Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/03/2021
External Reference: 2021-279713
TED Reference: 2021/S 060-151467
Contract award notice
Information
Published
Contract award notice
Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name and addresses
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
9510201H
Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Dublin, D08 DK10
Dublin
IE
Contact person:
Rob Grumley
Telephone:
+353 16463650
E-mail:
rob.grumley@tii.ie
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
Main address:
www.tii.ie
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/120261
I.2)
Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4)
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5)
Main activity
Other activity:
Roads, Metro and Light Rail
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
Transport Planning Framework
Reference number:
TII254
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
71410000
-
Urban planning services
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
This is an Award Notice. Transport Infrastructure Ireland was seeking to put in place a single party transport planning framework to provide transport planning, transport economics and planning consultancy services on a range of TII national road and public transport projects including assessment of performance and needs of the existing road and light rail network. The framework will be operated by the Strategic & Transport Planning Section of TII.
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.1.7)
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4300000.00
EUR
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
71000000
-
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
71300000
-
Engineering services
71320000
-
Engineering design services
71322500
-
Engineering-design services for traffic installations
71356400
-
Technical planning services
79311400
-
Economic research services
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
Main site or place of performance:
Dublin 8
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
The following services were required pursuant to the Framework Agreement, together with any ancillary services which may be inferred therefrom or be necessary to carry out the services listed below:
• Sustainability Implementation plans for projects and incorporation of sustainability into appraisal systems
• Strategic Studies
• Roads / Light Rail and Metro consultancy services including traffic engineering, transport planning, and planning process statutory requirements;
• Technical advisory services around planning and appraisal of active travel (walking and cycling) interventions on rural and urban transport networks in which TII has an interest (national road, light rail and greenway).
• Transport planning and transport economics services relating to transport modelling;
• Transport planning and engineering services relating to traffic management schemes particularly in urban areas of the national road network;
• Transport planning and engineering services and general support as may be required by TII in the development of the following for potential light rail schemes:
- Strategic Assessment Reports as per the Public Spending Code (December 2019);
- Option Selection Studies and Reports and related Multi Criteria analysis;
- Preliminary Design of light rail enhancements;
- Urban transport modelling and analysis using the NTA Regional Modelling System;
- Production of Preliminary Business Case documents / Project Appraisal documents for TII programmes;
- Detailed Design and Final Business Case documents;
- From time to time, support for Public Consultations, Project Completion Reports and Ex-post Evaluations.
• Maintenance of and further enhancement to the TII National Transport Model;
• Multi-modal transport modelling services considering detailed modelling of traffic and public transport operations
• Transport economics and general economics consultancy services;
• Transport planning and economics consultancy services relating to transport demand management strategies including control and fiscal measures;
• Preparation of transport demand forecasts incorporating projected changes in demographics, economics and the demand for travel;
• Planning consultancy services relating to spatial planning and provision of expert advice to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, in its role as a statutory consultee, relating to the preparation by planning authorities of statutory plans;
• Provision of land-use planning consultancy support to Transport Infrastructure Ireland including reviewing planning applications notified to the Authority by planning authorities.
• Demographic studies utilising census data, previous censuses and forecasts published by the Central Statistics Office and other bodies;
• Analysis of national trip end data;
• Analysis of Luas services via Automative Vehicle Location Sytem (AVLS) data and ticketing / Leap card data and light rail trips via the Luas census;
• Data analytics, data science & data visualisation services to gain new insights from TII and other relevant data sets and to improve existing transport modelling techniques. This will require expertise and capabilities in scripting languages and frameworks such as Python, R, SQL and cloud services;
• Advice relating to the digitalisation of the transport network.
• Provision of project appraisal support to Transport Infrastructure Ireland including the preparation of new guidance, as required, in the Transport Infrastructure Ireland Project Appraisal Guidelines and review of project appraisal documentation relating to national road projects and preparation and/or review of project appraisal documentation relating to public transport projects.
• Sustainability Implementation plans for projects and incorporation of sustainability into appraisal systems
• Strategic Studies
• Roads / Light Rail and Metro consultancy services including traffic engineering, transport planning, and planning process statutory requirements;
• Technical advisory services around planning and appraisal of active travel (walking and cycling) interventions on rural and urban transport networks in which TII has an interest (national road, light rail and greenway).
• Transport planning and transport economics services relating to transport modelling;
• Transport planning and engineering services relating to traffic management schemes particularly in urban areas of the national road network;
• Transport planning and engineering services and general support as may be required by TII in the development of the following for potential light rail schemes:
- Strategic Assessment Reports as per the Public Spending Code (December 2019);
- Option Selection Studies and Reports and related Multi Criteria analysis;
- Preliminary Design of light rail enhancements;
- Urban transport modelling and analysis using the NTA Regional Modelling System;
- Production of Preliminary Business Case documents / Project Appraisal documents for TII programmes;
- Detailed Design and Final Business Case documents;
- From time to time, support for Public Consultations, Project Completion Reports and Ex-post Evaluations.
• Maintenance of and further enhancement to the TII National Transport Model;
• Multi-modal transport modelling services considering detailed modelling of traffic and public transport operations
• Transport economics and general economics consultancy services;
• Transport planning and economics consultancy services relating to transport demand management strategies including control and fiscal measures;
• Preparation of transport demand forecasts incorporating projected changes in demographics, economics and the demand for travel;
• Planning consultancy services relating to spatial planning and provision of expert advice to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, in its role as a statutory consultee, relating to the preparation by planning authorities of statutory plans;
• Provision of land-use planning consultancy support to Transport Infrastructure Ireland including reviewing planning applications notified to the Authority by planning authorities.
• Demographic studies utilising census data, previous censuses and forecasts published by the Central Statistics Office and other bodies;
• Analysis of national trip end data;
• Analysis of Luas services via Automative Vehicle Location Sytem (AVLS) data and ticketing / Leap card data and light rail trips via the Luas census;
• Data analytics, data science & data visualisation services to gain new insights from TII and other relevant data sets and to improve existing transport modelling techniques. This will require expertise and capabilities in scripting languages and frameworks such as Python, R, SQL and cloud services;
• Advice relating to the digitalisation of the transport network.
• Provision of project appraisal support to Transport Infrastructure Ireland including the preparation of new guidance, as required, in the Transport Infrastructure Ireland Project Appraisal Guidelines and review of project appraisal documentation relating to national road projects and preparation and/or review of project appraisal documentation relating to public transport projects.
II.2.5)
Award criteria
Criteria below
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Quality
/
Weighting:
700
Price
-
Weighting:
300
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
Open procedure
IV.1.3)
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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: 2020/S 222-545265
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Transport Planning Framework
V.2)
Award of contract
V.2.1)
Date of conclusion of the contract
18/02/2021
V.2.2)
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:
2
Number of tenders received from SMEs:
0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:
2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
:
noV.2.3)
Name and address of the contractor
Aecom Ireland Ltd
24 Lower Hatch Street
Dublin
D02ty88
IE
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
4300000.00
EUR
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)
Additional information
The value stated is ex vat and is an estimate only and is based on a projection of the services required over a duration of 4 years. The Client does not commit to any amount, there is no fixed fee, no retainer and the actual amount expended under a resulting framework may vary depending on various factors including the amount of services ordered and the duration of the framework agreement.
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
Central Office of the High Court
Four Courts
Dublin 7
IE
Telephone:
+353 18886511
E-mail:
HighCourtCentralOffice@courts.ie
Fax:
+353 18886125
Internet address:
http://www.courts.ie
VI.4.2)
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Central Office of the High Court
Four Courts
Dublin 7
IE
Telephone:
+353 18886511
E-mail:
HighCourtCentralOffice@courts.ie
Fax:
+353 18886125
Internet address:
http://www.courts.ie