Inbound Bulk Transportation of Mail and Parcels from Great Britain to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (An Post Link Service)

An Post

An Post is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified service providers for consideration for the tender list for the inbound bulk transportation of mail and parcels from Great Britain to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Further details are available in the accompanying pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-07. The procurement was published on 2020-04-06.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-04-06 Contract notice
2021-09-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-04-06)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: An Post
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: General Post Office, O'Connell Street
Postal town: Dublin
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.com ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/391 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=164091&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=164091&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œInbound Bulk Transportation of Mail and Parcels from Great Britain to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (An Post Link Service) 2014โ€
Products/services: Mail transport by road ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œAn Post is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified service providers for consideration for the tender list for the inbound bulk...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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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
Description of the procurement:
โ€œAn Post is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified service providers for consideration for the tender list for the inbound bulk...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Option to extender for up to 2 additional years.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 5

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-05-07 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: The Four Courts
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 071-169787 (2020-04-06)
Contract award notice (2021-09-03)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: General Post Office
Postal code: O'Connell Street
Phone: +353 017058507 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 018090848 ๐Ÿ“ 

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œInbound Bulk Transportation of Mail & Parcels from Great Britain to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (An Post Link Service) 2014โ€
Short description: Cancellation of tender process due to material change in service requirements.
Description
Description of the procurement: Cancellation of Tender process

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 071-169787

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œInbound Bulk Transportation of Mail & Parcels from Great Britain to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (An Post Link Service)โ€
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œAn Post is currently reviewing the current service with the intention to begin a new competition soon.โ€
Source: OJS 2021/S 174-455093 (2021-09-03)