Leasing of Two Electric Midi Buses for a Pilot Scheme

National Transport Authority

The services comprise the leasing of two fully electric buses to the authority including all maintenance and servicing. The current intention of the authority is to make these buses available for use to Local Link Kerry for services operating in County Kerry. These will be Public Service Obligation (PSO) services operated under a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) License. However, the authority reserves the right to make these buses available to other operators of PSO services should the need arise.
It is anticipated that the two buses will be deployed on two PSO service routes, with an expected daily usage of approximately 535 km between the buses. The buses will be shared between the two routes, and there will be some time for charging the buses during the day between services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-12. The procurement was published on 2020-10-08.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-10-08 Contract notice
2021-06-21 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-10-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public road transport services
Short description:
The services comprise the leasing of two fully electric buses to the authority including all maintenance and servicing. The current intention of the authority is to make these buses available for use to Local Link Kerry for services operating in County Kerry. These will be Public Service Obligation (PSO) services operated under a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) License. However, the authority reserves the right to make these buses available to other operators of PSO services should the need arise. It is anticipated that the two buses will be deployed on two PSO service routes, with an expected daily usage of approximately 535 km between the buses. The buses will be shared between the two routes, and there will be some time for charging the buses during the day between services.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public road transport services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Minibuses ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18798300 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18798333 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175214&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175214&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-11-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-10-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 199-482673
OJ-S issue: 199
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 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The services comprise the leasing of two fully electric buses to the authority including all maintenance and servicing. The current intention of the authority is to make these buses available for use to Local Link Kerry for services operating in County Kerry. These will be Public Service Obligation (PSO) services operated under a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) License. However, the authority reserves the right to make these buses available to other operators of PSO services should the need arise.
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It is anticipated that the two buses will be deployed on two PSO service routes, with an expected daily usage of approximately 535 km between the buses. The buses will be shared between the two routes, and there will be some time for charging the buses during the day between services.
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The services comprise the leasing of two fully electric buses to the authority including all maintenance and servicing. The current intention of the authority is to make these buses available for use to Local Link Kerry for services operating in County Kerry. These will be Public Service Obligation (PSO) services operated under a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) License. However, the Authority reserves the right to make these buses available to other operators of PSO services should the need arise.
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Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
The expected term of the contract will be for 2 years, with the option to extend up to an additional 2 years.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in the tender documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the tender documents.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2021-05-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2020-11-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

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 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175214&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

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 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 procurement documents 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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
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 2020/S 199-482673 (2020-10-08)
Contract award notice (2021-06-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 180 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-06-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-06-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 121-320407
Refers to notice: 2020/S 199-482673
OJ-S issue: 121

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Services comprise the leasing of two fully electric buses to the authority including all maintenance and servicing. The current intention of the Authority is to make these buses available for use to Local Link Kerry for services operating in County Kerry. These will be Public Service Obligation (PSO) services operated under a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) License. However, the Authority reserves the right to make these buses available to other operators of PSO services should the need arise.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Bus meets specifications
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Quality criterion (name): Engineering build quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Full charge range
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Approach for maintenance
Price (weighting): 50

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-06-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Pelican Engineering Co (Sales) Ltd
National registration number: 01589678
Postal address: Altofts Lane, Wakefield Europort
Postal town: Castleford
Postal code: WF10 5UB
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
E-mail: ian.downie@pelican-eng-co.uk ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://https://pelicanyutong.co.uk ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 180 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2021/S 121-320407 (2021-06-21)
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