Provision of Economic Advisory Services related to Public Transport Provision

National Transport Authority

The Authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide:
โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to public transport costs, revenues and/or fares and other related activities of the NTA,
โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to transport competition and state aid issues,
โ€” commercial advisory services in relation to tendering of public transport services and in assessing, developing and drafting commercial aspects of public transport contracts,
โ€” analysis and provision of commercial advice in relation to the funding of public transport proposals,
โ€” development of business cases to support public transport proposals,
โ€” research how transport is provided in other jurisdictions and the economics of service delivery and related matters,
โ€” economic and regulatory impact analysis of public transport policies,
โ€” information and communications technology advisory services in relation to public transport services and related activities of the NTA.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-04-13. The procurement was published on 2020-03-05.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-03-05 Contract notice
2020-03-20 Additional information
2020-04-20 Additional information
2020-08-18 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-03-05)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National Transport Authority
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02WT20
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Igor Popenko
Phone: +353 18798300 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18798333 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=163940&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=163940&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Economic Advisory Services related to Public Transport Provision
Products/services: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide: โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to public transport costs, revenues...โ€    Show more

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Additional products/services: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous transport equipment and spare parts ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Road transport services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public road transport services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Railway transport services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advisory and consultative engineering services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Accounting and auditing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Accounting services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial auditing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Accounting review services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Market and economic research; polling and statistics ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Economic research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Economic impact assessment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: General management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Environmental auditing ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Corporate environmental auditing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Sectoral environmental auditing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Activity specific environmental auditing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide the following services: โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to public...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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 โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe expected term of the contract will be 3 years with an option to extend for a further year at the sole discretion of the Authority.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As set out in procurement 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 procurement documents.
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-04-13 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2020-10-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-04-13 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

โ€œThe contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award...โ€    Show more
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œAs set out in S.I. No 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).โ€
Source: OJS 2020/S 049-116174 (2020-03-05)
Additional information (2020-03-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Economic Advisory Services Related to Public Transport Provision
Short description:
โ€œThe authority proposes to engage a Consultant to provide: โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to public transport costs, revenues...โ€    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 049-116174

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-04-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.6)
Place of text to be modified: Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Old value
Date: 2020-10-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-10-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2020-04-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2020-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 14:00
Other additional information

โ€œThe tender response deadline has been extended from 12:00 noon Monday 13 April 2020 to 12:00 noon Tuesday 21 April 2020.โ€
Source: OJS 2020/S 059-142003 (2020-03-20)
Additional information (2020-04-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide: โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to public transport costs, revenues...โ€    Show more

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Instead of:
Old value
Date: 2020-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-05-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.6)
Place of text to be modified: Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Old value
Date: 2020-10-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-10-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2020-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2020-05-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 14:00
Other additional information

โ€œPlease be advised that the deadline for receipt of tender submissions has been extended to 12.00 noon Friday 1 May 2020. Please also be advised that the...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 079-187164 (2020-04-20)
Contract award notice (2020-08-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 4 562 900 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide the following services: โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation to public...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œQuality of the tendererโ€™s proposed approach to the performance of each of the eight service categoriesโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 56
Quality criterion (name): Tendererโ€™s approach to service delivery management
Quality criterion (weighting): 9
Cost criterion (name): Volume discount criterion
Cost criterion (weighting): 5
Cost criterion (name): Tender Fee
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 049-116174

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Economic Advisory Services related to Public Transport Provision
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-08-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Kpmg
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Stokes Place, St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14101000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: iefmdublincftenders@kpmg.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.kpmg.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 562 900 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œThe contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award...โ€    Show more
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Source: OJS 2020/S 162-394281 (2020-08-18)