Operation of a Public Bus Service on Route 828 Portlaoise and Cashel

National Transport Authority

The route extends between Portlaoise and Cashel serving the principal stopping places listed in the RFT. The service is required to operate to those times indicated below on Mondays to Sundays. A Sunday service is required to be operated on Public Holidays and services are not required to operate on Christmas Day. The approximate daily scheduled kilometres in service (‘scheduled kilometres’) required to be operated is approximately 593 km Monday to Saturday excluding Friday, 701 km Fridays and 259 km on Sundays and Bank Holidays (refer to Table A in Appendix II). Tenders must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of these figures.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-06-10. The procurement was published on 2016-04-29.

Who?

• National Transport Authority

What?

Where?

• Southern and Eastern

Procurement history

Date	Document
2016-04-29	Contract notice

Contract notice (2016-04-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public road transport services
Quantity or scope: See section II.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: Open 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: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: mark.bradwell@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 01-8798362 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-04-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-06-10 📅
Publication date: 2016-05-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 086-152914
OJ-S issue: 86
Additional information

The contracting authority reserves the right to terminate the process at any time or to change the basis of, or the procedures for, the competition. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. The contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. Tenderers shall state if any information supplied by them in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in response to a request for information under the aforementioned Acts. Tenderers must state why they consider the information to be confidential or commercially sensitive. The contracting authority will comply with any obligation to consult with any tenderer about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received. The contracting authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any tenderer in connection with the competition (including costs of tendering and/or attending at interview, if required). Tenders may be accepted in whole or in part. The acceptance of any tender will be subject to certain pre-conditions, including the requirement to provide tax clearance documentation and evidence that required insurances are in place. The contracting authority reserve the right, in accordance with Regulation 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities‘ Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new services to the successful tenderer in this competition.

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

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in the tender documents.
Economic and financial standing: As set out in the tender documents.
Technical and professional ability: As set out in the tender documents.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As set out in the tender documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As 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: As set out in the tender documents.
Other particular conditions: As set out in the tender documents.

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=98575&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
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), as amended by SI 193/2015 European Communities (review of Contract by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

Source: OJS 2016/S 086-152914 (2016-04-29)

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