Single Party Framework Agreements for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services across various routes in 19 Lots for Ability West

Ability West

This Request for Tenders refers to the provision of Passenger Transport Services across 19 return routes that start and complete at various locations throughout Galway City and County. Each Route refers to a separate Lot and is considered a separate competition. Tenderers may apply for one, multiple or all lots. Ability West will establish Single-Party Framework Agreements with service provider(s) for each Lot. List of routes: List of Routes: Lot 1: Route 1 Whitegate, Co. Clare to Portumna, Co. Galway; Lot 2: Route 2 Banagher, Co. Galway to Portumna, Co. Galway; Lot 3: Route 3 Terryglass, Co. Tipperary to Portumna, Co. Galway; Lot 4: Route 8 Barnaderg, Co. Galway to Mountbellew, Co Galway to Tuam, Co. Galway; Lot 5: Route 9 Dunmore, Co. Galway to Tuam Co. Galway; Lot 6: Route 10 Headford, Co. Galway to Tuam, Co. Galway; Lot 7: Route 11 Collinamuck, Roscahill, Co. Galway to Galway City; Lot 8: Route 12 Ballybrit, Galway to Galway City; Lot 9: Route 13 Headford, Co. Galway to Galway City; Lot 10: Route 14 Mountbellew, Co. Galway to Galway City; Lot 11: Route 15 Gloves Athenry, Co. Galway to Galway City; Lot 12: Route 16 Galway City to Brooklodge, Ballyglunin, Co. Galway; Lot 13: Route 20 Craughwell, Co. Galway to Galway City; Lot 14: Route 21 Mountbellew to Glenamaddy, Co. Galway; Lot 15: Route 24 Menlough to Mounbellew, Co. Galway; Lot 16: Route 25 Knocknacarra to Galway City; Lot 17: Route 26 Ballyglunin, Co Galway to Galway City; Lot 18: Route 27 Headford Surrounds to Headford Town; Lot 19: Route 28 Spiddal, Co Galway to Galway City.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-07-21. The procurement was published on 2025-06-20.

Who?

• Ability West

What?

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin
• Northern and Western › West

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-06-20	Contract notice
2025-06-25	Contract notice
2025-07-08	Contract notice
2025-07-10	Contract notice

Contract notice (2025-06-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Party Framework Agreements for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services across various routes in 19 Lots for Ability West
Short description:

Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Road transport services 📦
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 095 000 EUR 💰
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ✅
Additional information:

It is envisaged that maximum spend under this competition will not exceed €9,095,000 across the 19 Lots. The maximum value of each Lot is as follows: Lot 1: € 415,000; Lot 2: € 400,000; Lot 3: € 100,000; Lot 4: € 530,000; Lot 5: € 520,000; Lot 6: € 540,000; Lot 7: € 720,000; Lot 8: € 585,000; Lot 9: € 545,000; Lot 10: € 570,000; Lot 11: € 550,000; Lot 12: € 355,000; Lot 13: € 425,000; Lot 14: € 390,000; Lot 15: € 540,000; Lot 16: € 430,000; Lot 17: € 430,000; Lot 18: € 475,000; Lot 19: € 575,000.

Additional products/services:

Public road transport services 📦

Support services for road transport 📦

Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦

Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Accessible passenger transport for people with disabilities
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Pollution prevention and control
Social objective promoted: Accessibility for all
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are included
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: West 🏙️
Duration: 4 years
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:

The framework agreement will be for a maximum period of four (4) years. The initial call-off contract will be for a period of three (3) years, with an option to extend it for further periods of up to two (2) years subject to strategic alignment, satisfactory performance and budget availability.

Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-21 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-07-21 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5914775
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-07-21 12:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5914775
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Non-disclosure agreement is required ✅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful tenderers.

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Ability West
National registration number: 61317
Postal address: Blackrock House, Salthill
Postal code: H91R254
Postal town: Galway
Region: West 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@abilitywest.ie 📧
Phone: 091540900 📞
URL: https://www.abiltywest.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.abiltywest.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Social protection
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5914775 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5914775 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using eTenders Resource ID – 5914775 Interested parties must associate their organisation with this competition on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to upload tender responses. To do this you must do the following: Log-in to the eTenders portal; Locate the competition using the Advanced Search by searching under the Contracting Authority or Resource ID. Click on the hyperlink for the competition which will bring you to the CfT Workspace. In the Show CfT Menu for the competition click on the “Expression of Interest in the drop-down menu. Complete the Association with the CfT tab. This will then provide you with a link to Tender under the Show CfT Menu where you can prepare your submission. (1) When finalising your tender submission please upload your final response as a ZIP file as individual documents may lose their titles if uploaded individually. Also ensure that you receive a message under the status header called Submitted, as the percentage tab does not necessarily imply you have successfully submitted your response. (2) There is a maximum upload limit of 250MB per file and 500MB per tender submission. (3) Suppliers should note the following when making their submission suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary and that the new eTenders system operates in a different manner to the previous platform operated by EU-Supply. The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline. (4) If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email irish-eproc-helpdesk@eurodym.com or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00 – 17:00 hours). (5) Tenders submitted by any other means (including but not limited to email, post, messaging system on etenders or hand delivery) will not be accepted. (6) All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. (7) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response (8) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. (9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. (10) Where applicable, please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type, or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended. (11) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using eTenders Resource ID – 5914775
Interested parties must associate their organisation with this competition on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to upload tender responses. To do this you must do the following: Log-in to the eTenders portal; Locate the competition using the Advanced Search by searching under the Contracting Authority or Resource ID. Click on the hyperlink for the competition which will bring you to the CfT Workspace. In the Show CfT Menu for the competition click on the “Expression of Interest in the drop-down menu. Complete the Association with the CfT tab. This will then provide you with a link to Tender under the Show CfT Menu where you can prepare your submission.
(1) When finalising your tender submission please upload your final response as a ZIP file as individual documents may lose their titles if uploaded individually. Also ensure that you receive a message under the status header called Submitted, as the percentage tab does not necessarily imply you have successfully submitted your response.
(2) There is a maximum upload limit of 250MB per file and 500MB per tender submission.
(3) Suppliers should note the following when making their submission suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary and that the new eTenders system operates in a different manner to the previous platform operated by EU-Supply. The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline.
(4) If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email irish-eproc-helpdesk@eurodym.com or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00 – 17:00 hours).
(5) Tenders submitted by any other means (including but not limited to email, post, messaging system on etenders or hand delivery) will not be accepted.
(6) All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
(7) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
(8) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
(9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
(10) Where applicable, please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type, or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
(11) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

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
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: In line with Statutory remedies (S.I. 130/2010).
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 118-402523 (2025-06-20)

Contract notice (2025-06-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This Request for Tenders refers to the provision of Passenger Transport Services across nineteen (19) return routes that start and complete at various locations throughout Galway City and County. Each Route refers to a separate Lot and is considered a separate competition. Tenderers may apply for one, multiple or all lots. Ability West will establish Single-Party Framework Agreements with service provider(s) for each Lot. List of routes: List of Routes: - Lot 1: Route 1 - Whitegate, Co. Clare to Portumna, Co. Galway - Lot 2: Route 2 - Banagher, Co. Galway to Portumna, Co. Galway - Lot 3: Route 3 - Terryglass, Co. Tipperary to Portumna, Co. Galway - Lot 4: Route 8 - Barnaderg, Co. Galway to Mountbellew, Co Galway to Tuam, Co. Galway - Lot 5: Route 9 - Dunmore, Co. Galway to Tuam Co. Galway - Lot 6: Route 10 - Headford, Co. Galway to Tuam, Co. Galway - Lot 7: Route 11 - Collinamuck, Roscahill, Co. Galway to Galway City - Lot 8: Route 12 - Ballybrit, Galway to Galway City - Lot 9: Route 13 - Headford, Co. Galway to Galway City - Lot 10: Route 14 - Mountbellew, Co. Galway to Galway City - Lot 11: Route 15 - Gloves Athenry, Co. Galway to Galway City - Lot 12: Route 16 - Galway City to Brooklodge, Ballyglunin, Co. Galway - Lot 13: Route 20 - Craughwell, Co. Galway to Galway City - Lot 14: Route 21 - Mountbellew to Glenamaddy, Co. Galway - Lot 15: Route 24 - Menlough to Mounbellew, Co. Galway - Lot 16: Route 25 - Knocknacarra to Galway City - Lot 17: Route 26 - Ballyglunin, Co Galway to Galway City - Lot 18: Route 27 - Headford Surrounds to Headford Town - Lot 19: Route 28 - Spiddal, Co Galway to Galway City

Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 095 000 EUR 💰
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted ✅

Procedure
Tendering terms
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Passenger road transport services
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅

Changes
Other additional information

The following documents have been updated: Request for Tenders, Tender Response Document, and the Pricing Schedule; Information updated: - The value of frameworks/initial call off contracts may change as a result of the application of Clean and Energy-efficient vehicle requirements; - Variants are now accepted. Information corrected: this procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD).

Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 6cfbec10-d6de-4fe7-b7e5-15a356288910-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 120-414563 (2025-06-25)

Contract notice (2025-07-08)
Object
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 095 000 EUR 💰

Changes
Other additional information

Appendix 4 - Pricing Schedule has been updated and changes reflected in the RFT and TRD.

Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 83459486-7af1-4993-9c44-7fa8a970e3eb-02
Source: OJS 2025/S 130-452000 (2025-07-08)

Contract notice (2025-07-10)
Object
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 095 000 EUR 💰

Changes
Other additional information
Financial capacity requirements were updated.
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: bf18d2ef-9879-47ad-b5f2-13eaa0142c54-03
Source: OJS 2025/S 131-452204 (2025-07-10)

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