ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 14/11/2022

External Reference: 2022-209463

TED Reference: 2022/S 223-640627

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

National Transport Authority
0000
Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court Harcourt Lane
Dublin
D02WT20
IE
Contact person: Ted O'Brien
Telephone: +353 18798300
E-mail: ted.obrien@nationaltransport.ie
NUTS code:  IE05 -  Southern
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

National or federal agency/office
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Transport

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Request for Tenders for the National Household Travel Survey 2022
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79311200  -  Survey conduction services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Authority wishes to undertake a National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) throughout the Republic of Ireland between September 2022 and early December 2022. The purpose of the survey is to gather travel information statistics for the Authority’s on-going transportation planning role and to provide essential travel data for the update of their regional transport models and for the development of additional transport modelling tools. This survey will, once completed, represent the third such National Household Travel Survey, the first having been undertaken in 2012 and the most recent in 2017. (Earlier equivalent surveys were limited to the Greater Dublin Area.)
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  565000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71355000  -  Surveying services
72314000  -  Data collection and collation services
79311000  -  Survey services
79311300  -  Survey analysis services
79342310  -  Customer survey services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE05 -  Southern
Main site or place of performance:  
Ireland
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Authority wishes to undertake a National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) throughout the Republic of Ireland between September 2022 and early December 2022. The purpose of the survey is to gather travel information statistics for the Authority’s on-going transportation planning role and to provide essential travel data for the update of their regional transport models and for the development of additional transport modelling tools. This survey will, once completed, represent the third such National Household Travel Survey, the first having been undertaken in 2012 and the most recent in 2017. (Earlier equivalent surveys were limited to the Greater Dublin Area.)
As such, the Authority is also aiming to glean “longitudinal” travel-related statistics, i.e., observed changes in travel patterns, if any, over this 10 year period, included those related to Covid-19 effects, expansion of broadband internet connectivity and communications, etc. For ease of comparison backwards to the 2017 survey, the Authority is especially keen to maintain consistency in the methodology and sample sizes in NHTS 2022, namely clustered, stratified probability sampling units (PSUs) carefully designed to maximise, within budget, the representativeness of the national survey.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  The quality of the Tenderer’s proposed approach to the performance of the services  /  Weighting:  40
Quality criterion  -  Name:  The experience and qualifications of the key members (maximum of five) of the team proposed to undertake the services  /  Weighting:  20
Price  -  Weighting:  40
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.1.8)

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: 2022/S 133-379953

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Request for Tenders for the National Household Travel Survey 2022

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

30/08/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd
9701145N
Block 3 Blackrock Business Park
Co. Dublin
Carysfort Avenue, Bl
IE
Telephone: +353 14389048
E-mail: kieran.oleary@ipsos.com
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address: http://www.ipsosmrbi.com

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  500000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  565000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of Ireland
Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Dublin
D7
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
Fax: +353 18886125
Internet address: https://www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).