Coach Hire and Ad Hoc Touring Services — Ireland

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

CIE Tours carries approximately 30 000 tour passengers per annum with approximately 800 departures on Irish-based tours. Tours range in duration from 5 to 14 days and cover Ireland (North & South). CIE Tours 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 a period of 3 years from January 2016, with an option to extend for a further period of one year. The services required are divided into 2 Lots, as follows:
— Lot 1: Scheduled Tour Programme;
— Lot 2: Ad Hoc Group Tours.
This is a non-mandatory notice as this procurement process falls outside the requirements of Directive 2004/17/EC. The process will be conducted largely in accordance with the negotiated procedure, but will avail of the non applicability of the requirement for a standstill period and the application of the Remedies Directive 2007.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-07-01. The procurement was published on 2015-06-10.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-06-10 Contract notice
2016-02-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-06-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Quantity or scope:
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 a period of 3 years from January 2016, with an option to extend for a further period of 1 year. The services required are divided into 2 Lots, as described below:Lot 1: Scheduled Tour Programme:CIET requires the services of competent, innovative bus/coach service providers to provide passenger services for their Scheduled Tour Programme. Customers are principally English speaking overseas clients. Full details of the 2015 programme are available from the CIE Tours website http://www.cietours.comLot 2: Ad Hoc Group Tours:CIET is seeking suitably qualified bus/coach service providers to serve its customised group tour business. Tours are bespoke to the client’s requirements. Clients are mostly of North American English speaking origin.Full details of the requirements for both Lots will be outlined in the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) which will be issued to shortlisted participants.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Hire of buses and coaches with driver 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
Postal address: Central Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: orla.cassidy@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17033748 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-06-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-07-01 📅
Publication date: 2015-06-13 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 113-205761
OJ-S issue: 113
Additional information
As outlined in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie Registration on this site is free of charge and, once registered, users can locate the notice, express interest and access the relevant PQQ document. CIET will not be responsible for any costs whatsoever incurred by any person or body participating in the PQQ or Tender stages of this procurement activity.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 26
Short description:
CIE Tours carries approximately 30 000 tour passengers per annum with approximately 800 departures on Irish-based tours. Tours range in duration from 5 to 14 days and cover Ireland (North & South). CIE Tours 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 a period of 3 years from January 2016, with an option to extend for a further period of one year. The services required are divided into 2 Lots, as follows:
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— Lot 1: Scheduled Tour Programme;
— Lot 2: Ad Hoc Group Tours.
This is a non-mandatory notice as this procurement process falls outside the requirements of Directive 2004/17/EC. The process will be conducted largely in accordance with the negotiated procedure, but will avail of the non applicability of the requirement for a standstill period and the application of the Remedies Directive 2007.
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Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Scheduled Tour Programme (Ireland)
Short description:
As outlined in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration on this site is free of charge and, once registered, users can locate the notice, express interest and access the relevant PQQ document.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Ad Hoc Group Tours (Ireland)
Quantity or scope:
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 a period of 3 years from January 2016, with an option to extend for a further period of 1 year. The services required are divided into 2 Lots, as described below:
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Lot 1: Scheduled Tour Programme:
CIET requires the services of competent, innovative bus/coach service providers to provide passenger services for their Scheduled Tour Programme. Customers are principally English speaking overseas clients. Full details of the 2015 programme are available from the CIE Tours website http://www.cietours.com
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Lot 2: Ad Hoc Group Tours:
CIET is seeking suitably qualified bus/coach service providers to serve its customised group tour business. Tours are bespoke to the client’s requirements. Clients are mostly of North American English speaking origin.
Full details of the requirements for both Lots will be outlined in the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) which will be issued to shortlisted participants.
Reference number: CSP 5457(a)

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As outlined in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration on this site is free of charge and, once registered, users can locate the notice, express interest and access the relevant PQQ document.
Economic and financial standing:
As outlined in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration on this site is free of charge and, once registered, users can locate the notice, express interest and access the relevant PQQ document.
Technical and professional ability:
As outlined in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie
Registration on this site is free of charge and, once registered, users can locate the notice, express interest and access the relevant PQQ document.
Contract execution
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 1) of contractors, then those contractors, if their Tender is accepted, will assume such legal form by incorporation, partnership or otherwise, as will entitle them to contract as a single entity. It will be necessary for any group of contractors wishing to submit a joint bid to state a single addressee who will be responsible for the receipt and processing of the participating orders and for resolving any problems relating to the Tender and the Contract, if awarded.
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Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 12
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 36
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Orla Cassidy
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=88785&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 8
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Recurrent procurement
2018-2019.
Source: OJS 2015/S 113-205761 (2015-06-10)
Contract award notice (2016-02-15)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-02-15 📅
Publication date: 2016-02-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 033-054171
Refers to notice: 2015/S 113-205761
OJ-S issue: 33

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2016/S 033-054171 (2016-02-15)
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