Provision of Public Bus Services on Routes W4 Tallaght — Blanchardstown and W6 Tallaght — Maynooth
National Transport Authority
The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of two orbital Public Bus Services, one between Tallaght and Blanchardstown (Route W4) and the other between Tallaght and Maynooth (Route W6), currently planned to assist in meeting demand for transport within the western suburbs of the Greater Dublin Area. These Public Bus Services form part of the Network Redesign project which forms part of the overall BusConnects programme to be implemented in the Greater Dublin Area.
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.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-19. The procurement was published on 2021-04-07.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Public road transport services
- • Road transport services › Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- • Support services for road transport › Bus station services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2021-04-07 | Contract notice |
| 2023-02-23 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2021-04-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Road transport services
Short description:
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: Dublin 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
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: D02WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=183907&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=183907&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-04-07 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-05-19 📅
Publication date: 2021-04-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 070-178581
OJ-S issue: 70
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Duration: 84 months
Description of renewals:
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in procurement documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in procurement documents.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in procurement documents.
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2022-02-09 📅
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Russell Stokes
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=183907&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
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 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
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 two orbital Public Bus Services, one between Tallaght and Blanchardstown (Route W4) and the other between Tallaght and Maynooth (Route W6), currently planned to assist in meeting demand for transport within the western suburbs of the Greater Dublin Area. These Public Bus Services form part of the Network Redesign project which forms part of the overall BusConnects programme to be implemented in the Greater Dublin Area.
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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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: Dublin 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
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: D02WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=183907&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=183907&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-04-07 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-05-19 📅
Publication date: 2021-04-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 070-178581
OJ-S issue: 70
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 current 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.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
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
Short description:
The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of two orbital Public Bus Services, one between Tallaght and Blanchardstown (Route W4) and the other between Tallaght and Maynooth (Route W6), currently planned to assist in meeting demand for transport within the western suburbs of the Greater Dublin Area. These Public Bus Services form part of the Network Redesign project which forms part of the overall BusConnects programme to be implemented in the Greater Dublin Area.
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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.
Description of renewals:
The expected duration of the contract is for 5 years, with an option for a 2-year extension. 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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Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in procurement documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in procurement documents.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in procurement documents.
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2022-02-09 📅
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Russell Stokes
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=183907&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 current 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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Refer to procurement documents for further information.
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 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
As set out 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 070-178581 (2021-04-07)
Contract award notice (2023-02-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Total value of the procurement: 29 648 660 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-23 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 042-124065
Refers to notice: 2021/S 070-178581
OJ-S issue: 42
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Organisation Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): Supervision and Control Strategy Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 7
Quality criterion (name): Authority Network Asset Maintenance Strategy Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): Safety Management Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 3
Quality criterion (name): Revenue Protection Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): Customer Service Policy
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name): Security Management Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 2
Price (weighting): 65
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-02-01 📅
Name: Go Ahead Transport Services (Dublin) Ltd
National registration number: 3492140TH
Postal address: Go-Ahead Ireland, Ballymount Road Lower
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D12 X201
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14773730 📞
E-mail: james.caffrey@goaheadireland.ie 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.goaheadireland.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 29 648 660 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of two orbital Public Bus Services, one between Tallaght and Blanchardstown (Route W4) and the other between Tallaght and Maynooth (Route W6), currently planned to assist in meeting demand for transport within the western suburbs of the Greater Dublin Area. These Public Bus Services form part of the Network Redesign project which forms part of the overall BusConnects programme to be implemented in the Greater Dublin Area.
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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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-23 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 042-124065
Refers to notice: 2021/S 070-178581
OJ-S issue: 42
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Organisation Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): Supervision and Control Strategy Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 7
Quality criterion (name): Authority Network Asset Maintenance Strategy Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): Safety Management Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 3
Quality criterion (name): Revenue Protection Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): Customer Service Policy
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name): Security Management Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 2
Price (weighting): 65
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-02-01 📅
Name: Go Ahead Transport Services (Dublin) Ltd
National registration number: 3492140TH
Postal address: Go-Ahead Ireland, Ballymount Road Lower
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D12 X201
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14773730 📞
E-mail: james.caffrey@goaheadireland.ie 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.goaheadireland.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 29 648 660 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
As set out 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 2023/S 042-124065 (2023-02-23)
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