Single Supplier Framework for the Provision of Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots
National Transport Authority_1149
The National Transport Authority (the “Authority”) is seeking an experienced Multi-Disciplinary Design Services Partner (“MDDSP”) to provide Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots under a single supplier Framework Agreement. The services shall cover all the phases of the delivery of new and/or enhanced bus depot facilities, to support the operation of public bus services in Ireland from concept design/site selection/due diligence/planning all the way through to oversight of construction works. National policies and strategies for the decarbonisation of the transport system includes plans to significantly expand bus services and transition the bus and coach fleet away from diesel fuelled buses to zero emission technologies. In order to support both the expansion and transition to zero emission buses, it is necessary for the Authority to consider the supporting bus depot facilities that are required to deliver an efficient and effective bus system. The current level of bus depot provision will require significant expansion. It will be necessary to ensure adequate provision of electric charging infrastructure at depot locations while also considering the appropriate location of depots to reduce the impact of out of service mileage on the operation of electric bus fleets. It is intended that the Framework Agreement shall be in place for an initial period of four (4) years with the option for the Authority to extend on an annual basis for up to two (2) additional years. The estimated value of this Framework Agreement is €45,000,000. The maximum value of this Framework Agreement is €60,000,000. All interested parties are invited to submit a Pre-Qualification submission in response to this tender competition and full details of this tender competition are provided within the procurement documentation.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-04-11. The procurement was published on 2025-03-06.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works › Engineering-design services for traffic installations
- • Production management consultancy services › Design consultancy services
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-06 | Contract notice |
| 2025-04-07 | Contract notice |
| 2026-04-08 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2025-03-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Supplier Framework for the Provision of Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Design consultancy services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Main site or place of performance: N/A
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration
Start date: 2025-10-31 📅
End date: 2029-10-31 📅
Description
Maximum renewals: 2
Title
Lot Identification Number:
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: 2025-04-11 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
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: N/A
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: N/A
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National Transport Authority_1149
National registration number:
Postal address: Haymarket House Smithfield Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 CF98
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: 018798300 📞
URL: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
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=5237614 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5237614 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
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: N/A
Source: OJS 2025/S 048-153990 (2025-03-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Supplier Framework for the Provision of Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (the “Authority”) is seeking an experienced Multi-Disciplinary Design Services Partner (“MDDSP”) to provide Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots under a single supplier Framework Agreement. The services shall cover all the phases of the delivery of new and/or enhanced bus depot facilities, to support the operation of public bus services in Ireland from concept design/site selection/due diligence/planning all the way through to oversight of construction works.
National policies and strategies for the decarbonisation of the transport system includes plans to significantly expand bus services and transition the bus and coach fleet away from diesel fuelled buses to zero emission technologies. In order to support both the expansion and transition to zero emission buses, it is necessary for the Authority to consider the supporting bus depot facilities that are required to deliver an efficient and effective bus system.
The current level of bus depot provision will require significant expansion. It will be necessary to ensure adequate provision of electric charging infrastructure at depot locations while also considering the appropriate location of depots to reduce the impact of out of service mileage on the operation of electric bus fleets.
It is intended that the Framework Agreement shall be in place for an initial period of four (4) years with the option for the Authority to extend on an annual basis for up to two (2) additional years.
The estimated value of this Framework Agreement is €45,000,000. The maximum value of this Framework Agreement is €60,000,000. All interested parties are invited to submit a Pre-Qualification submission in response to this tender competition and full details of this tender competition are provided within the procurement documentation.
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Products/services: Design consultancy services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration
Start date: 2025-10-31 📅
End date: 2029-10-31 📅
Description
Maximum renewals: 2
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
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: 2025-04-11 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
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: N/A
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: N/A
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National Transport Authority_1149
National registration number:
119869
Postal address: Haymarket House Smithfield Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 CF98
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: 018798300 📞
URL: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
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=5237614 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5237614 🌏
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
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: N/A
Source: OJS 2025/S 048-153990 (2025-03-06)
Contract notice (2025-04-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Supplier Framework for the Provision of Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots- PQQ stage
Short description:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 000 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-04-14 12:00:00 📅
Changes
Other additional information
change of Deadline for receipt of tenders
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 9d2e4123-23f0-4f10-81a3-e922fe2d7551-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 069-226718 (2025-04-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Supplier Framework for the Provision of Multi- Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots- PQQ stage
Short description:
The National Transport Authority (the “Authority”) is seeking an experienced MultiDisciplinary Design Services Partner (“MDDSP”) to provide Multi Disciplinary Design Services for Bus Depots under a single supplier Framework Agreement. The services shall cover all the phases of the delivery of new and/or enhanced bus depot facilities, to support the operation of public bus services in Ireland from concept design/site selection/due diligence/planning all the way through to oversight of construction works. National policies and strategies for the decarbonisation of the transport system includes plans to significantly expand bus services and transition the bus and coach fleet away from diesel fuelled buses to zero emission technologies. In order to support both the expansion and transition to zero emission buses, it is necessary for the Authority to consider the supporting bus depot facilities that are required to deliver an efficient and effective bus system. The current level of bus depot provision will require significant expansion. It will be necessary to ensure adequate provision of electric charging infrastructure at depot locations while also considering the appropriate location of depots to reduce the impact of out of service mileage on the operation of electric bus fleets. It is intended that the Framework Agreement shall be in place for an initial period of four (4) years with the option for the Authority to extend on an annual basis for up to two (2) additional years. The estimated value of this Framework Agreement is €45,000,000. The maximum value of this Framework Agreement is €60,000,000. All interested parties are invited to submit a PreQualification submission in response to this tender competition and full details of this tender competition are provided within the procurement documentation.
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Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-04-14 12:00:00 📅
Changes
Other additional information
change of Deadline for receipt of tenders
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 9d2e4123-23f0-4f10-81a3-e922fe2d7551-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 069-226718 (2025-04-07)
Contract award notice (2026-04-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 000 000 EUR 💰
Additional information:
Duration: 72 months
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 60%
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 40%
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Description
Town: Dublin
Procedure
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-03-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: AECOM Ireland Limited_15958
National registration number:
Postal address: 4th Floor, Burlington Road, Burlington Plaza, Dublin 4
Postal code: D04 RH96
Postal town: Dublin 4
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: annemarie.obrien@aecom.com 📧
Phone: 01 676 6220 📞
URL: www.aecom.com 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Large
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Phone: +353 1 879 8300 📞
Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
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 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 070-247188 (2026-04-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 000 000 EUR 💰
Additional information:
The framework agreement will cover all phases from concept, site selection, due diligence and planning through to oversight of construction works. The Framework Agreement will be open to use by all 31 Local Authorities and bus operators contracted by the Authority to provide PSO bus services, which underpins the maximum Framework Agreement of €60,000,000.
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Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
The framework agreement may be extended for an additional two years following the end of the initial four year term.
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 60%
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 40%
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Description
Town: Dublin
Procedure
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
438932
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-03-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000149930
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: AECOM Ireland Limited_15958
National registration number:
315981.
Postal address: 4th Floor, Burlington Road, Burlington Plaza, Dublin 4
Postal code: D04 RH96
Postal town: Dublin 4
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: annemarie.obrien@aecom.com 📧
Phone: 01 676 6220 📞
URL: www.aecom.com 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Large
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Phone: +353 1 879 8300 📞
Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 070-247188 (2026-04-08)
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