Contract for the Long Term Supply and Delivery of Fixed and Friction Type Buffer Stops

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the procurement of fixed and friction type buffer stops.
IÉ invites applications from suitably qualified companies to participate in the pre-qualification process for the proposed tender for the supply and delivery of fixed and friction type buffer stops.
A copy of IE's technical specification for friction and fixed type buffer stops is attached to this notice along with a check list of what must be submitted with all pre-qualification applications.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-24. The procurement was published on 2020-06-18.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-18 Contract notice
2021-02-13 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-18)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Postal address: Procurement Dept, Engineering & New Works Building, Inchicore
Postal town: Dublin 8
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=168693&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=168693&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Contract for the Long Term Supply and Delivery of Fixed and Friction Type Buffer Stops 7535”
Products/services: Railway materials 📦
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the procurement of fixed and friction type buffer stops. IÉ invites applications from suitably...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Railway materials 📦
Additional products/services: Railway equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Railway-track construction materials 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the procurement of fixed and friction type buffer stops. IÉ invites applications from suitably...”    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:
“Contract for 36 months, with the option available to IE to renew annually for up to an additional 2 years.”
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“Supply of non-standard friction or fixed buffer stop variants i.e. designed to suit curvature, hydraulic buffers, etc Technical assistance and support on an...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds:
“Some buffers procured may be related to 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 Irish Rail‘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 011-021678
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-07-24 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: June 2023 — or June 2024/June 2025 if the renewal options are utilised.
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 2020/S 119-290360 (2020-06-18)
Contract award notice (2021-02-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Procurement Dept, Engineering and New Works Building, Dublin 8
Postal town: Inchicore

Object
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the procurement of fixed and friction type buffer stops. IÉ invites applications from suitably...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 800
Information about options
Description of options:
“Supply of non-standard friction or fixed buffer stop variants i.e. designed to suit curvature, hydraulic buffers, etc. Technical assistance and support on...”    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 119-290360

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Contract for the Long Term Supply and Delivery of Fixed and Friction Type Buffer Stops”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-01-25 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Klose GmbH
National registration number: DE814342280
Postal address: Brookstraße 5
Postal town: Mettingen
Postal code: D-49497
Country: Germany 🇩🇪
Region: Deutschland 🏙️
URL: www.klosegmbh.de 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2021/S 034-083835 (2021-02-13)