Provision of Public Bus Services in Carlow Town

National Transport Authority

The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of certain Public Bus Services in Carlow Town.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-02-11. The procurement was published on 2021-12-10.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-12-10 Contract notice
2023-08-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-12-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 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.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Road transport services 📦
Additional CPV: Public road transport services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Midland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane,
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: russell.stokes@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=203868&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=203868&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-12-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-02-11 📅
Publication date: 2021-12-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 243-641101
OJ-S issue: 243
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 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 8 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
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.
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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.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 8 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 84 months
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.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in the procurement documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the procurement documents.
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2023-05-05 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Russell Stokes
Internet address: www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=203868&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
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 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.
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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.
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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.

Complementary information
Review body
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 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
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).
Source: OJS 2021/S 243-641101 (2021-12-10)
Contract award notice (2023-08-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 15 350 846 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-03 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 151-480812
Refers to notice: 2021/S 243-641101
OJ-S issue: 151

Procedure
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
6.3.5 Bus Maintenance Plan
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

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-07-27 📅
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 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.buseireann.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 15 350 846 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Source: OJS 2023/S 151-480812 (2023-08-03)
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