The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— On-Bus commissioning and acceptance services;
— As required diagnosis and repair of certain on-bus systems;
— Spares holding and spares management facility for certain on-bus systems.
The National Transport Authority has a statutory responsibility to procure public passenger transport services for bus, rail and light rail services across Ireland. The Authority has initiated the Bus Market Opening “BMO” programme. Under BMO, bus services are provided by bus operators who secure contracts to operate the services through a competitive tendering process. BMO encompasses approximately 10 % of the bus routes in the Dublin area and 10 % of the bus routes in wider Ireland. BMO may be extended at a later date to encompass more routes.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-08.
The procurement was published on 2019-04-01.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Bus Technical Support Services
Products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment📦
Short description:
“The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— On-Bus commissioning and...”
Short description
The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— On-Bus commissioning and acceptance services;
— As required diagnosis and repair of certain on-bus systems;
— Spares holding and spares management facility for certain on-bus systems.
The National Transport Authority has a statutory responsibility to procure public passenger transport services for bus, rail and light rail services across Ireland. The Authority has initiated the Bus Market Opening “BMO” programme. Under BMO, bus services are provided by bus operators who secure contracts to operate the services through a competitive tendering process. BMO encompasses approximately 10 % of the bus routes in the Dublin area and 10 % of the bus routes in wider Ireland. BMO may be extended at a later date to encompass more routes.
The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— On-Bus commissioning and acceptance services;
— As required diagnosis and repair of certain on-bus systems;
— Spares holding and spares management facility for certain on-bus systems.
The National Transport Authority has a statutory responsibility to procure public passenger transport services for bus, rail and light rail services across Ireland. The Authority has initiated the Bus Market Opening “BMO” programme. Under BMO, bus services are provided by bus operators who secure contracts to operate the services through a competitive tendering process. BMO encompasses approximately 10 % of the bus routes in the Dublin area and 10 % of the bus routes in wider Ireland. BMO may be extended at a later date to encompass more routes.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The expected term of the contract will be 2 calendar years from the effective date with the option to extend up to 2 years. The extension of the contract...”
Description of renewals
The expected term of the contract will be 2 calendar years from the effective date with the option to extend up to 2 years. The extension of the contract will be dependent on service requirements, performance and continued funding availability.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-05-08
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2019-11-08 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-05-08
12:00 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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 7
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. 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).”
Source: OJS 2019/S 068-159854 (2019-04-01)
Contract award notice (2019-07-02) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— on-bus commissioning and...”
Short description
The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— on-bus commissioning and acceptance services,
— as required diagnosis and repair of certain on-bus systems,
— spares holding and spares management facility for certain on-bus systems.
The National Transport Authority has a statutory responsibility to procure public passenger transport services for bus, rail and light rail services across Ireland. The Authority has initiated the Bus Market Opening ‘BMO’ programme. Under BMO, bus services are provided by bus operators who secure contracts to operate the services through a competitive tendering process. BMO encompasses approximately 10 % of the bus routes in the Dublin area and 10 % of the bus routes in wider Ireland. BMO may be extended at a later date to encompass more routes.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 348 280 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— on-bus commissioning and...”
Description of the procurement
The Authority wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of engaging a service provider to provide:
— on-bus commissioning and acceptance services,
— as required diagnosis and repair of certain on-bus systems,
— spares holding and spares management facility for certain on-bus systems.
The National Transport Authority has a statutory responsibility to procure public passenger transport services for bus, rail and light rail services across Ireland. The Authority has initiated the Bus Market Opening ‘BMO’ programme. Under BMO, bus services are provided by bus operators who secure contracts to operate the services through a competitive tendering process. BMO encompasses approximately 10 % of the bus routes in the Dublin area and 10 % of the bus routes in wider Ireland. BMO may be extended at a later date to encompass more routes.
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Quality criterion (name): Personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Service request process
Quality criterion (name): Staff training
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Account management
Price (weighting): 40 %
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 068-159854
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
1️⃣
Title: Bus Technical Support Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-06-26 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 0
Name and address of the contractor
Name: B2 Communications
Postal address: Chapel Green, Rush, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 348 280 💰
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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Source: OJS 2019/S 127-311145 (2019-07-02)