Provision of the Eurolines Central Corridor Route 871 & 871A โ€“ Dublin to London

Bus Eireann/Irish Bus

The Contracting Authority proposes establishing contract(s) for the provision of Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 and 871A โ€“ Dublin to London return.
Provision of Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 and 871A will be for a five (5) year period.
Lot 1 - Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871
Lot 2 - Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871A
Route 871A is an auxiliary service which is used in times of increased demand.
The services required relate to operating the Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 Dublin/London return 364 days per year.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-12-07. The procurement was published on 2020-11-05.

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What?

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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-11-05 Contract notice
2021-04-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-11-05)
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: Simon Lambert
Phone: +353 17033412 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: simon.lambert@buseireann.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: 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=177419&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=177419&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œProvision of the Eurolines Central Corridor Route 871 & 871A โ€“ Dublin to London BE/19/10/2020โ€
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority proposes establishing contract(s) for the provision of Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 and 871A โ€“ Dublin to London...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 2 750 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of the Eurolines Central Corridor Route 871 & 871A โ€“ Dublin to London
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority proposes establishing contract(s) for the provision of Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 and 871A โ€“ Dublin to London...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 2 750 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-12-07 18:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2021-01-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 219-538800 (2020-11-05)
Contract award notice (2021-04-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: 21 Phibsboro Road
Postal code: Broadstone

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority proposes establishing contract(s) for the provision of Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 and 871A โ€“ Dublin to London...โ€    Show more
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority proposes establishing contract(s) for the provision of Eurolines Central Corridor โ€“ Route 871 and 871A โ€“ Dublin to London...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 219-538800

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œProvision of the Eurolines Central Corridor Route 871 & 871A โ€“ Dublin to London.โ€
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œAs a result of the COVID-19 crisis, including the public health restrictions relating to the same, the Eurolines Central Corridor Route 871 and 871A...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2021/S 084-218146 (2021-04-27)