Independent Safety Assessor

Iarnrod Eireann — Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has a requirement to engage an Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) for the TPS Trackside Project (IEHS). The selected Independent Safety Assessor will be asked to produce an ISA Plan against this remit. The ISA is required to fulfil the roles of an Assessment Body under the Common Safety Method on Risk Assessment and Evaluation [CSM 352/2009] and an independent assessor (IA) under the Railway Safety Act 2005 [RSA].
The ISA is required to independently assess designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s TPS Trackside Contractor and ensure that these designs align with the independently assessed designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s IEHS On-Board contractor. In addition, the ISA shall also assess the TPS/IEHS project as a single complete project which encompasses both the trackside and on-board works. The overall integration will be provided in the trackside ISA Reports.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-03-22. The procurement was published on 2019-02-18.

Who?

• Iarnrod Eireann — Irish Rail

What?

• Boxes and lockers › Lockers › Safety cases
• Business and management consultancy services › Safety consultancy services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-02-18	Contract notice
2019-03-19	Additional information

Contract notice (2019-02-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Safety consultancy services
Reference number: 7198
Short description:

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has a requirement to engage an Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) for the TPS Trackside Project (IEHS). The selected Independent Safety Assessor will be asked to produce an ISA Plan against this remit. The ISA is required to fulfil the roles of an Assessment Body under the Common Safety Method on Risk Assessment and Evaluation [CSM 352/2009] and an independent assessor (IA) under the Railway Safety Act 2005 [RSA]. The ISA is required to independently assess designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s TPS Trackside Contractor and ensure that these designs align with the independently assessed designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s IEHS On-Board contractor. In addition, the ISA shall also assess the TPS/IEHS project as a single complete project which encompasses both the trackside and on-board works. The overall integration will be provided in the trackside ISA Reports.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Safety consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Safety cases 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Iarnrod Eireann — Irish Rail
Postal address: Procurement, CIE Works
Postal code: Inchicore
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
E-mail: tommy.conlon@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17033539 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=142317&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=142317&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-02-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-03-22 📅
Publication date: 2019-02-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 037-084236
OJ-S issue: 37
Additional information

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The ISA is required to independently assess designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s TPS Trackside Contractor and ensure that these designs align with the independently assessed designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s IEHS On-Board contractor. In addition, the ISA shall also assess the TPS/IEHS project as a single complete project which encompasses both the trackside and on-board works. The overall integration will be provided in the trackside ISA Reports.

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has a requirement to engage an Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) for the TPS Trackside Project (IEHS). It is intended to engage an Independent Safety Assessor with experience within the early part of 2019.

The duration of the contract is approximately 5 years. The selected Independent Safety Assessor will be asked to produce an ISA Plan against this remit. The ISA is required to fulfil the roles of an Assessment Body under the Common Safety Method on Risk Assessment and Evaluation [CSM 352/2009] and an independent assessor (IA) under the Railway Safety Act 2005 [RSA].

The documents produced by the ISA will be submitted to the I's Infrastructure Management Safety Approval Panel, as a supporting document to the Project Safety Plan, and to the Railway Safety Commission, as a supporting document to the Project Safety Plan, Generic and Specific Safety Cases. The ISA is required to independently assess designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s TPS Trackside Contractor and ensure that these designs align with the independently assessed designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s IEHS On-Board contractor. In addition, the ISA shall also assess the TPS/IEHS project as a single complete project which encompasses both the trackside and on-board works. The overall integration will be provided in the trackside ISA Reports.

Duration: 60 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Economic and financial standing:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Minimum level(s) of standards:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Technical and professional ability:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Contract performance conditions:

As listed in the Pre-Qualification Question which is available for downloading on www.etender.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tommy Conlon
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=142317&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2019/S 037-084236 (2019-02-18)

Additional information (2019-03-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has a requirement to engage an Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) for the TPS Trackside Project (IEHS). The selected Independent Safety Assessor will be asked to produce an ISA Plan against this Remit. The ISA is required to fulfil the roles of an assessment body under the Common Safety Method on Risk Assessment and Evaluation [CSM 352/2009] and an Independent Assessor (IA) under the Railway Safety Act 2005 [RSA]. The ISA is required to independently assess designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s TPS Trackside contractor and ensure that these designs align with the independently assessed designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s IEHS on-board contractor. In addition, the ISA shall also assess the TPS/IEHS project as a single complete project which encompasses both the Trackside and on-board works. The overall integration will be provided in the trackside ISA Reports.

Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Safety cases 📦

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
Postal address: Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-03-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-04-12 📅
Publication date: 2019-03-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 058-135265
Refers to notice: 2019/S 037-084236
OJ-S issue: 58
Additional information
An updated PQQ will be available on www.etenders.gov.ie

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The ISA is required to independently assess designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s TPS Trackside contractor and ensure that these designs align with the independently assessed designs and documentation produced by Iarnród Éireann’s IEHS on-board contractor. In addition, the ISA shall also assess the TPS/IEHS project as a single complete project which encompasses both the Trackside and on-board works. The overall integration will be provided in the trackside ISA Reports.

Source: OJS 2019/S 058-135265 (2019-03-19)

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