Request for Tender to Establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Courier Services for Island of Ireland and International Courier Services

The Office of Government Procurement

This Competition relates to the establishment a multi-supplier Framework Agreement with a maximum number of fifteen (15) Framework agreement lot members for courier services for Island of Ireland and a maximum number of Five (5) Framework Agreement Lot members for International courier services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-04-05. The procurement was published on 2016-02-19.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-02-19 Contract notice
2016-06-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2016-02-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Courier services
Quantity or scope: 03 000 000
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: Courier services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more 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: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.procurement.ie 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +76 1008000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-02-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-04-05 📅
Publication date: 2016-02-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 037-060338
OJ-S issue: 37

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 💰
3 000 000 💰
Short description:
This Competition relates to the establishment a multi-supplier Framework Agreement with a maximum number of fifteen (15) Framework agreement lot members for courier services for Island of Ireland and a maximum number of Five (5) Framework Agreement Lot members for International courier services.
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Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Island of Ireland Courier Services
Short description:
The Framework clients have a very broad range of requirements including standard service for documents, small packages, etc. but also a number of specialised services including: Hazardous, Flammable, Biological, Food Samples, Diplomatic, High Security and Time Sensitive consignments. List of examples may be found in section 1.3.2 of RFT Document.
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Duration: 12 months
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: International Courier Services
Short description:
The Framework clients have a very broad range of requirements including standard service for documents, small packages, etc. but also a number of specialised services including: Hazardous, Flammable, Biological, Food Samples, Diplomatic, High Security and Time Sensitive Consignments. List of examples may be found in section 1.3.2 of RFT Document.
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Number of possible renewals: 3
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Reference number: PS024/006/001
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland and International Locations.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).
Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).
Technical and professional ability:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #103159).

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 20
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 12
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2016-04-05 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Other Public Sector Bodies
Contact
Contact point: Tender Operations
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96697&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96697&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PS024/006/001

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2016/S 037-060338 (2016-02-19)
Contract award notice (2016-06-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This Competition relates to the establishment a multi-supplier Framework Agreement with a maximum number of 15 Framework agreement lot members for courier services for Island of Ireland and a maximum number of 5 Framework Agreement Lot members for International courier services.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Additional CPV: Post and courier services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-06-14 📅
Publication date: 2016-06-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 115-204414
Refers to notice: 2016/S 037-060338
OJ-S issue: 115
Additional information
This competition has been cancelled due to an insufficient level of competition for both lots. A decision has consequently been made that most appropriate course of action is to cancel the tender competition and re advertise in the coming weeks. We hope to be in a position to publish this new competition by the end of June 2016.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Lot 1: Island of Ireland Courier Services
Short description:
The Framework clients have a very broad range of requirements including standard service for documents, small packages etc., but also a number of specialised services including; Hazardous, Flammable, Biological, food samples, Diplomatic, High Security and time sensitive consignments. List of examples may be found in section 1.3.2 of RFT Document.
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Title of the lot: Lot 2: International Courier Services

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality and service
Quality criterion (weighting): 400
Quality criterion (name): Security
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 400

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2016/S 115-204414 (2016-06-14)
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