Luas Operating Contract

National Transport Authority

It is envisaged that the contract shall include the operation of Luas Light Rail services in Dublin from September 2014 to September 2019. In addition there will be a transition phase of up to 12 months prior to full operation of the contract in September 2014. The contractor shall operate the Luas system to a set of defined standards which will form the contract. All aspects of light rail operations shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Maintenance of the fare collection system may be included in the contract. Vehicle maintenance contracts with Alstom and an infrastructure maintenance contract with Alstom and Dalkia are in place until 2019 and will be novated to the contractor, such that the contractor will have full safety and performance responsibility.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-02-22. The procurement was published on 2012-12-21.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Transdev Dublin Light Rail Limited

Who?

• National Transport Authority

What?

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-12-21	Contract notice
2014-09-15	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2012-12-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public transport services by railways
Quantity or scope:

The scope of services for Luas includes the operation of the Luas network which currently consists of two geographically separate lines, known respectively as the Luas Red Line and the Luas Green Line. The Luas Red Line extends from Tallaght, in the south west of Dublin, through the city centre, to The Point in the Dublin Docklands with two spurs, a short spur branching off at Busáras stop to serve Connolly railway station and a spur branching off the line at Belgard to serve Saggart. The line consists of twin tracks and is 20.5 km in length overall. The Red Line has 32 stops. Park and Ride facilities are located at three of these stops: Tallaght; Cheeverstown and Red Cow.The Luas Green Line extends from Bride's Glen in the south east of Dublin to St. Stephen's Green in the south city centre. The line consists of twin tracks and is 16.3km in length overall. The Green Line has 22 stops currently in service. Park and Ride facilities are located at four of these stops: Carrickmines, Sandyford, Stillorgan and Ballally.Luas Broombridge will represent the next addition to Dublin's Luas light rail system. Running from the Luas Green Line terminus at St. Stephen's Green through the city centre, Phibsborough and Cabra to Broombridge the new line will link the Luas Red and Green Lines and will be 5.6km in length and with 13 stops.Depot and stabling facilities for the Luas Red Line are located at Red Cow and for the Luas Green Line at Sandyford.The infrastructure also includes three retail kiosks at Ranelagh, Beechwood and Smithfield and a converted station house building at Dundrum.The current operator employs approximately 280 employeesThe Luas Red Line is served by 40 Citadis 401 type vehicles, 40 metres long and 2.4 metres wide.The Luas Green Line is served by 26 Citadis 402 type vehicles, 43 metres long and 2.4 metres wide.The contract may include the maintenance of the fare collection system. The existing automatic fare collection system consists of approximately 175 ticket vending machines and 265 smartcard validators located on stop platforms. All of the devices are connected to a Central System Server, located in the Red Cow depot, via the Luas communications network. Ticket vending machines issue paper tickets and provide Top-up facilities for smartcards. Leap Card, the integrated smartcard for the Greater Dublin Area, is accepted by validators and ticket machines. Luas operates an open ticketing system with roving ticket inspectors. There is no on-board ticket validation equipment.The services, the subject of this notice, may also include the operation of other extensions delivered during the period of the contract.

Quantity or scope

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public transport services by railways 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: c/o Railway Procurement Agency, Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.rpa.ie 🌏
E-mail: luasomprocurement@rpa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463511 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-12-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-02-22 📅
Publication date: 2012-12-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 248-411426
OJ-S issue: 248
Additional information

— The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) is acting as the agent of NTA in administering this procurement process, — Any rights to be exercised by RPA in relation to this procurement may be exercised by the NTA, — NTA under statutory assignment as provided for in the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, will assign management functions to the RPA in relation to the management of the contract, — NTA and RPA shall not be responsible for any costs, expenses or charges incurred by candidates or tenderers involved in this process, — Award of contracts will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities, — Award of contracts may be subject to successful interview, — If as a result of institutional reform RPA merges with, or is subsumed into, other public bodies, NTA reserves the right to use this procurement procedure to procure services for the new entity, — Candidates are advised that NTA and RPA are subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 (as amended). If a candidate considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response, — Any contract award will be subject to the production of a current tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland or, for a non-resident, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland confirming suitability on tax grounds. Where a candidate is a consortium, each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability, — The services forming the subject of the contract are services within the meaning of Article 32 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and, therefore, NTA and RPA are publishing this notice on a voluntary basis, — NTA reserves the right, during the competition, to change, by means of statutory assignment, the contracting entity that will execute the contract to RPA or to RPA in association with the NTA or, following the competition, to novate the contract to RPA, — See Information Memorandum and Pre-qualification Questionnaire for further information.

Additional information

— The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) is acting as the agent of NTA in administering this procurement process,

— Any rights to be exercised by RPA in relation to this procurement may be exercised by the NTA,

— NTA under statutory assignment as provided for in the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, will assign management functions to the RPA in relation to the management of the contract,

— NTA and RPA shall not be responsible for any costs, expenses or charges incurred by candidates or tenderers involved in this process,

— Award of contracts will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities,

— Award of contracts may be subject to successful interview,

— If as a result of institutional reform RPA merges with, or is subsumed into, other public bodies, NTA reserves the right to use this procurement procedure to procure services for the new entity,

— Candidates are advised that NTA and RPA are subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 (as amended). If a candidate considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response,

— Any contract award will be subject to the production of a current tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland or, for a non-resident, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland confirming suitability on tax grounds. Where a candidate is a consortium, each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability,

— The services forming the subject of the contract are services within the meaning of Article 32 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and, therefore, NTA and RPA are publishing this notice on a voluntary basis,

— NTA reserves the right, during the competition, to change, by means of statutory assignment, the contracting entity that will execute the contract to RPA or to RPA in association with the NTA or, following the competition, to novate the contract to RPA,

— See Information Memorandum and Pre-qualification Questionnaire for further information.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 18
Short description:

Variants will be accepted ✅
Quantity or scope:

The Luas Green Line extends from Bride's Glen in the south east of Dublin to St. Stephen's Green in the south city centre. The line consists of twin tracks and is 16.3km in length overall. The Green Line has 22 stops currently in service. Park and Ride facilities are located at four of these stops: Carrickmines, Sandyford, Stillorgan and Ballally.

Luas Broombridge will represent the next addition to Dublin's Luas light rail system. Running from the Luas Green Line terminus at St. Stephen's Green through the city centre, Phibsborough and Cabra to Broombridge the new line will link the Luas Red and Green Lines and will be 5.6km in length and with 13 stops.

Depot and stabling facilities for the Luas Red Line are located at Red Cow and for the Luas Green Line at Sandyford.

The infrastructure also includes three retail kiosks at Ranelagh, Beechwood and Smithfield and a converted station house building at Dundrum.

The current operator employs approximately 280 employees

The Luas Red Line is served by 40 Citadis 401 type vehicles, 40 metres long and 2.4 metres wide.

The Luas Green Line is served by 26 Citadis 402 type vehicles, 43 metres long and 2.4 metres wide.

The contract may include the maintenance of the fare collection system. The existing automatic fare collection system consists of approximately 175 ticket vending machines and 265 smartcard validators located on stop platforms. All of the devices are connected to a Central System Server, located in the Red Cow depot, via the Luas communications network. Ticket vending machines issue paper tickets and provide Top-up facilities for smartcards. Leap Card, the integrated smartcard for the Greater Dublin Area, is accepted by validators and ticket machines. Luas operates an open ticketing system with roving ticket inspectors. There is no on-board ticket validation equipment.

The services, the subject of this notice, may also include the operation of other extensions delivered during the period of the contract.

Time frame for subsequent contracts: 60 months
Duration: 72 months
Reference number: Luas Operating Contract
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Supplementary CPV code: MF02

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

The Information Memorandum and Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.

Economic and financial standing:

Technical and professional ability:

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

A Performance Bond may be required.

A Parent Company Guarantee may be required.

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per the Invitation to Negotiate.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

If a tender is submitted by a group (more than one) of suppliers, then those suppliers, if awarded the Contract, may be required to assume such legal form by incorporation, partnership, or otherwise as will enable them to contract as a single entity. It may become necessary for the group to state a single addressee responsible for the receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems to the Contract. RPA reserves the right to disqualify any group or consortium which makes changes to the composition of the group after pre-qualification without the consent of RPA.

Other particular conditions: As per the Invitation to Negotiate
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Liz McCarthy

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Recurrent procurement
5 years
Source: OJS 2012/S 248-411426 (2012-12-21)

Contract award notice (2014-09-15)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority and Railway Procurement Agency
Postal address: Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Contact
E-mail: liz.mccarthy@rpa.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-09-15 📅
Publication date: 2014-09-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 180-318289
Refers to notice: 2012/S 248-411426
OJ-S issue: 180

Contracting authority
Contact
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2014/S 180-318289 (2014-09-15)

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