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.
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📦
Short description:
“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...”
Short description
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.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 500 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Drug detection apparatus📦
Additional products/services: Research laboratory services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“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...”
Description of the procurement
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.
The following is a list of some of the Bus Eireann locations, this list is not exhaustive and may be altered in line with Bus Eireann’s requirements.
• Athlone
• Ballina
• Dublin (Broadstone)
• Dublin (Bus Aras)
• Cork (Parnell)
• Cork (Capwell)
• Dundalk
• Drogheda
• Galway
• Limerick
• Longford
• Sligo
• Stranorlar
• Thurles
• Tralee
• Waterford.
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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 💰
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 contracting authority proposes setting up a single party framework for the provision of alcohol and drug testing for a 3-year period. The contracting...”
Description of renewals
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.
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Envisaged minimum number: 5
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted ✅
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 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2021-07-11 📅
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅ Review body
Name: High Courts
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 134-331022 (2020-07-10)