Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Double Deck Regional Commuter Vehicles
National Transport Authority
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a single supplier framework agreement for the supply of double deck regional commuter vehicles. While the Contracting Authority intends to acquire double deck regional commuter vehicles 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, to operate in the performance of those services. Those operators include Bus Éireann 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 vehicles to the Contracting Authority, 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 2018-09-03. The procurement was published on 2018-07-31.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2018-07-31 | Contract notice |
| 2018-09-14 | Additional information |
| 2020-07-03 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2018-07-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Buses and coaches
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Buses and coaches 📦
Additional CPV: Public-service buses 📦
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: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=133067&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=133067&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-07-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-09-03 📅
Publication date: 2018-08-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 147-337387
OJ-S issue: 147
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 20 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 20 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 30 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend framework by up to an additional 30 months.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As will be set out in the Information Memorandum.
List and brief description of rules and criteria: As will be set out in the Information Memorandum.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As will be set out in the Information Memorandum.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As will be 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 Information Memorandum.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Maximum number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
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: Gerard Deenihan
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=133067&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 7
Postal code: D7
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: Buses and coaches
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a single supplier framework agreement for the supply of double deck regional commuter vehicles. While the Contracting Authority intends to acquire double deck regional commuter vehicles 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, to operate in the performance of those services. Those operators include Bus Éireann 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 vehicles to the Contracting Authority, 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: Buses and coaches 📦
Additional CPV: Public-service buses 📦
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: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=133067&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=133067&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-07-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-09-03 📅
Publication date: 2018-08-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 147-337387
OJ-S issue: 147
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: 20 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 20 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 30 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend framework by up to an additional 30 months.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As will be set out in the Information Memorandum.
List and brief description of rules and criteria: As will be set out in the Information Memorandum.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As will be set out in the Information Memorandum.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As will be 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
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Maximum number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the Information Memorandum.
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
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: Gerard Deenihan
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=133067&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 7
Postal code: D7
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 S.I. No. 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
Source: OJS 2018/S 147-337387 (2018-07-31)
Additional information (2018-09-14)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Double-decker buses 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-09-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-09-17 📅
Publication date: 2018-09-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 179-406820
Refers to notice: 2018/S 147-337387
OJ-S issue: 179
Additional information
The submission deadline for this competition was extended by 2 weeks.
Source: OJS 2018/S 179-406820 (2018-09-14)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Double-decker buses 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-09-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-09-17 📅
Publication date: 2018-09-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 179-406820
Refers to notice: 2018/S 147-337387
OJ-S issue: 179
Additional information
The submission deadline for this competition was extended by 2 weeks.
Source: OJS 2018/S 179-406820 (2018-09-14)
Contract award notice (2020-07-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Total value of the procurement: 14 700 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-07-03 📅
Publication date: 2020-07-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 129-317644
OJ-S issue: 129
Additional information
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Functional characteristics and technical merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 37.5
Quality criterion (name): After-sales service and product support
Quality criterion (weighting): 6.25
Quality criterion (name): Delivery period
Price (weighting): 50
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-03-11 📅
Name: VDL Bus and Coach BV
National registration number: NL009104070B01
Postal address: De Vest 7
Postal town: Valkenswaard
Postal code: 5555 XL
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
E-mail: info@vdlbuscoach.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.vdlbuscoach.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 14 700 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Reference
Additional information
Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is seeking to enter into a single supplier framework agreement for the supply of double deck regional commuter vehicles. While the contracting authority intends to acquire double deck regional commuter vehicles 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, to operate in the performance of those services. Those operators include Bus Éireann 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 vehicles to the contracting authority, 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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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-07-03 📅
Publication date: 2020-07-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 129-317644
OJ-S issue: 129
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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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Functional characteristics and technical merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 37.5
Quality criterion (name): After-sales service and product support
Quality criterion (weighting): 6.25
Quality criterion (name): Delivery period
Price (weighting): 50
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-03-11 📅
Name: VDL Bus and Coach BV
National registration number: NL009104070B01
Postal address: De Vest 7
Postal town: Valkenswaard
Postal code: 5555 XL
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
E-mail: info@vdlbuscoach.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.vdlbuscoach.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 14 700 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
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.
Show more
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.
Show more
Refer to information memorandum for further information.
Complementary information
Review body
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).
Source: OJS 2020/S 129-317644 (2020-07-03)
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