Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Public Bus Services in Carlow Town
Products/services: Road transport services📦
Short description:
“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of certain Public Bus Services in Carlow Town.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 8 000 000 💰
As part of its role in delivering Public Transport Services in Ireland, the Authority have identified a Public Service Obligation for the provision of urban public bus services in Carlow Town. The Authority therefore wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of certain Public Bus Services in Carlow Town.
The key obligations of the contract shall be to:
- Operate and maintain Bus Vehicles for the duration of the Contract;
- Operate reliable and punctual public bus services on both routes as set out in the Information Memorandum;
- Provide customer care services;
- Collect, ticket and reconcile passenger fares; and
- Provide operational data to input to the Authority’s passenger information, journey planning systems and its contractual performance monitoring systems.
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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 8 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 84
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The expected duration of the Contract is for 3 years, with an option to extend incrementally up to a maximum of a further 4 years.
The extension of the...”
Description of renewals
The expected duration of the Contract is for 3 years, with an option to extend incrementally up to a maximum of a further 4 years.
The extension of the Contract will be dependent on service requirements, performance and continued funding availability, and will be at the sole discretion of the Authority.
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Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the procurement documents.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As set out in the 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 the 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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-02-11
16:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2023-05-05 📅
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 tax clearance certificate 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.
Tenderers should note that the award of this Contract is subject to Government approval, and the Authority does not bind itself to award this Contract or proceed with subsequent stages of this competition.
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Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set in S.I. No. 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
As set in S.I. No. 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
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Source: OJS 2021/S 243-641101 (2021-12-10)
Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 15 350 846 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.2 Implementation Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.3 Organisation & Resources Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.4 Supervision and Control Plan
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.5 Bus Maintenance Plan
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.6 Safety Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.7 Revenue Protection Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 3
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.8 Customer Service Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 60
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 243-641101
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Public Bus Services in Carlow Town
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-07-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Bus Eireann
National registration number: 4812850M
Postal address: Broadstone
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: robert.omahony@buseireann.ie📧
Region: Dublin🏙️
URL: http://www.buseireann.ie🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 15 350 846 💰
Source: OJS 2023/S 151-480812 (2023-08-03)