Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Engineering Fasteners

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) operate a number of rolling stock fleets, for which standard and bespoke engineering fasteners are used to cover all running maintenance and heavy maintenance activities at all of its rolling stock maintenance facilities nationwide. The rolling stock maintenance facilities are located in Inchicore and Fairview (Dublin), Limerick, Cork, Drogheda and Portlaoise. IÉ now invites suitably qualified companies to participate in a tender process for the Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Fasteners into the Rail Industry.
The supply agreement will cover the supply of standard, bespoke and safety critical fasteners in various quantities and to numerous IÉ locations nationwide, IÉ intends to advertise this tender in individual lots (see lot details below):
Lot No. Description
1) General Purpose Fasteners;
2) Safety Critical Application Fasteners;
3) Bespoke Application Fasteners.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-06-30. The procurement was published on 2021-05-28.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-05-28 Contract notice
2021-07-01 Additional information
2022-03-28 Additional information
Contract notice (2021-05-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Fasteners
Reference number: 7626
Short description:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) operate a number of rolling stock fleets, for which standard and bespoke engineering fasteners are used to cover all running maintenance and heavy maintenance activities at all of its rolling stock maintenance facilities nationwide. The rolling stock maintenance facilities are located in Inchicore and Fairview (Dublin), Limerick, Cork, Drogheda and Portlaoise. IÉ now invites suitably qualified companies to participate in a tender process for the Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Fasteners into the Rail Industry. The supply agreement will cover the supply of standard, bespoke and safety critical fasteners in various quantities and to numerous IÉ locations nationwide, IÉ intends to advertise this tender in individual lots (see lot details below): Lot No. Description 1) General Purpose Fasteners; 2) Safety Critical Application Fasteners; 3) Bespoke Application Fasteners.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Fasteners 📦
Additional CPV: Threaded fasteners 📦
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: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Postal address: Connolly Station
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
E-mail: david.osullivan@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17034211 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190165&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190165&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-05-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-06-30 📅
Publication date: 2021-06-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 105-277700
Refers to notice: 2018/S 018-038016
OJ-S issue: 105

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) operate a number of rolling stock fleets, for which standard and bespoke engineering fasteners are used to cover all running maintenance and heavy maintenance activities at all of its rolling stock maintenance facilities nationwide. The rolling stock maintenance facilities are located in Inchicore and Fairview (Dublin), Limerick, Cork, Drogheda and Portlaoise. IÉ now invites suitably qualified companies to participate in a tender process for the Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Fasteners into the Rail Industry.
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The supply agreement will cover the supply of standard, bespoke and safety critical fasteners in various quantities and to numerous IÉ locations nationwide, IÉ intends to advertise this tender in individual lots (see lot details below):
Lot No. Description
1) General Purpose Fasteners;
2) Safety Critical Application Fasteners;
3) Bespoke Application Fasteners.
Estimated total value: 1 600 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: General Purpose Fasteners
Lot number: 1
Short description:
1) General Purpose Fasteners
Manufactured and certified to specified international standards.
2) Safety Critical Application Fasteners
Manufactured to specified international standards and subject to supplementary quality assurance checks as specified by IÉ.
3) Bespoke Application Fasteners
Manufactured to a standard prescribed by IÉ and subject to supplementary quality assurance checks as specified by IÉ.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend by an additional 12 months.
If option to extend is not exercised, the contract will be re-advertised in Q1 2024.
If option to extend is exercised, the contract will be re-advertised in Q1 2025.
Description of options: Option to extend by an additional 12 months.
Title of the lot: Safety Critical Fasteners
Lot number: 2
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Bespoke Fasteners
Lot number: 3
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR 💰
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Inchicore, Dublin 8.

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, dates, locations and contact names for reference, etc; applicants may be requested to provide supporting information such as balance sheets for the past three financial years.
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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 questionnaire which seeks company details to establish the entity’s technical capacity.
For full details, please download a copy of the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Accreditation to ISO 9001.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A group 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 necessary for this group to state a single addressee responsible for the receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems relating to the contract.
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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
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2021-07-23 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Contact
Contact point: David O'Sullivan
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=190165&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:
Contract will run for a 3-year period, with an option to extend by an additional 12 months..

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 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2021/S 105-277700 (2021-05-28)
Additional information (2021-07-01)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Non-threaded fasteners 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-07-06 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 128-340870
Refers to notice: 2021/S 105-277700
OJ-S issue: 128
Source: OJS 2021/S 128-340870 (2021-07-01)
Additional information (2022-03-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) operate a number of rolling stock fleets, for which standard and bespoke engineering fasteners are used to cover all running maintenance and heavy maintenance activities at all of its rolling stock maintenance facilities nationwide. The rolling stock maintenance facilities are located in Inchicore and Fairview (Dublin), Limerick, Cork, Drogheda and Portlaoise. IÉ now invites suitably qualified companies to participate in a tender process for the Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Fasteners into the Rail Industry. The supply agreement will cover the supply of standard, bespoke and safety critical fasteners in various quantities and to numerous IÉ locations nationwide, IÉ intends to advertise this tender in individual lots [see lot details below]: Lot No. Description 1 General Purpose Fasteners 2 Safety Critical Application Fasteners 3 Bespoke Application Fasteners
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Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Connolly Station,

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-04-01 📅
Publication date: 2022-04-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 065-172580
OJ-S issue: 65

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) operate a number of rolling stock fleets, for which standard and bespoke engineering fasteners are used to cover all running maintenance and heavy maintenance activities at all of its rolling stock maintenance facilities nationwide. The rolling stock maintenance facilities are located in Inchicore and Fairview (Dublin), Limerick, Cork, Drogheda and Portlaoise. IÉ now invites suitably qualified companies to participate in a tender process for the Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Fasteners into the Rail Industry.
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The supply agreement will cover the supply of standard, bespoke and safety critical fasteners in various quantities and to numerous IÉ locations nationwide, IÉ intends to advertise this tender in individual lots [see lot details below]:
Lot No. Description
1 General Purpose Fasteners
2 Safety Critical Application Fasteners
3 Bespoke Application Fasteners
Source: OJS 2022/S 065-172580 (2022-03-28)