Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Under Sleeper Pads

Irish Rail

This contract is for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads.
The duration of the contract will be 1 year initially, with the option to renew annually for up to a maximum of 3 years.
The requirement will be the supply and delivery of up to 150 000 sleeper pads per annum.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-24. The procurement was published on 2021-04-16.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-04-16 Contract notice
2021-07-01 Contract award notice
2021-07-16 Qualification system with call for competition
2023-06-20 Additional information
Contract notice (2021-04-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Parts of sleepers
Reference number: 7743
Short description:
“This contract is for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads. The duration of the contract will be 1 year initially, with the option to renew...”    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Parts of sleepers 📦
Additional CPV: Railway-track construction materials and supplies 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Irish Rail
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New Works, Inchicore
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
E-mail: james.rattigan@irishrail.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=186774&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=186774&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-04-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-05-24 📅
Publication date: 2021-04-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 077-198557
Refers to notice: 2020/S 100-242647
OJ-S issue: 77

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This contract is for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads.”

“The duration of the contract will be 1 year initially, with the option to renew annually for up to a maximum of 3 years.”
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“The requirement will be the supply and delivery of up to 150 000 sleeper pads per annum.”

“This contract is for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads. The duration of the contract will be 1 year initially, with the option to renew annually...”    Show more
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals:
“The duration of the contract will be 1 year initially, with the option to renew annually for up to a maximum of 3 years.”
Name of EU-financed project or programme: May be required by projects financed by EU funds but it is not possible at this stage to identify these projects.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Portlaoise, Co. Laois.”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.”
Economic and financial standing:
“The economic and financial capacity of the entity must be established to the satisfaction of IE.”

“Applicants will be invited to complete a questionnaire (attached) which seeks company details; information on similar contracts undertaken with value,...”    Show more
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“For full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.”
Technical and professional ability:
“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

“For full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.”
Contract execution
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 IE's discretion, each member of the group will be required to...”    Show more
Contract performance conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached pre-qualification questionnaire.”

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: Irish Rail
Contact
Contact point: James Rattigan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=186774&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:
“Est April 2022 if extension options are not utilised and April 2023/April 2024 if they are.”

Complementary information
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 📠
Internet address: 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 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2021/S 077-198557 (2021-04-16)
Contract award notice (2021-07-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This contract is for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads. The duration of the contract will be one year initially, with the option to renew...”    Show more
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering and New Works
Postal code: Dublin 8
Postal town: Inchicore

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-01 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 128-340816
Refers to notice: 2021/S 077-198557
OJ-S issue: 128
Additional information

“This process will be replaced by a long term Qualification System (QS) where ad-hoc requirements will be mini-tendered to all companies who apply, meet the...”    Show more

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The duration of the contract will be one year initially, with the option to renew annually for up to a maximum of 3 years.”

“Advertised as a contract for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads for one year initially, with the option to renew annually for up to a maximum of 3 years.”    Show more
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“However this notice is now cancelled and will be replaced by a new notice in the coming weeks.”
Source: OJS 2021/S 128-340816 (2021-07-01)
Qualification system with call for competition (2021-07-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Reference number: 7794
Notice metadata
Document type: Qualification system with call for competition

Procedure
Procedure type: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Contact
E-mail: james.rattigan@irishrail.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193649&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193649&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-16 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-21 📅
Start date: 2021-09-01 📅
End date: 2026-08-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 139-371152
Refers to notice: 2021/S 128-340816
OJ-S issue: 139

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann for the establishment of a qualification system for the supply and delivery of under sleeper pads to its...”    Show more

“Iarnród Éireann proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified candidates to be appointed to a qualification system in order to participate in mini...”    Show more
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“The Qualification system will be established for a period of 5 years.”

“The requirement will be for the supply and delivery of up to an estimated 150 000 sleeper pads per annum.”
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Unable to identify at this time
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Portlaoise.”

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

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Source: OJS 2021/S 139-371152 (2021-07-16)
Additional information (2023-06-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann for the establishment of a Qualification System for the supply and delivery of Under Sleeper Pads to its...”    Show more
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Procurement, Engineering & New Works,

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-06-20 📅
Publication date: 2023-06-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 119-375183
Refers to notice: 2021/S 139-371152
OJ-S issue: 119

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann for the establishment of a Qualification System for the supply and delivery of Under Sleeper Pads to its...”    Show more

“Iarnród Éireann proposes to pre-qualify a number of suitably qualified candidates to be appointed to a Qualification System in order to participate in mini...”    Show more
Show more (2)
“The Qualification system will be established for a period of five years.”

“The requirement will be for the supply and delivery of up to an estimated 150,000 sleeper pads per annum.”
Source: OJS 2023/S 119-375183 (2023-06-20)