The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 10X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-19.
The procurement was published on 2021-04-07.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Public Bus Services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor
Products/services: Road transport services📦
Short description:
“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter...”
Short description
The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 10X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 10X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
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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: 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 5 years, with an option for a 2-year extension. The extension of the contract will be dependent on service...”
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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Envisaged number of candidates: 6
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
Restricted procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-05-19
16:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2021-08-13 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2022-02-09 📅
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 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📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set out 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 out 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 070-178579 (2021-04-07)
Additional information (2021-04-13) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter...”
Short description
The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 101X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
Routes 101 and 101X will take over current routes 101 and 101X with some timetable amendments; route 133 will take over current routes 133 and 133X with some timetable and route alignment alterations; route 131 will take over current route 133B with some timetable amendments.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 070-178579
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.1.4)
Place of text to be modified: Short description:
Old value
Text:
“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter...”
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The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 10X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
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“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter...”
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The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 101X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
Routes 101 and 101X will take over current routes 101 and 101X with some timetable amendments; route 133 will take over current routes 133 and 133X with some timetable and route alignment alterations; route 131 will take over current route 133B with some timetable amendments.
Show more Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.2.4)
Place of text to be modified: Description of the procurement:
Old value
Text:
“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter...”
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The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 10X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
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Text:
“The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter...”
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The Authority wishes to procure a single public transport services contract for the operation of public bus services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor, currently planned as routes on two corridors intended to meet demand for transport within the area: Dublin-Drogheda (routes 101 and 101X) and Dublin-Wicklow (routes 133 and 131).
Routes 101 and 101X will take over current routes 101 and 101X with some timetable amendments; route 133 will take over current routes 133 and 133X with some timetable and route alignment alterations; route 131 will take over current route 133B with some timetable amendments.
Show more Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.3)
Place of text to be modified:
“Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates” Old value
Date: 2021-08-13 📅
Text to be corrected in the original notice
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Source: OJS 2021/S 074-189440 (2021-04-13)
Contract award notice (2023-06-01) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 52 555 823 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.3 Organisation Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.4 Supervision and Control Strategy Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 7
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.5 Authority Network Asset Maintenance Strategy Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.6 Safety Management Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 3
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.7 Revenue Protection Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.8 Customer Service Policy
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name): 6.3.9 Security Management Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 2
Price (weighting): 65
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 070-178579
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Public Bus Services on the Eastern Coastal Commuter Corridor
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-05-08 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
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 52 555 823 💰
Complementary information Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set out 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 out 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 2023/S 107-335079 (2023-06-01)