Treatment of Surface Rail Defects

Iarnrod Eireann — Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann wishes to seek expressions of interest for the provision of a service for removal of surface rail defects.
These defects which vary in depth from 0,01 mm to 25 mm include among others, gauge corner cracking, side-wear, corrugations, wheel burns, shelling, high and low dipped joints.
The service will be required to operate throughout the rail network on the island of Ireland.
The equipment required to provide this service will be mounted on a suitable self-propelled rail vehicle which will be capable of operating within track possession supplied by the railway company i.e. Iarnród Éireann.
Please note the track gauge on the Iarnród Éireann network is 1 602 mm.
The service will require the contractor to provide the necessary on-track rail machine or road rail vehicle, consumables, trained competent staff to operate and maintain the equipment together with all necessary support systems. It will be a requirement of the contract for the service provider to make available post condition surveys of the rail head as deemed necessary by the railway company i.e. Iarnród Éireann.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-08-10. The procurement was published on 2015-07-06.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-07-06 Contract notice
2016-10-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-07-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Railway-track maintenance services
Quantity or scope:
“Iarnród Éireann envisages that a contractual arrangement for the Treatment of Surface Rail Defects will be for a period of not less than 5 years, with...”    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Railway-track maintenance services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Iarnród Éireann — Irish Rail
Postal address: Engineering Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: gavin.cahill@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17031755 📞
Fax: +353 18860567 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-06 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-08-10 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 132-244461
OJ-S issue: 132
Additional information

“Applicants are required to complete the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) appended to this notice. The negotiated procedure will be used for the award...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2015/S 132-244461 (2015-07-06)
Contract award notice (2016-10-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Reference number: 5566
Short description:
“Award of Contract for the provision of a service for removal of surface rail defects.”
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Additional CPV: Railway-track maintenance services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail
Postal address: Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore
Contact
Internet address: https://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 01-7031755 📞
Fax: +353 01-7031777 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-10-14 📅
Publication date: 2016-10-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 202-365511
Refers to notice: 2015/S 132-244461
OJ-S issue: 202
Source: OJS 2016/S 202-365511 (2016-10-14)