NRA Tolling Operations Contract

National Roads Authority (NRA)

The National Roads Authority invites interested parties to apply to participate in the Authority's competition to procure tolling operation services for the next-generation M50 eFlow Tolling Operations Contract (the Contract) and any toll points which the Authority may introduce and/or operate in the future on the road network in Ireland. The existing M50 eFlow Toll is an open road tolling system on Dublin's orbital motorway which processes on average 115 000 vehicles per day. The tolling operation services include mobilisation and transition management services, operations services, provision operation and maintenance of a toll system, collection of toll charges, debtor and finance management, customer service provision and management of certain enforcement services. A more detailed description is set out in the Pre-Qualification Documents.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-09-09. The procurement was published on 2015-07-15.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-07-15 Contract notice
2019-04-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-07-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Highway toll services
Quantity or scope: Refer to section II.1.5.200 000 000400 000 000
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: Highway toll services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: National Roads Authority (NRA)
Postal address: St Martin's House, Waterloo Road
Postal code: D4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nra.ie 🌏
E-mail: tollingtender@nra.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16602511 📞
Fax: +353 16680009 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-09-09 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 137-253031
Refers to notice: 2014/S 220-389124
OJ-S issue: 137
Additional information
— It is anticipated the term of the Contract will be for approximately 11 years from the date of entry into the Contract, with options for the Authority to extend the term for any period or succession of periods up to a further 4 years. — Pre-Qualification Documents are available on the etenders Website at http://www.etenders.gov.ie Candidates wishing to participate should ensure that the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is completed and returned in accordance with the requirements set out in the Pre-Qualification Documents. The Pre-Qualification Documents set out details of the project and the procurement process. — The Authority reserves the right to terminate the process and any discussions at any time. The Authority shall not be obliged to enter into a contract with any tenderer. — Interested parties should note that the National Roads Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014. If a party considers that any of the information it supplies should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, such party must, when providing such information, clearly identify the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reason for its sensitivity. Please note that it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all information provided in any response submitted. — The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/ or expenses incurred by any Candidate/ Tenderer in connection with the competition (including the application and/ or attendance interview, if required). — The National Roads Authority is due to merge with the Railway Procurement Agency (the ‘RPA’) in August 2015 and all functions of the two bodies will be performed by the new merged body. The operational name of the merged body will be ‘Transport Infrastructure Ireland’ (TII). For the purpose of this Notice, the term ‘Authority’ shall be taken to mean the National Roads Authority and TII.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Roads Authority invites interested parties to apply to participate in the Authority's competition to procure tolling operation services for the next-generation M50 eFlow Tolling Operations Contract (the Contract) and any toll points which the Authority may introduce and/or operate in the future on the road network in Ireland. The existing M50 eFlow Toll is an open road tolling system on Dublin's orbital motorway which processes on average 115 000 vehicles per day. The tolling operation services include mobilisation and transition management services, operations services, provision operation and maintenance of a toll system, collection of toll charges, debtor and finance management, customer service provision and management of certain enforcement services. A more detailed description is set out in the Pre-Qualification Documents.
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Variants will be accepted ✅
Quantity or scope: Refer to section II.1.5.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 000 💰
400 000 000 💰
Description of options:
It is anticipated the term of the Contract will be for approximately eleven years from the date of entry into the Contract, with options for the Authority to extend the term for any period or succession of periods up to a further 4 years.
As stated in section II.1.5, it is anticipated that the Contract will include provisions for additional toll points to be introduced and/or operated in the future on the road network in Ireland.
Duration: 180 months
Reference number: N/a
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Economic and financial standing: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Technical and professional ability: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Please refer to the Pre-qualification 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. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may be required to do so prior to award of the Contract if the Authority considers it necessary to ensure that the Contract is carried out to its satisfaction. The Authority also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors, or on any other basis the Authority considers appropriate.
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Other particular conditions: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 4
Maximum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: Please refer to the Pre-qualification Documents.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2015-10-26 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Cathal Masterson
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1153 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91110&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91110&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2014-11-14 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: N/a
Notice number in the OJ S: 2014/S 220-389124
Additional information
— It is anticipated the term of the Contract will be for approximately 11 years from the date of entry into the Contract, with options for the Authority to extend the term for any period or succession of periods up to a further 4 years.
— Pre-Qualification Documents are available on the etenders Website at http://www.etenders.gov.ie Candidates wishing to participate should ensure that the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is completed and returned in accordance with the requirements set out in the Pre-Qualification Documents. The Pre-Qualification Documents set out details of the project and the procurement process.
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— The Authority reserves the right to terminate the process and any discussions at any time. The Authority shall not be obliged to enter into a contract with any tenderer.
— Interested parties should note that the National Roads Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014. If a party considers that any of the information it supplies should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, such party must, when providing such information, clearly identify the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reason for its sensitivity. Please note that it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all information provided in any response submitted.
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— The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/ or expenses incurred by any Candidate/ Tenderer in connection with the competition (including the application and/ or attendance interview, if required).
— The National Roads Authority is due to merge with the Railway Procurement Agency (the ‘RPA’) in August 2015 and all functions of the two bodies will be performed by the new merged body. The operational name of the merged body will be ‘Transport Infrastructure Ireland’ (TII). For the purpose of this Notice, the term ‘Authority’ shall be taken to mean the National Roads Authority and TII.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: The 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 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:
Refer to SI 130/2010 as amended by SI 192/2015, in particular Regulation 7 of SI 130/2010.
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2015/S 137-253031 (2015-07-15)
Contract award notice (2019-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (the "Authority") has appointed a contractor to provide tolling operation services for the next-generation M50 Tolling Operation and any toll points which the Authority may introduce and/or operate in the future on the road network in Ireland. The tolling operation services set out in the contract include, inter alia, mobilisation and transition management services, operations services, provision of operation and maintenance of a toll system, collection of toll charges, debtor and finance management, customer service provision and management of certain enforcement services.
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Total value of the procurement: 373 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Additional CPV: Bridge toll services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (formerly known as NRA)
Postal address: Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8
Postal code: D08 DK10
Contact
Internet address: https://www.tii.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: cathal.masterson@tii.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-15 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 077-183799
Refers to notice: 2015/S 137-253031
OJ-S issue: 77
Additional information
For clarity, tenders were evaluated to identify the most economically advantageous tender in accordance with criteria set out in the call for tender documentation issued to tenderers and as detailed in Section II.2.5 above. The evaluation involved an assessment of the tenderers' quality submissions, which were scored out of a maximum score of 650 and an assessment of the tenderers' price submissions, which were scored out of a maximum score of 350. For clarity, the initial contract value, as detailed in Section V.2.4 above and included in the Contract Notice, was estimated between 200 000 000 EUR and 400 000 000 EUR. Note that the payments under the contract are variable as they depend on the level of traffic and transactions being handled as well contractual performance and inflation. Note that the total value of the contract excludes options for additional toll points referred to in Section II.2.11 above.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Description of options:
The total term of the contract will be for approximately fifteen (15) years from the date of entry into the contract, inclusive of extension options for any period or succession of periods up to four (4) years. The contract includes provisions for managing change via a defined change control process and specific options for additional toll points to be introduced and/or operated in the future on the road network in Ireland.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 650 marks
Price (weighting): 350 marks

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-03-29 📅
Name: Turas Mobility Services
Postal address: Suite 3, One Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Dublin 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 373 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5

Reference
Additional information
For clarity, tenders were evaluated to identify the most economically advantageous tender in accordance with criteria set out in the call for tender documentation issued to tenderers and as detailed in Section II.2.5 above. The evaluation involved an assessment of the tenderers' quality submissions, which were scored out of a maximum score of 650 and an assessment of the tenderers' price submissions, which were scored out of a maximum score of 350.
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For clarity, the initial contract value, as detailed in Section V.2.4 above and included in the Contract Notice, was estimated between 200 000 000 EUR and 400 000 000 EUR. Note that the payments under the contract are variable as they depend on the level of traffic and transactions being handled as well contractual performance and inflation. Note that the total value of the contract excludes options for additional toll points referred to in Section II.2.11 above.
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Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 077-183799 (2019-04-15)
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