Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Under Sleeper Pads

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by IE for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads to its sleeper factory in Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Iarnród Éireann proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified candidates to participate in the tender process for the supply of under sleeper pads.
In year one of the contract IE estimate the production of between 60 000 to 80 000 concrete railway sleepers that will require under sleeper pads.
This will be a fixed price contract for 1 year, with the option available to extend for 1 additional year.
A pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) is available to download and must be completed as directed and uploaded onto eTenders before the stated closing date.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-10-18. The procurement was published on 2019-09-13.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-09-13 Contract notice
2020-05-22 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-09-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New Works Building
Postal town: Dublin 8
Postal code: D08 K6Y3
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=153834&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=153834&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Under Sleeper Pads 7318
Products/services: Parts of sleepers 📦
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads to its sleeper factory in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Iarnród Éireann...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Railway-track construction materials and supplies 📦
Additional products/services: Railway-track construction materials 📦
Additional products/services: Railway materials 📦
Additional products/services: Sleepers and parts of sleepers 📦
Additional products/services: Sleepers 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Portlaoise.
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads to its sleeper factory in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Iarnród Éireann...”    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: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“12 months fixed priced contract with the option available to extend the contract for an additional 12 months with same price.”
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“12 months fixed priced contract with the option available to extend the contract for an additional 12 months with same price.”
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds:
“May be required for projects financed by EU funds — it is not possible at this stage to identify these projects.”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.”
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“The economic and financial capacity of the entity must be established to the satisfaction of IE. Applicants will be invited to complete a questionnaire...”    Show more
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“The technical competence of the entity, its employees and processes must be established to the satisfaction of IE. Applicants will be invited to complete a...”    Show more
Conditions for participation
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 Éireann‘s discretion, each member of the group will be...”    Show more
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-10-18 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: September 2021.
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 179-437224 (2019-09-13)
Contract award notice (2020-05-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads to its sleeper factory in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Iarnród Éireann...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads to its sleeper factory in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Iarnród Éireann...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Specification compliance of the proposed under sleeper pad
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Quality criterion (name): Delivery programme — lead time for delivery of 40,000 pads
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion (name): Cost — delivery of 40 000 pads
Cost criterion (weighting): 800

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 179-437224

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Under Sleeper Pads
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-05-11 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH
Postal address: Herrenau 5
Postal town: Bürs
Postal code: 6706
Country: Austria 🇦🇹
E-mail: info.buers@getzner.com 📧
Region: Österreich 🏙️
URL: https://www.getzner.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2020/S 100-242647 (2020-05-22)