Supply and Delivery of Insulated Dry Block Joint Kits

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

Irish Rail (Iร‰) invites applications from suitably qualified companies to participate in the pre-qualification process to award a contract for the supply and delivery of insulated dry block joint kits for delivery to Portlaoise Depot.
This will be a fixed price contract valid for 3 years with the option to extend annually for up to a maximum of 2 additional years.
Average annual requirement estimated at;
130 No. 4 Hole Kits and 10 No. 6 Hole Kits.
A Pre-qualification questionnaire is attached to this notice and must be completed and returned as directed and include all required support documentation.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-10-30. The procurement was published on 2018-09-26.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-09-26 Contract notice
2019-01-23 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-09-26)
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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Martin Egan
Phone: +353 17031761 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: martin.egan@irishrail.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=135801&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply and Delivery of Insulated Dry Block Joint Kits 7135
Products/services: Railway equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
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Additional products/services: Railway materials ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Description of the procurement:
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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: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThis will be a fixed price contract valid for 3 years with the option to renew/extend annually for up to a maximum of 2 additional years.โ€
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds:
โ€œSome may be related to projects financed by EU funds โ€” it is not possible at this stage to identify these projects.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See attached pre- qualification questionnaire.
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:
โ€œA grouping, if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity or alternatively at Irish Railโ€˜s discretion;each member of the group will be...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2015/S 162-297577
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2018-10-30 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2018-11-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
โ€œEstimated timing for further notices to be published August/September 2021, 2022 or 2023 depending, if contract extension options are used.โ€
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Court Chief Registrar, Four Courts,
Postal town: Inns Quay
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2018/S 187-423485 (2018-09-26)
Contract award notice (2019-01-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œIrish Rail (Iร‰) invites applications from suitably qualified companies to participate in the pre-qualification process to award a contract for the supply...โ€    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œIrish Rail (Iร‰) invites applications from suitably qualified companies to participate in the pre-qualification process to award a contract for the supply...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 187-423485

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Supply and Delivery of Insulated Dry Block Joint Kits
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-12-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Name and address of the contractor
Name: LB Foster Rail Technologies (UK) Ltd
Postal address: Stamford Street,
Postal town: Sheffield,
Postal code: S9 2TX
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Phone: +44 1142562225 ๐Ÿ“ž
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.lbfoster.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Source: OJS 2019/S 018-039583 (2019-01-23)