8132 Transport & Guiding 'Chauffeur-Private drive' Services

Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)

This is a call to competition by IE on behalf of CIE Tours, for the provision of Transport & Tour Guide โ€˜chauffeur/private-driveโ€™ services Contract Notice issued in OJEU on e-tenders under RFT 237830 โ€“ 8132 โ€“ Transport & Tour Guide chauffeur-drive services for CIE Tours on 12.04.2023.
CIE Tours operate a transport and guiding chauffeur service for its private driver tourism product whereby tourists can avail of personalised, tailored, guided tours of Ireland and Northern Ireland ranging from single individuals to small groups from 2 up to 12 passengers.
A full specification of requirements will be provided in the Invitation to Tender which will be issued to qualified candidates in due course. However we do envisage that applicants who are shortlisted to invitation to tender will need a minimum numbers of vehicles and drivers to meet the requirements of this contract. There can be requirements for up to 300 bookings per annum.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-05-19. The procurement was published on 2023-04-13.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-04-13 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-04-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Reference number: 8132
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE on behalf of CIE Tours, for the provision of Transport & Tour Guide โ€˜chauffeur/private-driveโ€™ services Contract Notice issued in OJEU on e-tenders under RFT 237830 โ€“ 8132 โ€“ Transport & Tour Guide chauffeur-drive services for CIE Tours on 12.04.2023. CIE Tours operate a transport and guiding chauffeur service for its private driver tourism product whereby tourists can avail of personalised, tailored, guided tours of Ireland and Northern Ireland ranging from single individuals to small groups from 2 up to 12 passengers. A full specification of requirements will be provided in the Invitation to Tender which will be issued to qualified candidates in due course. However we do envisage that applicants who are shortlisted to invitation to tender will need a minimum numbers of vehicles and drivers to meet the requirements of this contract. There can be requirements for up to 300 bookings per annum.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Other
Awarding authority name: Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)
Postal address: Heuston Station
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cie.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: jennifer.coules@irishrail.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17033714 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=239282&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=239282&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-05-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-04-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 076-230597
OJ-S issue: 76

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE on behalf of CIE Tours, for the provision of Transport & Tour Guide โ€˜chauffeur/private-driveโ€™ services Contract Notice issued in OJEU on e-tenders under RFT 237830 โ€“ 8132 โ€“ Transport & Tour Guide chauffeur-drive services for CIE Tours on 12.04.2023.
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CIE Tours operate a transport and guiding chauffeur service for its private driver tourism product whereby tourists can avail of personalised, tailored, guided tours of Ireland and Northern Ireland ranging from single individuals to small groups from 2 up to 12 passengers.
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A full specification of requirements will be provided in the Invitation to Tender which will be issued to qualified candidates in due course. However we do envisage that applicants who are shortlisted to invitation to tender will need a minimum numbers of vehicles and drivers to meet the requirements of this contract. There can be requirements for up to 300 bookings per annum.
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Estimated total value: 5 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend for a further 24 months at CIE's discretion.
Description of options: Option to extend for a further 24 months at CIE's discretion.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 00:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Other type of contracting authority: Utilities
Contact
Contact point: Jennifer Coules
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/339 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=239282&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The high court
Postal address: Inns Quay Dublin D07
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2023/S 076-230597 (2023-04-13)