Invitation to Negotiate for Public Service Contracts for the provision of Public Bus Services – Outer Dublin Metropolitan Areas (ODMA) North and South

National Transport Authority_1149

Lot 1: ODMA North: A total of 23 routes are proposed to be operated under the ODMA North contract. At the time of the Operational Commencement Date (estimated October 2025), 5 of the ODMA North routes will already be in operation under the existing ODMA contract and the remaining 18 routes will be launched in October 2025. When all 23 routes are in operation, the total annual scheduled kilometres will be circa 5.7 million kilometres, with a Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR) estimated at circa 131 buses. It is envisaged that there will be a significant variability in route lengths and bus frequency across the 23 routes, with annual scheduled kilometres varying from circa 20,000 kilometres on some routes to over 1 million kilometres on others. Similarly, the PVR per route is estimated to vary from 1 to 14 buses. It is envisaged that most of the routes will operate Monday to Sunday inclusive, some with reduced frequency at the weekends, but a number of the routes will only operate Monday to Friday inclusive. Lot 2: ODMA South: A total of 32 routes are proposed to be operated under the ODMA South contract. At the time of the Operational Commencement Date (estimated October 2025), 15 of the ODMA South routes will already be in operation under the existing ODMA contract and the remaining 17 routes will be launched in October 2025. When all 32 routes are in operation, the total annual scheduled kilometres will be circa 9.0 million kilometres, with a Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR) estimated at circa 143 buses. It is envisaged that there will be a significant variability in route lengths and bus frequency across the 32 routes, with annualised kilometres per annum varying from less than 10,000 kilometres on some routes to over 1.3 million kilometres on others. Similarly, the PVR per route is estimated to vary from 1 to 17 buses. It is envisaged that most of the routes will operate Monday to Sunday inclusive, some with reduced frequency at the weekends, but a number of the routes will only operate Monday to Friday inclusive. The estimated contract value for both lots is €465,000,000 however, the Authority reserves the right to spend a maximum of €511,000,000 for both lots. Please see Tender documents for further details.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-01-26. The procurement was published on 2023-12-18.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-12-18 Contract notice
2024-01-17 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-12-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Invitation to Negotiate for Public Service Contracts for the provision of Public Bus Services – Outer Dublin Metropolitan Areas (ODMA) North and South
Short description:
Lot 1: ODMA North: A total of 23 routes are proposed to be operated under the ODMA North contract. At the time of the Operational Commencement Date (estimated October 2025), 5 of the ODMA North routes will already be in operation under the existing ODMA contract and the remaining 18 routes will be launched in October 2025. When all 23 routes are in operation, the total annual scheduled kilometres will be circa 5.7 million kilometres, with a Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR) estimated at circa 131 buses. It is envisaged that there will be a significant variability in route lengths and bus frequency across the 23 routes, with annual scheduled kilometres varying from circa 20,000 kilometres on some routes to over 1 million kilometres on others. Similarly, the PVR per route is estimated to vary from 1 to 14 buses. It is envisaged that most of the routes will operate Monday to Sunday inclusive, some with reduced frequency at the weekends, but a number of the routes will only operate Monday to Friday inclusive. Lot 2: ODMA South: A total of 32 routes are proposed to be operated under the ODMA South contract. At the time of the Operational Commencement Date (estimated October 2025), 15 of the ODMA South routes will already be in operation under the existing ODMA contract and the remaining 17 routes will be launched in October 2025. When all 32 routes are in operation, the total annual scheduled kilometres will be circa 9.0 million kilometres, with a Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR) estimated at circa 143 buses. It is envisaged that there will be a significant variability in route lengths and bus frequency across the 32 routes, with annualised kilometres per annum varying from less than 10,000 kilometres on some routes to over 1.3 million kilometres on others. Similarly, the PVR per route is estimated to vary from 1 to 17 buses. It is envisaged that most of the routes will operate Monday to Sunday inclusive, some with reduced frequency at the weekends, but a number of the routes will only operate Monday to Friday inclusive. The estimated contract value for both lots is €465,000,000 however, the Authority reserves the right to spend a maximum of €511,000,000 for both lots. Please see Tender documents for further details.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Road transport services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 465 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 2

1️⃣
Internal identifier: 1
Title: ODMA North
Estimated value excluding VAT: 180 000 000 EUR 💰
Additional products/services:
Maximum renewals: 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2️⃣
Internal identifier: 2
Title: ODMA South
Estimated value excluding VAT: 285 000 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-01-26 16:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2843049
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180 days
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2024-03-15 📅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
A certain legal form must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract ✅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2843049
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2024-01-16 16:00:00 📅
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As set out in the Tender documentation
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: As per Tender docs.

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National Transport Authority_1149
National registration number: 0000
Postal address: Dun Sceine Iveagh Court Harcourt Lane Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: 01 879 8300 📞
Information exchange endpoint (URL): https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Urban railway/light rail, metro, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2843049 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2843049 🌏
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure ✅
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2023/S 244-769091 (2023-12-18)
Contract notice (2024-01-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 465 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
180 000 000 EUR 💰
285 000 000 EUR 💰

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-02-02 16:00:00 📅
Tendering terms
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2024-01-24 16:00:00 📅

Changes
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 85af727b-ed28-42dc-a6f5-3f233ef99672-01
Source: OJS 2024/S 014-038462 (2024-01-17)
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