Provision of the Annual National Household Travel Survey

The National Transport Authority (the “Authority”) wishes to undertake the annual National Household Travel Survey (“NHTS”) of 4,000 households throughout the Republic of Ireland, with the surveys conducted between September and early December each year. The purpose of the surveys is to gather travel information statistics for the Authority’s ongoing …

CPV: 79311000 Turu-uuringud, 63710000 Maismaatranspordi tugiteenused, 73300000 Uurimis- ja arendustöö planeerimine ning elluviimine, 79311100 Uuringu planeerimisteenused, 79311200 Uuringute läbiviimise teenused, 79311300 Uuringu analüüsiteenused, 79342310 Kliendiuuringuteenused, 79310000 Turu-uuringu teenused, 79330000 Statistikateenused
Täitmise koht:
Provision of the Annual National Household Travel Survey
Auhindade andmise asutus:
National Transport Authority_1149
Auhinna number:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : National Transport Authority_1149
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Provision of the Annual National Household Travel Survey
Description : The National Transport Authority (the “Authority”) wishes to undertake the annual National Household Travel Survey (“NHTS”) of 4,000 households throughout the Republic of Ireland, with the surveys conducted between September and early December each year. The purpose of the surveys is to gather travel information statistics for the Authority’s ongoing transportation planning role, as well as to provide essential travel data for the update of its regional transport models, the development of additional transport modelling tools and monitoring and research on travel and transport. The NHTS can help to understand relationships between travel patterns and other variables – like remote or hybrid working, sustainable mobility policy interventions, expansion of broadband internet connectivity, online shopping and parcel delivery, electric bikes, e-scooters, etc. – that may be introduced or change over time. A high level scope of the services required for each annual survey include the following:  Update the survey instruments based on lessons learned from previous years;  Prepare materials for the Authority’s NHTS communications plan;  Develop and document the NHTS methodology;  Administer survey instruments and collect data;  Data processing, analysis, and quality control;  Produce and deliver interim data files;  Produce and deliver various monitoring reports and technical notes;  Prepare data weightings;  Produce and deliver final data files;  Create interim and final maps of sampled households;  Produce draft annual NHTS Report;  Produce a statistical calculations file;  Produce tabular outputs;  Produce a methodology and quality report;  Produce final NHTS annual report; and  Any other auxiliary tasks or activities which supports the production of the final NHTS annual report. The initial term of the proposed contract is two (2) years, with the option for the Authority to extend annually for a maximum period of two (2) further years. The maximum term of the contract is four (4) years. The estimated value of the proposed initial contract is €1.4 million; however the Authority reserves the right to spend a maximum of €3.2 million over the maximum term of the proposed contract. All interested economic operators are now invited to tender for this opportunity and full details of the tender competition are provided within the procurement documentation.
Procedure identifier : 33cee2eb-798e-4db2-ac75-47de089898f4
Previous notice : 47492b70-98ea-4992-ac06-e920248b5dfd-01
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79311000 Survey services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 63710000 Support services for land transport
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73300000 Design and execution of research and development
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311100 Survey design services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311200 Survey conduction services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311300 Survey analysis services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79342310 Customer survey services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79310000 Market research services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79330000 Statistical services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 3 200 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Provision of the Annual National Household Travel Survey
Description : The National Transport Authority (the “Authority”) wishes to undertake the annual National Household Travel Survey (“NHTS”) of 4,000 households throughout the Republic of Ireland, with the surveys conducted between September and early December each year. The purpose of the surveys is to gather travel information statistics for the Authority’s ongoing transportation planning role, as well as to provide essential travel data for the update of its regional transport models, the development of additional transport modelling tools and monitoring and research on travel and transport. The NHTS can help to understand relationships between travel patterns and other variables – like remote or hybrid working, sustainable mobility policy interventions, expansion of broadband internet connectivity, online shopping and parcel delivery, electric bikes, e-scooters, etc. – that may be introduced or change over time. A high level scope of the services required for each annual survey include the following:  Update the survey instruments based on lessons learned from previous years;  Prepare materials for the Authority’s NHTS communications plan;  Develop and document the NHTS methodology;  Administer survey instruments and collect data;  Data processing, analysis, and quality control;  Produce and deliver interim data files;  Produce and deliver various monitoring reports and technical notes;  Prepare data weightings;  Produce and deliver final data files;  Create interim and final maps of sampled households;  Produce draft annual NHTS Report;  Produce a statistical calculations file;  Produce tabular outputs;  Produce a methodology and quality report;  Produce final NHTS annual report; and  Any other auxiliary tasks or activities which supports the production of the final NHTS annual report. The initial term of the proposed contract is two (2) years, with the option for the Authority to extend annually for a maximum period of two (2) further years. The maximum term of the contract is four (4) years. The estimated value of the proposed initial contract is €1.4 million; however the Authority reserves the right to spend a maximum of €3.2 million over the maximum term of the proposed contract. All interested economic operators are now invited to tender for this opportunity and full details of the tender competition are provided within the procurement documentation.
Internal identifier : 0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79311000 Survey services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 63710000 Support services for land transport
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73300000 Design and execution of research and development
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311100 Survey design services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311200 Survey conduction services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311300 Survey analysis services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79342310 Customer survey services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79310000 Market research services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79330000 Statistical services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 4 Year

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 3 200 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Description : The quality of the Tenderer’s proposed approach to the performance of the services.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 100

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : National Transport Authority_1149
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : The High Court of Ireland

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 3 200 000 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd
Tender :
Tender identifier : 000111643
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 3 200 000 Euro
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 429224
Date on which the winner was chosen : 06/08/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 01/09/2025

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 2

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : National Transport Authority_1149
Registration number : 1149
Postal address : Haymarket House Smithfield Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 CF98
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 01 8798300
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd
Size of the economic operator : Medium
Registration number : 1
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D06 Y822
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Postcode : 15125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών ( EL301 )
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 8b1521a2-4951-4b1f-8bc9-a453c7392a12 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 03/10/2025 14:39 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00657081-2025
OJ S issue number : 192/2025
Publication date : 07/10/2025