said that the introduction of a system here would bring faster and more accurate postal delivery.

“I am pleased that work on this project is continuing apace and look forward to working with the consultants and the department on the implementation of a national postcode system for Ireland,” he said in a statement.

The Government has approved an alpha-numeric postal code model to identify clusters of houses. This would read, for example, as D02 123 or ATH 123.

Under the new system each postcode will have a geo-coordinate at its centre and consequently, will be compatible with global positioning or navigation systems, allowing integration with GPS and other global navigation satellite technologies.

Fine Gael has previously expressed support for the introduction of a nationwide postal code system. However, Labour has questioned the decision to introduce the new measure during the current economic climate.

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