Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-15
Buyer: National Transport Authority
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30196000 | 48211000 | 48326000 | 48330000 | 48332000
Submission deadline: 2018-03-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority wishes to invite tenders for the provision of a Planning Platform for Public Transport Network Services in Ireland that will afford users the ability to quickly map out existing and planned transport routes (including associated timetables/schedules) and services while simultaneously providing an understanding of their estimated costs and usage (trips) having considered all relevant factors and information including demographics of a proposed change. Furthermore, the Planning Platform must have a sharing capability and easy access to modification through hyperlinks thus enabling a wider range of staff to contribute to proposals with additional insight and data inputs.
The Authority wishes to invite tenders for the provision of a planning platform for Public transport network services in Ireland that will afford users the ability to quickly map out existing and planned transport routes (including associated timetables/schedules) and services while simultaneously providing an understanding of their estimated costs and usage (trips) having considered all relevant factors and information including demographics of a proposed change. Furthermore, the planning platform must have a sharing capability and easy access to modification through hyperlinks thus enabling a wider range of staff to contribute to proposals with additional insight and data inputs. The planning platform will have the capability to:
— Import boundary information such as Central Statistics Office (CSO) small area/DED/settlement from ESRI shapefile formats;
— Allow for quick routing and scheduling scenario modelling in a drag-and-drop interface and familiar map environment;
— Compute and export instant and accurate machine readable cost, usage (trips) and resource utilisation estimates.
It is envisaged that the Contract will operate for a period of 1 year, with the option to extend thereafter for 1 or more years, up to a maximum total 10 year Contract. Factors to be taken into account in considering an extension of the Contract will include (but may not be limited to) service requirements, performance and continued funding availability.
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 certificate or 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.

Eligibility requirements: As set out in procurement documents.