CIE Tours โ€” Coach Hire Services โ€” Great Britain and Ireland

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

Cรณras Iompair ร‰ireann Tours โ€” (CIET) requires the services of competent / innovative bus / coach service providers to provide passenger services for their scheduled Tour Programme for a period of 3 years from January 2016 and an option to extend for a further 2 years on a year by year basis. The customers are principally English speaking overseas clients.
In terms of its UK operations CIET carries approximately 10 000 scheduled tour passengers per annum with approximately 380 departures. Tours range in duration from 5-24 days cover in Great Britain and Ireland. Full details of the 2015 programme are available from the CIE Tours website http://www.cietours.com
Tour Operators drivers for Ireland must have Bord Failte accreditation badges where driver/guides are required.
Cรณras Iompair ร‰ireann Tours (CIET) is seeking submissions from economic operators who are interested in participating in this procurement process and who if successful would be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for 3 years.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-03-20. The procurement was published on 2015-02-20.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข United Kingdom
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-02-20 Contract notice
2015-05-28 Additional information
Contract notice (2015-02-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Quantity or scope:
See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire which is available for downloading on www.etenders.gov.ieFurther details will be made available to those Candidates who are successful in the application and issued with the ITN.
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: Hire of buses and coaches with driver ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated 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: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
Postal address: Railway Undertaking Procurtement Dept, Inchicore
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.irishrail.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: tommy.conlon@irishrail.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17033713 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-02-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2015-03-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2015-02-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 039-067589
OJ-S issue: 39
Additional information
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded from www.etenders.gov.ie Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance. Note: CIE or any of its subsidiary bodies will not be responsible for any costs whatsoever incurred by an Economic Operators, Applicants, Candidates or Tenderers in the preparation of the PQQ, Tender or Oral submissions irrespective of what stage the process is at.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 26
Short description:
Cรณras Iompair ร‰ireann Tours โ€” (CIET) requires the services of competent / innovative bus / coach service providers to provide passenger services for their scheduled Tour Programme for a period of 3 years from January 2016 and an option to extend for a further 2 years on a year by year basis. The customers are principally English speaking overseas clients.
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In terms of its UK operations CIET carries approximately 10 000 scheduled tour passengers per annum with approximately 380 departures. Tours range in duration from 5-24 days cover in Great Britain and Ireland. Full details of the 2015 programme are available from the CIE Tours website http://www.cietours.com
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Tour Operators drivers for Ireland must have Bord Failte accreditation badges where driver/guides are required.
Cรณras Iompair ร‰ireann Tours (CIET) is seeking submissions from economic operators who are interested in participating in this procurement process and who if successful would be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for 3 years.
Quantity or scope:
See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire which is available for downloading on www.etenders.gov.ie
Further details will be made available to those Candidates who are successful in the application and issued with the ITN.
Reference number: CSP 5458
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 8.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded from www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance.
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Economic and financial standing:
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded from www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance.
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Technical and professional ability:
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded from www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance.
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Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded fromwww.etenders.gov.ie
Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance.
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Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded from www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance.
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Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to be downloaded fromwww.etenders.gov.ie
Registration of this site is free and once registered you can locate the notice follow the instructions and upon noting your interest you will be forwarded the PQQ. Should you have any problems with this process contact the person named in the OJEU notice for assistance.
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Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 6
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 36
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tommy Conlon
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/433 ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85775&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 8
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2015/S 039-067589 (2015-02-20)
Additional information (2015-05-28)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-05-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2015-06-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 104-189805
Refers to notice: 2015/S 39-067589
OJ-S issue: 104
Source: OJS 2015/S 104-189805 (2015-05-28)