Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-06-25
Buyer: National Transport Authority
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 50113000: Repair and maintenance services of buses | 60100000 | 60112000
Estimated value: 46469204 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority is seeking an operator in respect of a number of public bus routes. It is intended that the services will comprise a total of 5 routes, the envisaged composition of which is set out in Appendix A to the Information Memorandum. The authority reserves the right to add or omit routes to/from the scope of the contract. The routes primarily serve areas along commuter road corridors from Kildare into Dublin city and currently form part of the network of routes provided by Bus Eireann.
The envisaged 5-year operational period may be extended by the authority for a period or periods up to a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance. The authority intends that there will be a mobilisation period from the date of contract signing until the commencement date for the operational period. It is currently envisaged that the duration of this mobilisation period will be at least 6 months, although the contract may involve phased operational dates.
The authority is seeking an operator in respect of a number of public bus routes. It is intended that the services will comprise a total of 5 routes, the envisaged composition of which is set out in Appendix A to the Information Memorandum.
The authority reserves the right to add or omit routes to/from the scope of the contract. The routes primarily serve areas along commuter road corridors from Kildare into Dublin city and currently form part of the network of routes provided by Bus Eireann. The routes are currently serviced by a peak vehicle requirement of 28 primarily coach vehicles, and provide approximately 1 200 000  passenger journeys per annum.
The envisaged 5year operational period may be extended by the authority for a period or periods up to a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance. The authority intends that there will be a mobilisation period from the date of contract signing until the commencement date for the operational period. It is currently envisaged that the duration of this mobilisation period will be at least 6 months, although the contract may involve phased operational dates (staggered by up to 6 months by reference to different routes or groups of routes. Further information is set out in the information memorandum.
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. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
As set out in S.I. No 131/2010 European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).


Winner: Go-ahead Transport Services (Dublin) Ltd
Award value: 46469204
Number of bids: 5