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IRL-Dublin: travel services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Ireland
City/Locality:   DUBLIN
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:72954-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 11, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 12, 2010
Buyer:   ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD
DUBLIN, Dublin
Ireland
Web Site:   www.esb.ie

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2540 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 49/2010, #72954-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE – UTILITIES
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Electricity Supply Board, 27
Lr. Fitzwilliam Street, Contact: Procurement, Shared Services, Attn: Anne
Tobin, Dublin 2, IRELAND. Tel. +353 1-7026826. E-mail:
sharedservices.procurement@esb.ie.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting entity: www.esb.ie.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic
purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY: Electricity.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
Travel management services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 3.
Main place of performance: ESB Group Offices located in Ireland and
worldwide.
NUTS code: IE021.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a
single operator
Duration of the framework agreement Duration in year(s): 3.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Provision of
Business Travel Services to ESB Group including, but not limited to,
Airline tickets, rail tickets, accommodation, care hire etc and online
self booking facilities and electronic invoicing - both implant and
outplant service provision will be considered.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 63515000, 63516000,
55100000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The proposed contract will be awarded
for a three year period with and option to extend at ESB's discretion for
an additional two years.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Will be advised in
tender documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Where a grouping of service providers
expresses interest, it will be a requirement of ESB that one member of the
group accepts full contractually responsibility for the delivery of the
services. Where appropriate, the intended contractual responsible member
of any grouping or consortium must be identified in the response to this
notice.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
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 requirements are met: The
following information MUST be supplied with the applicants request to
participate:
(1) The organisation's registered name, address, contact details and
trading name if different from above.
(2) Full contact details for the person to whom queries relating to the
Request to Participate should be made, including name, address, phone and
email.
(3) Outline of company history and general experience, including details
of company size, organisational structure, staffing levels, current work
load.
(4) Details of similar contracts undertaken in the last 3 years, including
the date completed, contracting authority and full reference contact
details. Unless otherwise stated, ESB will assume that the contacts
identified may be approached directly without further reference to
applicants company.
(5) Information on quality assurance systems operated and professional
accreditations held by the applicant company.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Will be advised in tender
documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: The following information must be
supplied with the applicants request to participate:
(1) The organisation's registered name, address, contact details and
trading name if different from above.
(2) Full contact details for the person to whom queries relating to the
Request to Participate should be made, including name, address, phone and
email.
(3) Outline of company history and general experience, including details
of company size, organisational structure, staffing levels, current work
load.
(4) Details of similar contracts undertaken in the last 3 years, including
the date completed, contracting authority and full reference contact
details. Unless otherwise stated, ESB will assume that the contacts
identified may be approached directly without further reference to
applicants company.
(5) Information on quality assurance systems operated and professional
accreditations held by the applicant company.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal persons should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected: no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
SS/CON/1173.
IV.3.2) Previous publication concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents:
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
12.4.2010 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Chief Registrar, The High
Court, Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7, IRELAND. Tel. +353 18886000.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Supplier own legal advisors.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 9.3.2010.
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