Contract award notice - utilities

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 25/10/2017

External Reference: 2017-462522

TED Reference: 2017/S 207-428964

Contract award notice - utilities

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Contract award notice – utilities

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail
N/A
Procurement, CIE Works,
Dublin 8
Inchicore
IE
Contact person: Gavin Cahill
Telephone: +353 01-7031755
Fax: +353 01-7031777
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
I.6)

Main activity

Railway services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Customer Contact Call Handling Services & The Provision of Customer Agents
Reference number:  6849
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79512000  -  Call centre
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Award of contract by Iarnród Éireann for the procurement of Customer Contact Call Handling Services and for the provision of Customer agents * 4.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79342300  -  Customer services
79342320  -  Customer-care services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Award of contract by Iarnród Éireann for the procurement of Customer Contact Call Handling Services and for the provision of Customer agents * 4.
The core services required under this contract include:-
Customer Information – information calls account for c60% of call received. The nature of these calls include; timetable information, journey planning, pricing information, lost property, disable assistance and other miscellaneous calls.
Book your ticket – calls relate to the purchase of train journeys, seat reservation and amending/cancellation of same.
Group Tickets – calls relate to the purchase of group or multiple seats bookings.
Customer Assistance and Feedback – calls relate to assistance with bookings made online.
Customer Care – calls relate to a fall down in services.
Revenue Protection – calls relate to fines issued to those passengers caught travelling without a ticket.
The Customer agents will be based at Iarnród Éireann, Head Office, Connolly station and will be tasked with the following administration roles with the Customer Experience team:
• Customer email and phone call responses within designated SLA.
• Servicing walk in Customer contacts.
• General office duties.
• Liaising with other departments as required.
• Providing top class service to Customers.
II.2.5)

Award criteria ( Agree to publish? yes )

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Project Implementation Plan  /  Weighting:  30%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Contract & Performance Management  /  Weighting:  20%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Total Cost  /  Weighting:  50%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2017/S 062-116879

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Customer Contact Call Handling Services

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

2017-10-20
V.2.2)

Information about tenders ( Agree to publish? yes )

Number of tenders received:  4
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor ( Agree to publish? yes )

Capita Customer Solutions Limited
377757
West Cork Technology Park
Clonakilty, Cork
P85 YH98
IE
Telephone: +353 238832800
Fax: +353 238832869
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND

The contractor is an SME : yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

The High Court
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin
7
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
Internet address: http:///www.courts.ie