Provision of Vehicle Clamping Signage Inspection Services

National Transport Authority

The Authority wishes to appoint a suitably qualified Service Provider for the supply of inspection services to support its various activities, including assessing and inspecting clamping places within the State for the purpose of evaluating the compliance of signage in situ with the requirements prescribed in:
(i) Section 11 of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015: and
(ii) Part 5 of the Vehicle Clamping & Signage Regulations 2017.
For precise details please see the tender documents.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-02-18. The procurement was published on 2022-01-17.

Suppliers

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

• SGS Ireland Ltd

Who?

• National Transport Authority

What?

• Car park services › Parking enforcement services
• Technical inspection services › Technical automobile inspection services
• Urban furniture › Signage

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-01-17	Contract notice
2022-02-16	Additional information
2022-05-19	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-01-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Parking enforcement services
Short description:

The Authority wishes to appoint a suitably qualified Service Provider for the supply of inspection services to support its various activities, including assessing and inspecting clamping places within the State for the purpose of evaluating the compliance of signage in situ with the requirements prescribed in: (i) Section 11 of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015: and (ii) Part 5 of the Vehicle Clamping & Signage Regulations 2017. For precise details please see the tender documents.

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: Parking enforcement services 📦
Additional CPV: Signage 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open 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, Harcourt Lane, Iveagh Court
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798333 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205410&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205410&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-01-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-02-18 📅
Publication date: 2022-01-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 015-034280
OJ-S issue: 15
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 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.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

(i) Section 11 of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015: and

(ii) Part 5 of the Vehicle Clamping & Signage Regulations 2017.

For precise details please see the tender documents.

Estimated total value: 200 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The Authority wishes to appoint a suitably qualified Service Provider for the supply of inspection services to support its various activities, please see the RFT for further information. The scope of the services required by the successful Service Provider is set out below:

 Onsite inspection of vehicle clamping signage located in statutory and non-statutory clamping places to the requirements of the NTA.

 Provide populated template signage inspection reports, comprising a completed

questionnaire, photographs and diagrams as necessary.

 Engage with the NTA on an ongoing basis to ensure consistency in the conduct of inspections across multiple statutory and non-statutory, independent and shared, public and private parking locations where a wide range of signage is located.

 Undertake on occasion, additional vehicle clamping signage compliance activities as requested.

 To facilitate the completion of these inspections, NTA will appoint the core Service Provider team to be authorised persons for the purposes of Part 4 of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015. Each authorised person will receive a warrant of his/ her appointment and when exercising a power conferred under the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015, will be required to produce same for inspection by any person affected e.g. a parking controller or a clamping operator.

 Where NTA elects to take legal enforcement action on foot of a parking controller’s failure to provide signage in accordance with the applicable legislation, the Service Provider may be required to attend court and give evidence in relation to the inspections undertaken by the Service Provider.

 It is estimated that there may be 150-200 inspections (inclusive of some post

rectification inspections) per annum

The provision of services in Lot 2 will be awarded on a regional basis. The regions are:

o Ulster and Connacht

o Munster

o Leinster

Tender submissions shall include which regions the tenderer wishes to provide the services.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:

The Contract will be for an initial period of two years. At the discretion of the Authority, the Contract may be renewed annually up to a maximum of two years after the end of the initial period. Factors to be taken into account in considering an extension of the Contract will include (but may not be limited to) service requirements and performance.

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
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2022-02-18 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Aidan Harkin
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=205410&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

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: https://www.courts.ie 🌏
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 2022/S 015-034280 (2022-01-17)

Additional information (2022-02-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Technical automobile inspection services 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-02-23 📅
Publication date: 2022-02-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 036-093815
Refers to notice: 2022/S 015-034280
OJ-S issue: 36
Source: OJS 2022/S 036-093815 (2022-02-16)

Contract award notice (2022-05-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 113 224 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-19 📅
Publication date: 2022-05-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 100-277717
OJ-S issue: 100

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed apprroach
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): Quality and Depth of Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Price (weighting): 30%

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-05-06 📅
Name: SGS Ireland Ltd
National registration number: 350215
Postal address: Hazel House, Millennium Business Park, Naas, Co. Kildare, W91 PXP3
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: W91 PXP3
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 872432529 📞
E-mail: caroline.oleary@sgs.com 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Internet address: www.sgs.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 113 224 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Paul Curran
Source: OJS 2022/S 100-277717 (2022-05-19)

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