Fibre Optic and Copper Cable Maintenance Support

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

The Signaling Electrical and Telecoms Department (SET) of Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) wish to enter into a 4 year agreement with a specialist company [Single Contractor] to provide maintenance and installation support for the following services:
— Fibre Maintenance Team,
— Fibre Test Team,
— Fibre Cabling and Ducting Team,
— Copper Cable Maintenance Team,
— Copper Cable Test Team,
— Copper Cabling and Ducting Team.
All services shall be available on a 24 hour, 7 day week basis to assist with rectifying faults on the Trackside Fibre Optic and Copper Cable Networks covering the entire Rail Network of Iarnród Éireann. The Successful Contractor will be expected to provide an “On Call“ Service to the Client. Details of the “On Call “arrangements must be submitted and will be evaluated.
Contractor to include detail of On Call Service, providing 24/7, 365 days of the year.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-03-14. The procurement was published on 2019-02-12.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-02-12 Contract notice
2019-07-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-02-12)
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: David O'Sullivan
Phone: +353 17034211 📞
E-mail: david.osullivan@irishrail.ie 📧
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=142195&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=142195&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Fibre Optic and Copper Cable Maintenance Support 7229
Products/services: Telecommunications-infrastructure maintenance services 📦
Short description:
“The Signaling Electrical and Telecoms Department (SET) of Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) wish to enter into a 4 year agreement with a specialist company [Single...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 800 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Fibre-optic materials 📦
Additional products/services: Fibre-optic connections 📦
Additional products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Maintenance and repair of data network equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Maintenance of data network equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Repair of data network equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Repair and maintenance services of telecommunications lines 📦
Additional products/services: Telephone network maintenance services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Signaling Electrical and Telecoms Department (SET) of Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) wish to enter into a 4 year agreement with a specialist company [Single...”    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 800 000 💰
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:
“Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) wish to enter into an agreement with a specialist company [Single Contractor] to provide support services for fibre optic and copper...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-03-14 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2019-04-04 📅
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: Contract will run for a 4 year period
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 033-075543 (2019-02-12)
Contract award notice (2019-07-31)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Signaling Electrical and Telecoms Department (SET) of Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) wish to enter into a 4-year agreement with a specialist company [single...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Signaling Electrical and Telecoms Department (SET) of Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) wish to enter into a 4-year agreement with a specialist company [single...”    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 033-075543

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Fibre Optic and Copper Cable Maintenance Support
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-07-26 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: KN Network Services
National registration number: 303841
Postal address: KN Group, GHQ, Cloverhill Industrial Estate. Clond
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 22
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14575000 📞
E-mail: tenders@knns.ie 📧
Fax: +353 14575001 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.kngroup.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2019/S 148-365896 (2019-07-31)