Cash Collection and Processing

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of Cash Collection and Processing Services for the CIE group — Iarnród Éireann (IE), Bus Éireann (BE) and Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus) (BAC). Invitations to tender stage CIE will be issued to those Applicants who meet or exceed the minimum criteria as listed in the PQQ's. The contract is to provide a comprehensive cash management solution, combining the movement of cash between the Company’s stations, payroll offices and bank branches. The following lots will be used in this tender process and awards may be made to one or more contractors.
Lot 1: Combined Irish Rail and Bus Éireann Requirements;
Lot 2: Dublin Bus Requirements;
Lot 3: The combined requirements of Lot 1 and 2 above.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-07-26. The procurement was published on 2021-06-25.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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What?

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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-06-25 Contract notice
2021-07-26 Additional information
2022-08-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-06-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Postal address: Connolly Station
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Jennifer Coules
E-mail: jennifer.coules@irishrail.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=191239&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=191239&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Cash Collection and Processing 7652
Products/services: Collection agency services 📦
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of Cash Collection and Processing Services for the CIE group — Iarnród Éireann (IE), Bus Éireann...”    Show more
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Combined Irish Rail and Bus Éireann Requirements
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Security services 📦
Additional products/services: Guard services 📦
Additional products/services: Collection agency services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement: As specified in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
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
Description
Description of renewals:
“IÉ reserve the right to extend the contract term by a further 24 months on a 12 x 12 month basis.”

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Dublin Bus Requirements
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Combined Requirements of Lot 1 and 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Deposits and guarantees required: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: For full details, see attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-07-26 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
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 recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2026
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: The High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2021/S 124-329602 (2021-06-25)
Additional information (2021-07-26)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 124-329602

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: 2021-07-26 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2021-07-26 📅
Time: 17:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 146-389847 (2021-07-26)
Contract award notice (2022-08-10)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Connolly Station,

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Cash collection & processing 7652
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of Cash Collection and Processing Services for the CIE group - Iarnród Éireann (IE), Bus Éireann...”    Show more
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Description
Description of the procurement: As specified in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire
Scope of the procurement
Title: The combined requirements of Lot 1 and 2

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 124-329602

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: lot 1
Title: Combined Irish Rail and Bus Éireann Requirements
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-12-22 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Brinks Cash Services Ireland Limited
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Lot Identification Number: lot 2
Title: Dublin Bus Requirements
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Sonoma Valley Limited T/A G.S.L.S (General Secure Logistics Services)

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: The combined requirements of Lot 1 and 2
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Source: OJS 2022/S 155-446112 (2022-08-10)