Contract for the supply, installation, maintenance and ongoing operation of public bicycle share schemes in Regional Cities

National Transport Authority

The National Transport Authority acting on behalf of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and in collaboration with the relevant local authorities, proposes to introduce public bicycle share schemes in a number of regional cities being Cork, Galway and Limerick.
The Authority is now seeking appropriately qualified and suitable candidates to participate in a tender competition for the award of a contract to supply, install, operate and maintain Public Bike Share Schemes in the Regional Cities. in addition, the scope of the contract may be extended to include
(i) additional areas within any one or more of the Regional Cities ; and/or
(ii) additional public bicycle share schemes in other cities, towns or other areas within the State.
The Authority also reserves the right, in accordance with Regulations 32(1)(e) and 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new works and/or services to the successful tenderer in this competition.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-07-23. The procurement was published on 2013-06-11.

Suppliers

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

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Procurement history
Date Document
2013-06-11 Contract notice
2014-12-11 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2013-06-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Bicycles
Quantity or scope:
Contract for the Supply, Installation, Maintenance and Ongoing Operation of Public Bicycle Share Schemes in Regional Cities. The contractor may be required to cover additional areas in the listed cities of Cork, Galway, and Limerick, further to those areas included in the initial contract. The contract may also be extended to other areas, towns or cities and therefore the estimated value below may increase accordingly. Further detail is set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.5 000 0009 000 000
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Bicycles ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Harcourt Lane, Iveagh Court
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: mark.bradwell@nationaltransport.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18798362 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18798333 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-06-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2013-07-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2013-06-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 114-194831
OJ-S issue: 114
Additional information
(1) The NTA is administering this procurement process on behalf of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Interested parties should note that (a) the contract the subject of this competition may ultimately be entered into with the NTA, the Department, or the NTA and the Department as joint employers; (b) if the contract is entered into by the Department, it may subsequently be novated to the NTA, or NTA may be joined as an employer; and (c) where the contract remains between the successful tenderer and the Department, the NTA may have a contract management role; (2) The NTA reserves the right to terminate the process at any time or to change the basis of, or the procedures for, the competition. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted; (3) The NTA accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any participant in connection with the competition, whatsoever or howsoever incurred and regardless of the outcome of the competition, including whether it is postponed or cancelled; (4) The acceptance of any tender will be subject to a number of pre-conditions to be set out in the tender documentation, including evidence that the tenderer has a current valid tax clearance certificate; (5) The NTA reserves the right, in accordance with Regulations 32(1)(e) and 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new works and/or services to the successful tenderer in this competition. To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=65136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority acting on behalf of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and in collaboration with the relevant local authorities, proposes to introduce public bicycle share schemes in a number of regional cities being Cork, Galway and Limerick.
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The Authority is now seeking appropriately qualified and suitable candidates to participate in a tender competition for the award of a contract to supply, install, operate and maintain Public Bike Share Schemes in the Regional Cities. in addition, the scope of the contract may be extended to include
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(i) additional areas within any one or more of the Regional Cities ; and/or
(ii) additional public bicycle share schemes in other cities, towns or other areas within the State.
The Authority also reserves the right, in accordance with Regulations 32(1)(e) and 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new works and/or services to the successful tenderer in this competition.
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Quantity or scope:
Contract for the Supply, Installation, Maintenance and Ongoing Operation of Public Bicycle Share Schemes in Regional Cities. The contractor may be required to cover additional areas in the listed cities of Cork, Galway, and Limerick, further to those areas included in the initial contract. The contract may also be extended to other areas, towns or cities and therefore the estimated value below may increase accordingly. Further detail is set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
9 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of options:
The contractor may be required to cover additional areas in the listed cities of Cork, Galway, and Limerick, further to those areas included in the initial contract. The contract may also be extended to other areas, towns or cities. In addition, the period of the contract may be extended for up to a further five (5) years. Further detail is set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
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Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: None.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As set out in the tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups. Where the successful tenderer is a group it is currently envisaged that the Authority will require one member of the group to act as lead contractor, with the other group members as sub-contractors to the lead contractor, and, at the discretion of the Authority, entering into collateral agreements with the Authority. However, the Authority reserves the right to require the group to contract with the Authority on such other basis as the Authority deems appropriate, such as joint and several liability.
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Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง

Reference
Additional information
(1) The NTA is administering this procurement process on behalf of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Interested parties should note that (a) the contract the subject of this competition may ultimately be entered into with the NTA, the Department, or the NTA and the Department as joint employers; (b) if the contract is entered into by the Department, it may subsequently be novated to the NTA, or NTA may be joined as an employer; and (c) where the contract remains between the successful tenderer and the Department, the NTA may have a contract management role;
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(2) The NTA reserves the right to terminate the process at any time or to change the basis of, or the procedures for, the competition. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted;
(3) The NTA accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any participant in connection with the competition, whatsoever or howsoever incurred and regardless of the outcome of the competition, including whether it is postponed or cancelled;
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(4) The acceptance of any tender will be subject to a number of pre-conditions to be set out in the tender documentation, including evidence that the tenderer has a current valid tax clearance certificate;
(5) The NTA reserves the right, in accordance with Regulations 32(1)(e) and 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities'
Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new works and/or services to the successful tenderer in this competition.
To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=65136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18886087 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
Interested parties are referred to the provisions of the European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010, in particular Regulation 7.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Inns Quay
Source: OJS 2013/S 114-194831 (2013-06-11)
Contract award notice (2014-12-11)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-12-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-12-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 242-426694
Refers to notice: 2013/S 114-194831
OJ-S issue: 242

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality (50)
2. Price (50)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-04-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: An Rothar Nua Consortium
Postal address: Tracetel SA, 54 Rue Panicale
Postal town: La Verriรฉre
Country: France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Source: OJS 2014/S 242-426694 (2014-12-11)