Long Term Contract for the Supply of Hardwood Timber Railway Sleepers and Bearers

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by Irish Rail for the supply and delivery of hardwood timber sleepers and bearers for delivery to Portlaoise Sleeper Factory, Co. Laois on an ad-hoc basis.
This will be a 3-year fixed price contract.
A copy of the specification is attached to this notice along with a pre- qualification questionnaire that must be completed and uploaded onto eTenders by the stated closing date.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-09-18. The procurement was published on 2019-08-14.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2019-08-14 Contract notice
2019-08-19 Additional information
2020-01-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-08-14)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnrรณd Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New works, Inchicore
Postal town: Dublin 8
Postal code: D08 K6Y3
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Martin Egan
E-mail: martin.egan@irishrail.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=152266&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=152266&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œLong Term Contract for the Supply of Hardwood Timber Railway Sleepers and Bearers 7351โ€
Products/services: Hardwood ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThis is a call to competition by Irish Rail for the supply and delivery of hardwood timber sleepers and bearers for delivery to Portlaoise Sleeper Factory,...โ€    Show more

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Additional products/services: Timber products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Railway-track construction materials ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Railway materials ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Sleepers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Portlaoise.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThis is a call to competition by Irish Rail for the supply and delivery of hardwood timber sleepers and bearers for delivery to Portlaoise sleeper factory,...โ€    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
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds:
โ€œMay be required for projects financed by EU funds โ€” it is not possible at this stage to identify these projectsโ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œFor full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.โ€
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œThe economic and financial capacity of the entity must be established to the satisfaction of IE. Applicants will be invited to complete a questionnaire...โ€    Show more
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œThe technical competence of the entity, its employees and processes must be established to the satisfaction of IE. Applicants will be invited to complete a...โ€    Show more
Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œGrouping if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity, or alternatively at Iarnrรณd ร‰ireann's discretion,each member of the group will be...โ€    Show more
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œFor full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.โ€

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2016/S 162-292663
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-09-18 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: August 2022.
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886511 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886511 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2019/S 158-391637 (2019-08-14)
Additional information (2019-08-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThis is a call to competition by Irish Rail for the supply and delivery of hardwood timber sleepers and bearers for delivery to Portlaoise Sleeper Factory,...โ€    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 158-391637

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.1.4)
Place of text to be modified: Short description
Old value
Text: This will be a 3-year fixed price contract.
New value
Text:
โ€œThis will be a 3-year contract. with the option available to extend for up to 2 additional years.โ€
Source: OJS 2019/S 160-395205 (2019-08-19)
Contract award notice (2020-01-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThis is a call to competition by Irish Rail for the supply and delivery of hardwood timber sleepers and bearers for delivery to Portlaoise Sleeper Factory,...โ€    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThis is a call to competition by Irish Rail for the supply and delivery of hardwood timber sleepers and bearers for delivery to Portlaoise Sleeper Factory,...โ€    Show more
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options: With the option available to extend for up to 2 additional years.

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 158-391637

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œLong Term Contract for the Supply of Hardwood Timber Railway Sleepers and Bearersโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-01-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Trackwork Ltd
Postal address: OF PO BOX 139 Sandall Lane, Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate
Postal town: Doncaster
Postal code: DN3 1WZ
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.trackwork.co.uk ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2020/S 024-054920 (2020-01-31)