Provision of Alcohol and Drug Testing Services to Bus Eireann

Bus Eireann/Irish Bus

The contracting authority proposes setting up a single party framework for the provision of alcohol and drug testing for a 3-year period. The contracting authority reserves the right to extend this framework for a further period of 12 or 24 months.
The successful contractor must have the necessary skills, competence, training and certification to carry out the services required. The successful contractor will be required to produce service delivery and management reports, to designated Bus Eireann Personnel. The contractor may be required to carry out training to Bus Eireann staff and management.
Testing will be carried out at all Bus Eireann premises and also on road when required.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-08-10. The procurement was published on 2020-07-10.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-07-10 Contract notice
Contract notice (2020-07-10)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Bus Eireann/Irish Bus
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 21 Phibsboro Road, Broadstone
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: John Angulin
Phone: +353 17033400 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: john.angulin@buseireann.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.buseireann.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/374 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=170346&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=170346&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Alcohol and Drug Testing Services to Bus Eireann BE/SE/10/07/20
Products/services: Laboratory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Drug detection apparatus ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research laboratory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe contracting authority proposes setting up a single party framework for the provision of alcohol and drug testing for a 3-year period. The contracting...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 500 000 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:
โ€œThe contracting authority proposes setting up a single party framework for the provision of alcohol and drug testing for a 3-year period. The contracting...โ€    Show more
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted โœ…

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
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-08-10 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2021-07-11 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Review body
Name: High Courts
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 134-331022 (2020-07-10)