Overhaul and Repair of Ni-Cad Batteries

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company capable of overhauling and repairing trainset Batteries on all IE’s fleets including Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) and Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) and locomotives.
The successful tenderer will be required to collect batteries from IÉ’s Depots, overhaul or repair them in accordance with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) recommendations.and return them. Typical overhauls will include but not limited to: individual battery cell voltage check, battery clean, tightening torque of battery, battery coating repair, battery test and battery cell change.
IE will be responsible for removing the battery sets from the rolling stock and for refitting them following completion of the overhaul/repair.
All work on the batteries is to be done at the contractor’s premises. Indicative requirements are expected be in the region of approximately 120 vehicle battery sets to be overhauled per year of the contract.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-10-16. The procurement was published on 2020-09-11.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-09-11 Contract notice
2020-10-14 Additional information
2021-03-11 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-09-11)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Postal address: Connolly Station
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tony Lambert
Phone: +353 17033681 📞
E-mail: tony.lambert@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
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=173832&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=173832&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Overhaul and Repair of Ni-Cad Batteries 7505
Products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment 📦
Short description:
“IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company capable of overhauling and repairing trainset Batteries on all IE’s fleets including...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 850 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Railway transport services 📦
Additional products/services: Support services for railway transport 📦
Additional products/services: Railway engineering services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the procurement of overhaul and repair services for NiCad Batteries (the ‘Contract’). IÉ wishes to...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 850 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“IE intend to issue a 3-year contract with the option to extend by 1 additional year entirely at IE's discretion.”
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“IE wish to only deal with the most suitable candidates resulting from this pre-qualification process.”
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted
Information about options
Options
Description of options: Option to extend by 1 year at IE's discretion.

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 having joint and several liability with the members of the group. It will become...”    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
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-10-16 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-10-30 📅
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: 6

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: October 2020
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
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 180-435618 (2020-09-11)
Additional information (2020-10-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company capable of overhauling and repairing trainset Batteries on all IE’s fleets including...”    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 180-435618

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Lot Identification Number: 1
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-10-16 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-10-30 📅
Time: 12:00
Other additional information

“Due to Covid-19 impact on standard business operations — Iarnród Éireann have decided to extend the PQQ submission date by 2 weeks. The new submission date...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 203-494736 (2020-10-14)
Contract award notice (2021-03-11)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact person: David O'Sullivan
Phone: +353 17034211 📞
E-mail: david.osullivan@irishrail.ie 📧

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company capable of overhauling and repairing trainset Batteries on all IE’s fleets including...”    Show more
Description
Main site or place of performance: Inchicore, Dublin 8.
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) for the procurement of overhaul and repair services for NiCad Batteries (the ‘Contract’). IÉ wishes to...”    Show more
Information about options
Description of options: Option to extend by 12 months at IE's discretion.

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 180-435618

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Overhaul and Repair of Ni-Cad Batteries
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-03-04 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: HBL NiCad Batteries (UK) Ltd
National registration number: GB824274826
Postal address: Unit 30-33, Webb Ellis Bsn Park, Woodside Park, Rugby
Postal town: Warwickshire
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 1788553577 📞
E-mail: chris@hblnicad.co.uk 📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.hblnicad.co.uk 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2021/S 052-131956 (2021-03-11)