Framework Agreement for the Painting of Steel Bridges and Other Structures

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the establishment of a multi-company Framework Agreement for the painting of steel bridges and other structures as required on an ad-hoc basis.
Iarnród Éireann has a continuous requirement for re painting of railway bridges on the rail network.
Iarnród Éireann intends to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified companies to participate in the tender process for the provision of bridge painting services.
Under the proposed Framework Agreement all requirements will be mini-tendered.
Other structures would include footbridges.
A pre-qualification questionnaire is attached to this notice and must be completed as directed.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-12-20. The procurement was published on 2018-11-13.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-11-13 Contract notice
2019-04-23 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-11-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New Works Building
Postal town: Dublin 8
Postal code: Inchicore
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Martin Egan
Phone: +353 17031761 📞
E-mail: martin.egan@irishrail.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=138139&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=138139&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Framework Agreement for the Painting of Steel Bridges and Other Structures 7173
Products/services: Painting work of structures 📦
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the establishment of a multi-company Framework Agreement for the painting of steel bridges and...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Painting work 📦
Additional products/services: Painting and protective-coating work of structures 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Throughout the IE Rail Network
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the establishment of a multi-company Framework Agreement for the painting of steel bridges and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds:
“Some contracts awarded during the duration of the Framework Agreement may be related to projects financed by EU funds — it is not possible at this stage to...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: See attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“A grouping, if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity or alternatively at Irish Rail‘s discretion; each member of the group will be...”    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 10
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2014/S 139-421269
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2018-12-20 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: October 2022
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Court Chief Registrar, Four Courts
Postal town: Inns Quay
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2018/S 221-506698 (2018-11-13)
Contract award notice (2019-04-23)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New Works Building, Inchicore

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Framework Agreement for the Painting of Steel Bridges and other Structures 7173
Description
Main site or place of performance: Throughout the IE Rail Network.
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the establishment of a multi-company Framework Agreement for the painting of steel bridges and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
“Project specific method statement including a construction stage safety and health plan”
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Itemised works programme
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Cost criterion (name): Comparative cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 700

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 221-506698

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Framework Agreement for the Painting of Steel Bridges and other Structures
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-04-12 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Highway Barrier Solutions Ltd
Postal address: 40 Manse Road, Castlereagh
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: BT8 6SA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME

Complementary information
Additional information

“Three companies have been successfully appointed to the Framework Agreement. Conneally Painting and Sons Ltd GABE Ireland Ltd Highway Barrier Solutions...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2019/S 082-195940 (2019-04-23)