Procurement activity within the National Transport Authority (NTA) has risen significantly over recent years. The number of procurement competitions advertised via eTenders and OJEU has increased from 35 in 2015 to approximately 200 by the end of 2020. On-going and upcoming Authority procurement projects over the next three years include BusConnects, Next Generation Ticketing, Next Generation AVL, Consolidated Centre for Public Transport, BusConnects Cork and DART+, which will significantly increase activity within the Procurement Department.
The primary objective of the establishment of the Public Procurement Resources Framework is to support the NTA in its procurement function.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-09-29.
The procurement was published on 2021-08-25.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Framework for Public Procurement Resources
Products/services: Procurement consultancy services📦
Short description:
“Procurement activity within the National Transport Authority (NTA) has risen significantly over recent years. The number of procurement competitions...”
Short description
Procurement activity within the National Transport Authority (NTA) has risen significantly over recent years. The number of procurement competitions advertised via eTenders and OJEU has increased from 35 in 2015 to approximately 200 by the end of 2020. On-going and upcoming Authority procurement projects over the next three years include BusConnects, Next Generation Ticketing, Next Generation AVL, Consolidated Centre for Public Transport, BusConnects Cork and DART+, which will significantly increase activity within the Procurement Department.
The primary objective of the establishment of the Public Procurement Resources Framework is to support the NTA in its procurement function.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 2 200 000 💰
Procurement activity within the National Transport Authority (NTA) has risen significantly over recent years. The number of procurement competitions advertised via eTenders and OJEU has increased from 35 in 2015 to approximately 200 by the end of 2020. On-going and upcoming Authority procurement projects over the next three years include BusConnects, Next Generation Ticketing, Next Generation AVL, Consolidated Centre for Public Transport, BusConnects Cork and DART+, which will significantly increase activity within the Procurement Department.
The primary objective of the establishment of the Public Procurement Resources Framework is to support the NTA in its procurement function.
Further information can be found within the procurement documents.
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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 2 200 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Additional information:
“The estimated value in section II.2.6 is not reflective of the total tender fee and is based on the total estimated value of call-off contracts under the...”
Additional information
The estimated value in section II.2.6 is not reflective of the total tender fee and is based on the total estimated value of call-off contracts under the framework.
Additional information can be found in the Request for Tenders document.
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
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-09-29
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2022-03-28 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-09-29
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
“The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award...”
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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Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“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 2021/S 167-438017 (2021-08-25)
Additional information (2021-09-21)
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 167-438017
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Old value
Date: 2021-09-29 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2021-10-15 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 186-484576 (2021-09-21)