Track Welding Services

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following:
(1) welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F formats or approved equivalent;
(2) Electric Arc Welding Track Repairs; for rail defects such as squats, wheel burns, gauge corner cracking – all personnel to be certified in both manual and automatic flux cored and stick welding for carbon, Manganese, and HP335 rail;
(3) Grinding repair to Plain Rail, switches and crossings in carbon, tri-metal zone (TMZ) Manganese and HP335 steel;
(4) Competent in use of Abrasive wheels for profile grinding and cutting of plain line rail and in points and crossings;
(5) Pre and Post point care inspections, repairs and weld repairs;
(6) Point care maintenance and renewals works.
The work will take place at various locations throughout the Irish Rail Network on day and night shifts.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-09-17. The procurement was published on 2018-09-04.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-09-04 Contract notice
2019-03-12 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-09-04)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Procurement, CIE Works,
Postal town: Dublin 8
Postal code: Inchicore
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Robert O'Hara
Phone: +353 7031762 📞
E-mail: bobby.ohara@irishrail.ie 📧
Fax: +353 7031777 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=134713&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Track Welding Services 7123
Products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment 📦
Short description:
“Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following: (1) welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 600 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Railway engineering services 📦
Additional products/services: Railway-track inspection services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following: (1) welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 600 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“Contract will run from November for 4 years with the option of extending by a further 1 year.”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: To be advised at tender stage.
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: To be advised at tender stage.
Conditions for participation

“Note; All personell carrying out the above services must be certified and competent in accordance with BS EN ISO 15613:2004, I.S. EN 15594:2009, IS EN...”    Show more
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please complete attached Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Please complete 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 Iarnród Éireanns discretion, each member of the group will be...”    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 087-196281
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2018-09-17 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2018-09-21 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
“4 years time, if option of extension of a further 1 year is not implemented by Irish Rail”
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrars, Four Courts
Postal town: Inns Quay Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2018/S 171-389386 (2018-09-04)
Contract award notice (2019-03-12)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following: 1) Welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following: 1) Welding of rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Contract management methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Support structure
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 70

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 171-389386

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Track Welding Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-01-14 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
Name and address of the contractor
Name: GPX Rail Ltd
Postal address: Dunbrody, Campile
Postal town: New Ross
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 867744602 📞
E-mail: info@gpxrail.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: www.gpxrail.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2019/S 053-123345 (2019-03-12)