Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Double Deck Buses
National Transport Authority
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a sole supplier framework agreement for the supply of double deck buses. While the NTA intends to acquire double deck buses from the successful tenderer who is awarded the Framework Agreement, it intends to provide those vehicles to the operators of sub-vented public transport services, known as Public Service Obligation services (‘PSO Services’), to operate in the performance of those services. Those operators include Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus) and the successful tenderer (or tenderers) in a number of ongoing tender competitions for the operation of certain PSO Services. As part of the provision of bus vehicles to the NTA, the Supplier will be required to enter into collateral agreements with the nominated operator in relation to vehicle warranties and other matters.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-06-27. The procurement was published on 2016-05-16.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Buses and coaches › Double-decker buses
- • Buses and coaches › Low-floor buses
- • Buses and coaches › Public-service buses
- • Éire/Ireland › Ireland
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2016-05-16 | Contract notice |
| 2017-03-08 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2016-05-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Double-decker buses
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Double-decker buses 📦
Additional CPV: Buses and coaches 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland 🏙️
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 Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane, 2
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: mark.bradwell@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97683&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-05-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-06-27 📅
Publication date: 2016-05-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 094-168780
OJ-S issue: 94
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 30 months
Description of options: Option to extend framework by up to an additional 30 months.
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 will be set out in the tender documents.
List and brief description of rules and criteria: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Contract performance conditions: As will be set out in the tender documents.
Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97683&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
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 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Double-decker buses
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a sole supplier framework agreement for the supply of double deck buses. While the NTA intends to acquire double deck buses from the successful tenderer who is awarded the Framework Agreement, it intends to provide those vehicles to the operators of sub-vented public transport services, known as Public Service Obligation services (‘PSO Services’), to operate in the performance of those services. Those operators include Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus) and the successful tenderer (or tenderers) in a number of ongoing tender competitions for the operation of certain PSO Services. As part of the provision of bus vehicles to the NTA, the Supplier will be required to enter into collateral agreements with the nominated operator in relation to vehicle warranties and other matters.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Double-decker buses 📦
Additional CPV: Buses and coaches 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland 🏙️
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 Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane, 2
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: mark.bradwell@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97683&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-05-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-06-27 📅
Publication date: 2016-05-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 094-168780
OJ-S issue: 94
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 preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement 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.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a sole supplier framework agreement for the supply of double deck buses. While the NTA intends to acquire double deck buses from the successful tenderer who is awarded the Framework Agreement, it intends to provide those vehicles to the operators of sub-vented public transport services, known as Public Service Obligation services (‘PSO Services’), to operate in the performance of those services. Those operators include Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus) and the successful tenderer (or tenderers) in a number of ongoing tender competitions for the operation of certain PSO Services. As part of the provision of bus vehicles to the NTA, the Supplier will be required to enter into collateral agreements with the nominated operator in relation to vehicle warranties and other matters. It is envisaged that up to approximately 300 vehicles may be ordered.
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Duration: 30 months
Description of options: Option to extend framework by up to an additional 30 months.
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 will be set out in the tender documents.
List and brief description of rules and criteria: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
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. In the case of a group or consortium, the contracting authority proposes to enter into the Contract with the lead member of the consortium who will be liable for the performance of 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 subcontractors, or in any other form which the contracting authority considers appropriate. See further Information Memorandum.
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Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97683&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
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.
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Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement 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.
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Refer to Information Memorandum for further information.
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 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
As set out in SI No 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
Source: OJS 2016/S 094-168780 (2016-05-16)
Contract award notice (2017-03-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Dún Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-03-08 📅
Publication date: 2017-03-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 049-090479
Refers to notice: 2016/S 094-168780
OJ-S issue: 49
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Functional Characteristics and Technical Merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 31.25
Quality criterion (name): After Sales Service and Product Support
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Delivery Period
Quality criterion (weighting): 3.75
Quality criterion (name): Environmental Impacts
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 50
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-02-13 📅
Name: Volvo Group UK Ltd
Postal address: Wedgnock Lane
Postal town: Warwick
Postal code: CV34 5YA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Warwickshire 🏙️
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Reference
Additional information
Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
Source: OJS 2017/S 049-090479 (2017-03-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a sole supplier
framework agreement for the supply of double deck buses.
While the NTA intends to acquire double deck buses from the successful
tenderer who is awarded the Framework Agreement, it intends to provide those
vehicles to the operators of subvented public transport services, known as Public
Service Obligation services (‘PSO Services’), to operate in the performance of
those services. Those operators include Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus) and the
successful tenderer (or tenderers) in a number of on-going tender competitions
for the operation of certain PSO Services. As part of the provision of bus
vehicles to the NTA, the Supplier will be required to enter into collateral
agreements with the nominated operator in relation to vehicle warranties and
other matters.
Show more
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Dún Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-03-08 📅
Publication date: 2017-03-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 049-090479
Refers to notice: 2016/S 094-168780
OJ-S issue: 49
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 preconditions, including production of
a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement 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.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a sole supplier
framework agreement for the supply of double deck buses.
While the NTA intends to acquire double deck buses from the successful
tenderer who is awarded the Framework Agreement, it intends to provide those
vehicles to the operators of subvented public transport services, known as Public
Service Obligation services (‘PSO Services’), to operate in the performance of
those services. Those operators include Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus) and the
successful tenderer (or tenderers) in a number of on-going tender competitions
for the operation of certain PSO Services. As part of the provision of bus
vehicles to the NTA, the Supplier will be required to enter into collateral
agreements with the nominated operator in relation to vehicle warranties and
other matters.
other matters. It is envisaged that up to approximately 300 vehicles may be ordered.
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Functional Characteristics and Technical Merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 31.25
Quality criterion (name): After Sales Service and Product Support
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Delivery Period
Quality criterion (weighting): 3.75
Quality criterion (name): Environmental Impacts
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 50
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-02-13 📅
Name: Volvo Group UK Ltd
Postal address: Wedgnock Lane
Postal town: Warwick
Postal code: CV34 5YA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Warwickshire 🏙️
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Reference
Additional information
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of
a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement 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.
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Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
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).
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