The route extends between Longford and Cavan. The bus service is required to operate to specified times on Mondays to Saturday. The daily scheduled service kilometres required to be operated is approximately 615 km Monday to Saturday.
The scope of the services is expected to comprise but not be limited to the following principal requirements:
• operate and maintain bus vehicles provided by the tenderer for the duration of the agreement;
• operate reliable and punctual public bus services on the specified route, from Monday to Saturday inclusive during the hours of operation, anticipated to be 7.30 to 20.00 and to implement changes to the services as directed by the authority from time to time;
• provide customer care;
• collect, ticket and reconcile passenger fares; and
• provide operational data to input to the authority’s passenger information, journey planning systems and its contractual performance monitoring systems.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-27.
The procurement was published on 2020-06-17.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of a Public Bus Service on Route 975 Longford to Cavan
Products/services: Public road transport services📦
Short description:
“The route extends between Longford and Cavan. The bus service is required to operate to specified times on Mondays to Saturday. The daily scheduled service...”
Short description
The route extends between Longford and Cavan. The bus service is required to operate to specified times on Mondays to Saturday. The daily scheduled service kilometres required to be operated is approximately 615 km Monday to Saturday.
The scope of the services is expected to comprise but not be limited to the following principal requirements:
• operate and maintain bus vehicles provided by the tenderer for the duration of the agreement;
• operate reliable and punctual public bus services on the specified route, from Monday to Saturday inclusive during the hours of operation, anticipated to be 7.30 to 20.00 and to implement changes to the services as directed by the authority from time to time;
• provide customer care;
• collect, ticket and reconcile passenger fares; and
• provide operational data to input to the authority’s passenger information, journey planning systems and its contractual performance monitoring systems.
The route extends between Longford and Cavan, stopping at the principal stopping places outlined in request for tenders. The bus service is required to operate to specified times on Mondays to Saturday. The daily scheduled service kilometres required to be operated is approximately 615 km Monday to Saturday. Tenderers must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of this figure.
The scope of the Services is expected to comprise but not be limited to the following principal requirements:
• operate and maintain bus vehicles provided by the tenderer for the duration of the agreement;
• operate reliable and punctual public bus services on the specified route, from Monday to Saturday inclusive during the hours of operation, anticipated to be 7.30 to 20.00 and to implement changes to the services as directed by the authority from time to time;
• provide customer care;
• collect, ticket and reconcile passenger fares; and
• provide operational data to input to the authority’s passenger information, journey planning systems and its contractual performance monitoring systems.
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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: 36
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 from the date of commencement of the services for a period of three (3) years, with an option for monthly...”
Description of renewals
The expected term of the contract will be from the date of commencement of the services for a period of three (3) years, with an option for monthly extensions of the contract, at the discretion of the authority, up to a maximum of twenty four (24) calendar months.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As set out in the tender 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 tender documents.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-07-27
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-07-27
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 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
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 118-286904 (2020-06-17)
Contract award notice (2021-03-05) Contracting authority Name and addresses
National registration number: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dún Scéine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 18798000📞
Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 756 875 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The route extends between Longford and Cavan, stopping at the principal stopping places outlined in request for tenders. The bus service is required to...”
Description of the procurement
The route extends between Longford and Cavan, stopping at the principal stopping places outlined in request for tenders. The bus service is required to operate to specified times on Mondays to Saturday. The daily scheduled service kilometres required to be operated is approximately 615 km Monday to Saturday. Tenderers must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of this figure.
The scope of the services is expected to comprise but not be limited to the following principal requirements:
• operate and maintain bus vehicles provided by the tenderer for the duration of the agreement;
• operate reliable and punctual public bus services on the specified route, from Monday to Saturday inclusive during the hours of operation, anticipated to be 7.30 to 20.00 and to implement changes to the services as directed by the authority from time to time;
• provide customer care;
• collect, ticket and reconcile passenger fares; and
• provide operational data to input to the authority’s passenger information, journey planning systems and its contractual performance monitoring systems.
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Quality criterion (name): B1.2 Implementation — total
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): B1.3 Organisation and resources plan — total
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): B1.4 Supervision and control plan – total
Quality criterion (name): B1.5 Bus maintenance plan – total
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): B1.6 Safety plan – total
Quality criterion (name): B1.7 Revenue protection plan — total
Quality criterion (name): B1.8 Customer service plan — total
Price (weighting): 60
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 118-286904
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of a Public Bus Service on Route 975 Longford to Cavan
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-03-05 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
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: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Andrew Wharton
National registration number: 3931923T
Postal address: Hermitage, Co. Cavan
Postal town: Crossdoney
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: awwharton@gmail.com📧
Region: Border🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 756 875 💰
Complementary information 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 2021/S 048-121297 (2021-03-05)