Supply of Printed Materials and Establishment of a Multi Supplier Framework for the Supply of Printed Materials

National Transport Authority

The National Transport Authority (โ€˜NTAโ€™) wishes to appoint a suitably qualified service provider for the Supply of Printed Materials for the BusConnects Programme, to supply an immediate printing requirement. The scope of the services in this instance shall be to print, supply, bind and deliver the printed materials to a very high standard of quality in accordance with the service specifications.
In addition, the NTA intends to establish a framework of service providers for the supply of printed materials by entering into a framework agreement with the five (5) tenderers (subject to a sufficient number of suitably qualified candidates) who are ranked highest following assessment of the submitted tenders.
Further detail is contained within the procurement documents attached to this contract notice.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-07-06. The procurement was published on 2021-05-28.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-05-28 Contract notice
Contract notice (2021-05-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Printing and delivery services
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (โ€˜NTAโ€™) wishes to appoint a suitably qualified service provider for the Supply of Printed Materials for the BusConnects Programme, to supply an immediate printing requirement. The scope of the services in this instance shall be to print, supply, bind and deliver the printed materials to a very high standard of quality in accordance with the service specifications. In addition, the NTA intends to establish a framework of service providers for the supply of printed materials by entering into a framework agreement with the five (5) tenderers (subject to a sufficient number of suitably qualified candidates) who are ranked highest following assessment of the submitted tenders. Further detail is contained within the procurement documents attached to this contract notice.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Printing and delivery services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Printed matter and related products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: orlagh.mcgowan@nationaltransport.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18798300 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18798333 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=189891&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=189891&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-05-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-07-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-06-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Start date: 2021-09-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 105-276618
OJ-S issue: 105
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 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (โ€˜NTAโ€™) wishes to appoint a suitably qualified service provider for the Supply of Printed Materials for the BusConnects Programme, to supply an immediate printing requirement. The scope of the services in this instance shall be to print, supply, bind and deliver the printed materials to a very high standard of quality in accordance with the service specifications.
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In addition, the NTA intends to establish a framework of service providers for the supply of printed materials by entering into a framework agreement with the five (5) tenderers (subject to a sufficient number of suitably qualified candidates) who are ranked highest following assessment of the submitted tenders.
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Further detail is contained within the procurement documents attached to this contract notice.
Description of renewals:
The term of the immediate printing requirement shall be until the successful completion of the services.
The expected term of the framework agreement will be an initial period of two (2) years. At the discretion of the Authority, the framework agreement may be renewed annually up to a maximum of two (2) years after the end of the second year.

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

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2022-01-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2021-07-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Orlagh McGowan
Internet address: www.nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=189891&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

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 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.
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The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
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 105-276618 (2021-05-28)