Road Transport Passenger Services in the North West

Bus Eireann/Irish Bus

The Contracting Authority proposes awarding a Framework Agreement(s) for the provision of Road Passenger Transport Services over a 3 year period within the North West Region.
The North West Region consists of Ballina, Sligo and Donegal.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend this agreement(s) for a further period of 12 or 24 months.
3 panels of qualified and competent operators will be established to provide services to Bus Eireann on demand.
The provision of these services will be for the purpose of supplementing existing bus services, in particular, at times of increased demand for seasonal or other reasons.
1 panel will consist of services operating under Ballina operations, the second panel will consist of services operating under Sligo operations and the third panel will consist of services operating under Donegal operations.
Bus Eireann will define the age and specification of vehicle required for the Services.
Only Coaches with a minimum capacity of 47 seats and up to 10 years of age are required.
Coaches which fall outside this requirement will not be considered.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-10-08. The procurement was published on 2015-09-16.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2015-09-16 Contract notice
2018-01-02 Contract award notice