Bulk Transportation of Mail & Parcels from the UK to Ireland (An Post Link Service)

An Post

An Post is seeking to appoint a service provider(s) to meet its requirements for the transportation of bulk mail and parcels from the United Kingdom (UK) to Ireland.
The service requirement will be divided into two lots.
LOT 1 โ€” Standard Groupage Service
LOT 2 โ€” Line Haul of Ecommerce Parcels.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-06-12. The procurement was published on 2017-05-12.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2017-05-12 Contract notice
2018-06-08 Contract award notice
Contract award notice (2018-06-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: An Post
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: General Post Office
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: O'Connell Street
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Alan Lynam
Phone: +353 17058507 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: alan.lynam@anpost.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18090848 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://anpost.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/391 ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œBulk Transportation of Mail and Parcels from the UK to Ireland (An Post Link Service) 1717โ€
Products/services: Mail transport by road ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œContract Award for the transportation of bulk mail and parcels from the United Kingdom (UK) to Ireland (An Post Link Services).โ€

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Additional products/services: Parcel transport services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Transport by water of mail ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Postal services related to letters ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Postal services related to parcels ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Parcel delivery services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: England, Dublin and Portlaoise.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œContract award for the bulk transportation of mail and parcels from the UK to Ireland (An Post Link Services).โ€

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2017/S 093-182721

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œBulk Transportation of Mail and Parcels from the UK to Ireland (An Post Link Service)โ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-06-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Redhead International Ltd
National registration number: 772 3507 28
Postal address: Dealburn Road
Postal town: Bradford
Postal code: BD12 0RG
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
E-mail: iain.davies@redhead-int.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.redhead-int.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Four Courts
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2018/S 110-251623 (2018-06-08)