Long Term Contract for the Provision of Rail Flaw Detection Services

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann requires the services of a competent contractor to test the rail over its network for defects. The service required involves the provision of trained operators and equipment to scan the rail network to detect both internal and rolling contact surface defects and to provide reports and analysis to Iarnród Éireann.
The existing contract for these services will expire in May 2020.
Iarnród Éireann proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified candidates to participate in a tender process for the provision of rail flaw detection services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-10-29. The procurement was published on 2019-09-24.

Who?

What?

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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-09-24 Contract notice
Contract notice (2019-09-24)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New Works Building, Inchicore
Postal town: Dublin 8
Postal code: D08 K6Y3
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Martin Egan
E-mail: martin.egan@irishrail.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://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=154354&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=154354&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Long Term Contract for the Provision of Rail Flaw Detection Services 7371
Products/services: Railway-track inspection services 📦
Short description:
“Iarnród Éireann requires the services of a competent contractor to test the rail over its network for defects. The service required involves the provision...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Railway-track maintenance services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Throughout the IE Rail Network.
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the long term supply of rail flaw detection services. IÉ operates a railway network of over 2 274...”    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: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“This contract will operate for a period of 3 years with an option to extend annually for a further 2 years.”
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“This contract will operate for a period of 3 years with an option to extend annually for a further 2 years.”
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:
“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
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2015/S 165-302275
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-10-29 12:00 📅
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: 60

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
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 185-451398 (2019-09-24)