The Operation of Public Bus Passenger Services on Waterford City Routes

National Transport Authority

The Authority is seeking an operator in respect of a number of public bus routes. It is intended that the services will comprise a total of 6 routes, the envisaged composition of which is set out in Appendix A to the Information Memorandum. The Authority reserves the right to add or omit routes to/from the scope of the contract. The routes serve locations in Waterford city, with one the Routes (Route 360/360a) also serving the town of Tramore. The Routes are currently serviced by a peak vehicle requirement of 12 urban type buses (primarily single deck), and provide approximately 1 200 000 passenger journeys per annum.
The envisaged 5 year operational period may be extended by the Authority for a period or periods up to a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance. The Authority intends that there will be a mobilisation period from the date of contract signing until the commencement date for the operational period. It is currently envisaged that the duration of this mobilisation period will be at least 6 months, although the contract may involve phased operational dates (staggered by up to 6 months) by reference to different routes or groups of routes. Further information is set out in the Information Memorandum.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-04-07. The procurement was published on 2015-01-22.

Who?

• National Transport Authority

What?

Where?

• South-East

Procurement history

Date	Document
2015-01-22	Contract notice
2015-07-09	Additional information

Contract notice (2015-01-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public road transport services
Quantity or scope: See section II.1.5.
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: Public road transport services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dún Scéine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: mark.bradwell@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-01-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-04-07 📅
Publication date: 2015-01-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 018-029616
Refers to notice: 2013/S 234-406198
OJ-S issue: 18
Additional information

The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them. Any contract award will be subject to a number of pre-conditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. Refer to Information Memorandum for further information.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 2
Short description:

The envisaged 5 year operational period may be extended by the Authority for a period or periods up to a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance. The Authority intends that there will be a mobilisation period from the date of contract signing until the commencement date for the operational period. It is currently envisaged that the duration of this mobilisation period will be at least 6 months, although the contract may involve phased operational dates (staggered by up to 6 months) by reference to different routes or groups of routes. Further information is set out in the Information Memorandum.

Variants will be accepted ✅
Description of options:

It is envisaged that the Contract will include an option to extend the operational period for a period or succession of periods up to a further 2 years.

The Authority may decide to add 1 or more routes to the scope of the Contract or to omit one or more routes from the scope of the Contract.

Further details will be set out in the tender documents.

Duration: 072 months
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: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Economic and financial standing: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Technical and professional ability: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: See Information Memorandum.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As will be set out in the tender 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 of service providers. 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 once it has been awarded the contract. The contracting authority also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors, or in any other form which the authority considers appropriate. See further Information Memorandum.

Other particular conditions: To be set out in tender documents.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=84196&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2013-12-03 📅
Identifiers
Type of previous publication: Periodic_indicative_notice
Notice number in the OJ S: 2013/S 234-406198

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), 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:

As set out in S.I. No. 131/2010 — European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).

Source: OJS 2015/S 018-029616 (2015-01-22)

Additional information (2015-07-09)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-09 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 133-246462
Refers to notice: 2015/S 18-029616
OJ-S issue: 133
Source: OJS 2015/S 133-246462 (2015-07-09)

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