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:

Who? What? Where?
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)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Short description:
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.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18798300 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18798333 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=163940&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=163940&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-03-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-04-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-03-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 049-116174
OJ-S issue: 49
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 or tax clearance statement 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 Authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide:
โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation toโ€ฆ
โ€ฆ public transport costs, revenues and/or fares and other related activities of the NTA,
โ€ฆ 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.
The Authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide the following services:
โ€” economic and regulatory impact analysis of public transport policies, and
The services will be drawn down as required by the Authority
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
The 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.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in procurement documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in procurement documents.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2020-10-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2020-04-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 14:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Igor Popenko
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=163940&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

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 or tax clearance statement 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.
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The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
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
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
As set out in S.I. No 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
Source: OJS 2020/S 049-116174 (2020-03-05)
Additional information (2020-03-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Financial management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-03-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-03-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 059-142003
Refers to notice: 2020/S 049-116174
OJ-S issue: 59
Additional information
The tender response deadline has been extended from 12:00 noon Monday 13 April 2020 to 12:00 noon Tuesday 21 April 2020.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description: The authority proposes to engage a Consultant to provide:
โ€” economic/financial and/or commercial analysis in relation toโ€ฆ
โ€ฆ public transport costs, revenues and/or fares, and other related activities of the NTA;
โ€ฆ 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;
Source: OJS 2020/S 059-142003 (2020-03-20)
Additional information (2020-04-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
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Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-04-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-05-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-04-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 079-187164
OJ-S issue: 79
Additional information
Please 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 deadline for receipt of clarification questions has been extended to 12:00 noon Tuesday 21 April 2020.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description: The authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide:
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: 4 562 900 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-08-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-08-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 162-394281
OJ-S issue: 162
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 or tax clearance statement 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 authority proposes to engage a consultant to provide the following services:
โ€” economic and regulatory impact analysis of public transport policies; and
The services will be drawn down as required by the authority.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the tendererโ€™s proposed approach to the performance of each of the eight service categories
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

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-08-01 ๐Ÿ“…
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
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Internet address: http://www.kpmg.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 4 562 900 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

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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Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Source: OJS 2020/S 162-394281 (2020-08-18)