OMTTCC Contract - Operation and Maintenance of Tunnels and Traffic Control Centre

National Roads Authority (NRA)

It is currently anticipated that the OMTTCC Contract will involve the provision of works and services relating to the operation and maintenance of Dublin Tunnel (DT), Jack Lynch Tunnel (JLT) and the Motorway Traffic Control Centre (MTCC). These are anticipated to include (but may not be limited to):
(i) Operations and Maintenance: This will include;
a. Planned and corrective maintenance required on the Dublin Tunnel, inspections and regular patrols throughout the tunnel, and the operation of the DT control room;
b. Planned and corrective maintenance required on the Jack Lynch Tunnel, inspections and regular patrols throughout the tunnel, and the operation of the JLT control room; and
c. The operation of the MTCC control room, requiring the real-time national road network traffic monitoring and the timely response to planned and unplanned events on the national road network and the provision of better information to the public about national road network conditions.
(ii) DT Tolling: This will include the staffing and operation of booths, the maintenance of toll systems and infrastructure, management of customer tags accounts and automatic coin machine cash handling. All toll revenue is retained by the NRA;
(iii) Asset Management: This will include putting in place appropriate plans to manage the assets over the contract term that take account of the asset renewals required on the DT, JLT and the MTCC;
(iv) Health and Safety: The scope of services will include the Contractor undertaking the roles of Works Contractor, Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage (PSCS), Health and Safety Coordinator (HSC), Designer and Project Supervisor for the Design Process (PSDP) in accordance with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations.
As set out in Section VI.3, the NRA 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 contractors in this competition.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-03-27. The procurement was published on 2013-02-15.

Suppliers

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

• Egis Road and Tunnel Operation Ireland Limited

Who?

• National Roads Authority (NRA)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland › Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-02-15	Contract notice
2015-05-11	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2013-02-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Tunnel operation services
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: Tunnel operation services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: National Roads Authority (NRA)
Postal address: St Martin's House, Waterloo Road
Postal code: 4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nra.ie 🌏
E-mail: omttcc@nra.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16602511 📞
Fax: +353 16680009 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-02-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-03-27 📅
Publication date: 2013-02-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 036-057292
OJ-S issue: 36
Additional information

An Information Memorandum and Suitability Assessment Questionnaire are available on the eTenders Website at http://www.etenders.gov.ie. Candidates wishing to participate should ensure that the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire is completed and returned with any appropriate documentation, before the closing date set out in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire, to the address set out at Annex A.III. The Information Memorandum sets out details of the project and the procurement process. - The Authority 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; - The National Roads Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. The Candidate shall state if any information supplied by it in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in respect for information under the aforementioned Acts. The Candidate shall state why it considers the information to be confidential or commercially sensitive. The Authority will consult with any Candidate/ Tenderer about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received; - The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any Candidate in connection with the competition (including the application and/or attendance interview, if required); - The acceptance of any tender will be subject to the sanction of the National Roads Authority, and to evidence that the Tenderer has a current tax-clearance certificate or a sub-contractors C2 certificate. - The NRA 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 contractors in this competition. - Interested parties should note that this contract is classified as a 'Part B' contract under the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006 and that the detailed procedures of those Regulations, including timelines, do not apply to this competition. However the Authority is adopting a two-stage process similar to the restricted procedure under those Regulations and accordingly has indicated 'restricted procedure' in Section IV.1 of this notice. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not indicate that the Authority will, nor that it is obliged to, comply with all the requirements of the Regulations which would otherwise apply to a 'Part A' contract.

Additional information

An Information Memorandum and Suitability Assessment Questionnaire are available on the eTenders Website at http://www.etenders.gov.ie. Candidates wishing to participate should ensure that the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire is completed and returned with any appropriate documentation, before the closing date set out in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire, to the address set out at Annex A.III. The Information Memorandum sets out details of the project and the procurement process.

- The Authority 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;

- The National Roads Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. The Candidate shall state if any information supplied by it in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in respect for information under the aforementioned Acts. The Candidate shall state why it considers the information to be confidential or commercially sensitive. The Authority will consult with any Candidate/ Tenderer about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received;

- The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any Candidate in connection with the competition (including the application and/or attendance interview, if required);

- The acceptance of any tender will be subject to the sanction of the National Roads Authority, and to evidence that the Tenderer has a current tax-clearance certificate or a sub-contractors C2 certificate. - The NRA 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 contractors in this competition.

- Interested parties should note that this contract is classified as a 'Part B' contract under the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006 and that the detailed procedures of those Regulations, including timelines, do not apply to this competition. However the Authority is adopting a two-stage process similar to the restricted procedure under those Regulations and accordingly has indicated 'restricted procedure' in Section IV.1 of this notice. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not indicate that the Authority will, nor that it is obliged to, comply with all the requirements of the Regulations which would otherwise apply to a 'Part A' contract.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

(i) Operations and Maintenance: This will include;

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a. Planned and corrective maintenance required on the Dublin Tunnel, inspections and regular patrols throughout the tunnel, and the operation of the DT control room;

b. Planned and corrective maintenance required on the Jack Lynch Tunnel, inspections and regular patrols throughout the tunnel, and the operation of the JLT control room; and

c. The operation of the MTCC control room, requiring the real-time national road network traffic monitoring and the timely response to planned and unplanned events on the national road network and the provision of better information to the public about national road network conditions.

(ii) DT Tolling: This will include the staffing and operation of booths, the maintenance of toll systems and infrastructure, management of customer tags accounts and automatic coin machine cash handling. All toll revenue is retained by the NRA;

(iii) Asset Management: This will include putting in place appropriate plans to manage the assets over the contract term that take account of the asset renewals required on the DT, JLT and the MTCC;

(iv) Health and Safety: The scope of services will include the Contractor undertaking the roles of Works Contractor, Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage (PSCS), Health and Safety Coordinator (HSC), Designer and Project Supervisor for the Design Process (PSDP) in accordance with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations.

As set out in Section VI.3, the NRA 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 contractors in this competition.

Description of options:

The Authority reserves the right to extend the duration of the contract from the initial 72 month period up to a total period of 120 months from the award of the contract.

Duration: 72 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: Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing: Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability: Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Will be set out in the Conditions of Contract to be sent to those parties invited to tender.

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Where the successful tenderer is a group it is currently envisaged that the Authority will require 1 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.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement manager
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01608 🌏
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧

Reference
Additional information

- The Authority 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;

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- The National Roads Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. The Candidate shall state if any information supplied by it in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in respect for information under the aforementioned Acts. The Candidate shall state why it considers the information to be confidential or commercially sensitive. The Authority will consult with any Candidate/ Tenderer about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received;

- The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any Candidate in connection with the competition (including the application and/or attendance interview, if required);

- The acceptance of any tender will be subject to the sanction of the National Roads Authority, and to evidence that the Tenderer has a current tax-clearance certificate or a sub-contractors C2 certificate. - The NRA 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 contractors in this competition.

- Interested parties should note that this contract is classified as a 'Part B' contract under the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006 and that the detailed procedures of those Regulations, including timelines, do not apply to this competition. However the Authority is adopting a two-stage process similar to the restricted procedure under those Regulations and accordingly has indicated 'restricted procedure' in Section IV.1 of this notice. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not indicate that the Authority will, nor that it is obliged to, comply with all the requirements of the Regulations which would otherwise apply to a 'Part A' contract.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 1886125 📠
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 1886125 📠
Source: OJS 2013/S 036-057292 (2013-02-15)

Contract award notice (2015-05-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 82 000 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: National Roads Authority
Postal address: Saint Martin's House, Waterloo Road

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-05-11 📅
Publication date: 2015-05-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 093-167537
Refers to notice: 2013/S 36-057292
OJ-S issue: 93
Additional information
Not known.

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, South-West Region.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality Submission (70)
2. Price (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-10-09 📅
Name: Egis Road and Tunnel Operation Ireland Limited
Postal address: Tunnel Control Building, Dublin Tunnel, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 3
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: customer.service@egis.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.erto.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Donal Minnock

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Phone: +353 18886087 📞
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Phone: +353 18886087 📞
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Source: OJS 2015/S 093-167537 (2015-05-11)

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