ETENDERS

Contract notice

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Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/02/2015

Expire date: 14/04/2015

External Reference: 2014-108271

TED Reference: 2015/S 037-063580

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

National Roads Authority ( NRA )
N/A
St Martin's House
Waterloo Road  Dublin 4
IE
For the attention of: Nigel O'Neill
Telephone: +353 16602511
E-mail: finance2015@nra.ie
Fax: +353 16680009
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.nra.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1153
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85822&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85822&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from:
National Roads Authority ( NRA )
St Martin's House
4  Waterloo Road, Dublin
IE
Contact point(s): Nigel O'Neill
For the attention of: Nigel O'Neill
Telephone: +353 16602511
E-mail: finance2015@nra.ie
Fax: +353 16680009
Internet address: http://www.nra.ie
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Other: Roads Administration
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Financial Management and Advisory Services to the NRA.

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No6:  Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Ireland

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    Lot 1 - External Service Delivery of Financial Management Services - This lot covers the provision of financial management services to the Authority, relating to the Authority‘s commercial operations, which include eFlow (barrier free tolling on the M50), Dublin Tunnel, Motorway Service Areas and PPP Tolling Schemes (of which there are currently eight)

    Lot 2 - General Financial Advisory Services to the Authority - This lot covers the provision of general financial, audit and advisory services to the Authority (including, but not limited to, matters such as tax, VAT, organisation and business process improvements). This services may include:

    PPP Contract Administration Advisory Services

    Authority Toll Operations Advisory Services

    Authority General Financial Advisory Services

    Internal and External Audit and

    Human Resources Management Services.

    For each Lot for which a Tenderer is submitting a Tender, Tenderers shall submit five (5) bound hard copies of their Tenders one of which shall be marked “Master Copy” and one soft copy on CD (all copies divided into two envelopes in accordance with section 4.1 of ITT) in one or more sealed envelopes/boxes clearly labelled on the outside “Tender for Financial Management and Advisory Services” to:

    Nigel O’Neill,

    Head of Commercial Operations, Procurement & Strategic Planning,

    National Roads Authority,

    Saint Martin’s House,

    Waterloo Road,

    Dublin 4.

    For the avoidance of doubt, Tenderers must submit separate Tenders in respect of each Lot for which they are submitting a Tender.

    The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) and the NRA are due to merge and all functions of the two bodies are anticipated to be performed by the merged body. The timeline for this merger has not been finalised. While the operational name of the merged body has yet to be finally decided, the term “Authority” shall be taken to mean the NRA and the merged body. In carrying out their respective functions the NRA and the RPA both undertake various financial management operations and other business support activities.

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    66171000   Financial consultancy services
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  yes
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  yes
    Tenders may be submitted for  one or more lots
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  no
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    The contracts which may be awarded under this competition will be for the provision of financial management and advisory services to the NRA as more particularly described in the Invitation to Tender.

    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: yes
    Description of these options:

    The NRA has the option to extend the Framework Agreement duration of three years by a further one year.

    Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no
    II.3)

    Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

    Duration in months: 048 (from the award of the contract)

    Information about lots

    Lot No: 1  Lot title: External Service Delivery of Financial Management Services
    1)

    Short description:

    Provision of financial management services to the Authority, relating to the Authority‘s commercial operations, which include eFlow (barrier free tolling on the M50), Dublin Tunnel, Motorway Service Areas and PPP Tolling Schemes (of which there are currently eight).

    2)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    66171000   Financial consultancy services
    3)

    Quantity or scope:

    4)

    Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

    5)

    Additional information about lots:

    Lot No: 2  Lot title: General Financial Advisory Services to the Authority
    1)

    Short description:

    Provision of general financial, audit and advisory services to the Authority (including, but not limited to, matters such as tax, VAT, organisation and business process improvements). These services may include:

    PPP Contract Administration Advisory Services

    Authority Toll Operations Advisory Services

    Authority General Financial Advisory Services

    Internal and External Audit and

    Human Resources Management Services

    2)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    66171000   Financial consultancy services
    3)

    Quantity or scope:

    4)

    Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

    5)

    Additional information about lots:

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.1)

    Deposits and guarantees required:

    Not Applicable

    III.1.2)

    Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

    Refer to Tender Documents

    III.1.3)

    Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    Refer to Tender Documents

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
    Description of particular conditions: 

    Refer to Tender Documents

    III.2)

    Conditions for participation

    III.2.1)

    Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    Details are contained in the Invitation to Tender

    III.2.2)

    Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    See Invitation to Tender

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    See Invitation to Tender

    III.2.3)

    Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    See Invitation to Tender

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    See Invitation to Tender

    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Open
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    NRA313

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 14.04.2015 - 09:00
    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    14.04.2015 - 12:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    EN
    Other: 

    Irish

    IV.3.8)

    Conditions for opening tenders

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
    VI.3)

    Additional information:

    The Authority reserves the right, pursuant to Article 31(4) (b) of Directive 2004/18/EC to negotiate with the successful Tenderer (s) for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services to those awarded pursuant to this competion

    VI.4)

    Procedures for appeal

    VI.4.1)

    Body responsible for appeal procedures

    High Court of Ireland
    Four Court, Inns Quay
    7  Dublin
    IE
    Telephone: +353 18886000
    E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
    Fax: +353 18886125
    Internet address:
     

    Body responsible for mediation procedures

    VI.4.2)

    Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
    VI.4.3)

    Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained