Supply and Delivery of end Threaded Cold Drawn High Tensile Steel Wire

Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the supply and delivery of of high tensile steel wire, to be used in the manufacture of sleepers, to its sleeper factory in Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
IE proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified candidates to participate in the tender process for the supply of supply and delivery of of high tensile steel wire.
It is proposed to award a 1 year fixed price contract with the option to extend annually up to a maximum of 3 years.
Prices in years 2 and 3 will be subject to indexation.
A pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) is available for download and must be fully completed and returned as directed.
A required information checklist is also available for download which advises what information must be returned along with the actual completed PQQ.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-03. The procurement was published on 2019-11-27.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-11-27 Contract notice
2021-03-22 Contract award notice
2021-10-20 Qualification system with call for competition
2023-06-20 Additional information
Contract notice (2019-11-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Rail
National registration number: Irish Rail
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: 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=157908&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157908&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply and Delivery of end Threaded Cold Drawn High Tensile Steel Wire 7406
Products/services: Parts of sleepers 📦
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the supply and delivery of of high tensile steel wire, to be used in the manufacture of sleepers,...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Steel 📦
Additional products/services: Railway-track construction materials 📦
Additional products/services: Railway materials 📦
Additional products/services: Sleepers and parts of sleepers 📦
Additional products/services: Iron or steel threaded articles 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Portlaoise.
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the supply and delivery of of high tensile steel wire, to be used in the manufacture of sleepers,...”    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:
“It is proposed to award a 1 year fixed price contract with the option to extend annually up to a maximum of 3 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:
“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
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 107-244742
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-03 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-01-22 📅
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: 12

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
“November 2020 if the option to extend the contract is not taken by IE, otherwise will be November 2021 or 2022.”
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 231-567685 (2019-11-27)
Contract award notice (2021-03-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply and Delivery of End Threaded Cold Drawn High Tensile Steel Wire 7406
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE) for the supply and delivery of of high tensile steel wire, to be used in the manufacture of sleepers,...”    Show more
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.”

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 231-567685

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Supply and Delivery of End Threaded Cold Drawn High Tensile Steel Wire
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-03-15 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Pretensados Del Norte
Postal address: Miravalles, 4, 01013
Postal town: Vitoria-Gasteiz
Country: Spain 🇪🇸
Region: España 🏙️
URL: http://www.pretenorte.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2021/S 060-152827 (2021-03-22)
Qualification system with call for competition (2021-10-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Postal address: Engineering & New Works Building, Procurement
Postal town: Inchicore
Postal code: Dublin 8
Contact person: James Rattigan
E-mail: james.rattigan@irishrail.ie 📧
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=200320&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=200320&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply & delivery of end threaded cold drawn high tensile steel wire 7854
Products/services: Steel 📦
Description
Additional products/services: Cable, wire and related products 📦
Additional products/services: Mild steel 📦
Additional products/services: Structural steelworks 📦
Main site or place of performance: Portlaoise
Description of the procurement:
“Supply & delivery of end threaded cold drawn high tensile steel wire to Portlaoise. Iarnród Éireann proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified...”    Show more
Duration
Start date: 2021-10-21 📅
End date: 2026-10-19 📅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.”

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 060-152827
Source: OJS 2021/S 207-542877 (2021-10-20)
Additional information (2023-06-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Supply & delivery of end threaded cold drawn high tensile steel wire to Portlaoise. Iarnród Éireann proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified...”    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 207-542877

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: I.3
Place of text to be modified: Communication
Old value
Text: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=200320&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
New value
Text: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/dps/prepareViewCfTDPSWS.do?resourceId=1790106
Source: OJS 2023/S 119-371675 (2023-06-20)