Technical inspection and testing services

Tender description

The Road Safety Authority (‘RSA’) has appointed a contractor to deliver roadworthiness testing services in respect of cars in the Republic of Ireland (the ‘National Car Testing Service’, or ‘NCTS’). The contractor will provide import and export conformance inspection services on behalf of the revenue commissioners which are required to assess vehicles for vehicle registration tax, which the contractor shall collect on behalf of the revenue commissioners. The contract’s operations period will run for 10 years. The contractor will be fully remunerated by way of test fee income generated from conducting the services. Please note that the contract was not procured using the restricted procedure under Directive 2014/24/EU as indicated in this contract award notice. The contract was procured as a concession in accordance with the European Communities (Award of Concessions Contracts) Regulations 2017. The competition consisted of 2 stages – a pre-qualification stage and a tender stage, which culminated in the identification of the preferred tenderer and the award of the contract. Section IV.1.1) below refers to a restricted procedure to reflect this 2-stage nature.