The National Transport Authority requires an operator to operate two reliable and punctual bus services in Kilkenny City:
— Green Route — 8.5km long with 13 stops between termini;
— Red Route — 8.7km long with 19 stops between termini.
It is envisaged that each route will operate a service every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and an hourly service on Sunday. Departures between routes will be coordinated so that a 15 minute service is maintained on the trunk section of the routes in the city centre. Services are envisaged to run from 7:00 to 22:00 on weekdays, with a slightly later start and finish time on Saturdays. Sundays will have a shorter operating day. Further details of the indicative routes can be found in Appendix A of the attached Information Memorandum.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-09-05.
The procurement was published on 2017-08-01.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Invitation to Tender for a Public Service Contract for the Provision of Public Bus Services in Kilkenny City”
Products/services: Public road transport services📦
Short description:
“The National Transport Authority requires an operator to operate 2 reliable and punctual bus services in Kilkenny City:
— Green Route: 8,5 km long with 13...”
Short description
The National Transport Authority requires an operator to operate 2 reliable and punctual bus services in Kilkenny City:
— Green Route: 8,5 km long with 13 stops between termini,
— Red Route: 8,7 km long with 19 stops between termini.
It is envisaged that each route will operate a service every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and an hourly service on Sunday. Departures between routes will be coordinated so that a 15 minute service is maintained on the trunk section of the routes in the city centre. Services are envisaged to run from 7.00 to 22.00 on weekdays, with a slightly later start and finish time on Saturdays. Sundays will have a shorter operating day. Further details of the indicative routes can be found in Appendix A of the attached information memorandum.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 3 664 893 💰
The National Transport Authority requires an operator to operate two reliable and punctual bus services in Kilkenny City:
— Green Route: 8,5 km long with 13 stops between termini;
— Red Route: 8,7 km long with 19 stops between termini.
It is envisaged that each route will operate a service every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and an hourly service on Sunday. Departures between routes will be coordinated so that a 15 minute service is maintained on the trunk section of the routes in the city centre. Services are envisaged to run from 7.00 to 22.00 on weekdays, with a slightly later start and finish time on Saturdays. Sundays will have a shorter operating day. Further details of the indicative routes can be found in Appendix A of the attached information memorandum.
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Quality criterion (name): Timetable
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Quality criterion (name): Implementation plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): Organisation and resources plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): Supervision and control plan
Quality criterion (name): Bus maintenance plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): Safety plan
Quality criterion (name): Revenue protection plan
Quality criterion (name): Customer service plan
Price (weighting): 60
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2017/S 147-305120
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Invitation to Tender for a Public Service Contract for the Provision of Public Bus Services in Kilkenny City”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-12-18 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
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: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: City Direct Bus Ltd
National registration number: 407730
Postal address: Rahoon Road
Postal town: Galway
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 91860814📞
E-mail: info@citydirect.ie📧
Region: West🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 3 664 893 💰
Complementary information 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...”
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 procurement documents for further information.
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Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set out in S.I. No 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
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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Source: OJS 2020/S 015-032293 (2020-01-21)