Provision of a Public Bus Service on Route 975 Longford to Cavan
National Transport Authority
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 time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-27. The procurement was published on 2020-06-17.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver › Hire of buses and coaches with driver
- • Public road transport services
- • Road transport services › Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2020-06-17 | Contract notice |
| 2021-03-05 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2020-06-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public road transport services
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
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 📦
Additional CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Midland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Harcourt Lane, Iveagh Court
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
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=168677&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168677&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-06-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-07-27 📅
Publication date: 2020-06-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 118-286904
OJ-S issue: 118
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
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 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2020-07-27 📅
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 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168677&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: 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 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.
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Original language: English 🗣️
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 📦
Additional CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Midland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Harcourt Lane, Iveagh Court
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
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=168677&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168677&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-06-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-07-27 📅
Publication date: 2020-06-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 118-286904
OJ-S issue: 118
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 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;
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• 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.
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The scope of the Services is expected to comprise but not be limited to the following principal requirements:
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.
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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 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2020-07-27 📅
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 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168677&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 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 🇮🇪
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 2020/S 118-286904 (2020-06-17)
Contract award notice (2021-03-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 756 875 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Dún Scéine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Phone: +353 18798000 📞
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-05 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 048-121297
Refers to notice: 2020/S 118-286904
OJ-S issue: 48
Procedure
Award criteria
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
B1.5 Bus maintenance plan – total
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): B1.6 Safety plan – total
B1.7 Revenue protection plan — total
B1.8 Customer service plan — total
Price (weighting): 60
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-03-05 📅
Name: Andrew Wharton
National registration number: 3931923T
Postal address: Hermitage, Co. Cavan
Postal town: Crossdoney
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: awwharton@gmail.com 📧
Country: Border 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 1 756 875 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: National Transport Authority
Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 756 875 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Dún Scéine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Phone: +353 18798000 📞
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-05 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 048-121297
Refers to notice: 2020/S 118-286904
OJ-S issue: 48
Procedure
Award criteria
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
B1.5 Bus maintenance plan – total
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): B1.6 Safety plan – total
B1.7 Revenue protection plan — total
B1.8 Customer service plan — total
Price (weighting): 60
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-03-05 📅
Name: Andrew Wharton
National registration number: 3931923T
Postal address: Hermitage, Co. Cavan
Postal town: Crossdoney
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: awwharton@gmail.com 📧
Country: Border 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 1 756 875 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: National Transport Authority
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 2021/S 048-121297 (2021-03-05)
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