The Provision of Ground Transportation and Driver Guide Services

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a single-party framework agreement for the provision of ground transportation and driver guide services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-21. The procurement was published on 2020-06-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-20 Contract notice
2021-12-01 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Maurice O'Reilly
E-mail: maurice.oreilly@failteireland.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168791&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168791&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Procurement tool URL: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Provision of Ground Transportation and Driver Guide Services CC/2020/07
Products/services: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver 📦
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a single-party framework agreement for the provision of ground transportation and driver guide services.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 250 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Hire of passenger cars with driver 📦
Additional products/services: Tourist guide services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a single-party framework agreement for the provision of ground transportation and driver guide services.”
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 250 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in the invitation to tender available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
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 stated in the invitation to tender available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
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: 2020-07-21 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2021-07-20 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-07-21 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”    Show more
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: https://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 121-295933 (2020-06-20)
Contract award notice (2021-12-01)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a single-party framework agreement for the provision of Ground Transportation and Driver Guide Services.”
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 200 000 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a single-party framework agreement for the provision of Ground Transportation and Driver Guide Services.”
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
“Ability to Provide an End-to-End Service, Manage Media and Adhere to Itineraries”
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Technical Systems, Fleet Size and Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 121-295933

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: The Provision of Ground Transportation and Driver Guide Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-12-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 23
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 23
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 23
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 23
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Emerald vip services
National registration number: 3191599TH
Postal address: Approach road
Postal town: Shannon
Postal code: V14CC91
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 💰

Complementary information
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”    Show more
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D1
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2021/S 236-622200 (2021-12-01)