European Train Control System Level 1
Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
Supply of Onboard System & Associated Works for Fitment to the Irish Rail Train Fleet.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-01-31. The procurement was published on 2022-12-13.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts › Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Primary works for services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2022-12-13 | Contract notice |
| 2023-01-24 | Additional information |
| 2023-01-31 | Additional information |
| 2024-01-01 | Additional information |
| 2026-11-01 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2022-12-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Primary works for services
Reference number: 8154
Short description:
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Primary works for services 📦
Additional CPV: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment 📦
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: catherine.odonoghue@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17030000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=230685&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=230685&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-01-31 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 243-702584
OJ-S issue: 243
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 72 months
Name of EU-financed project or programme: As per this PQQ Requirement
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Technical and professional ability:
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
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: IE 4812851 O
Contact
Contact point: Catherine O'Donoghue
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=230685&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
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 2022/S 243-702584 (2022-12-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Primary works for services
Reference number: 8154
Short description:
Supply of Onboard System & Associated Works for Fitment to the Irish Rail Train Fleet.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Primary works for services 📦
Additional CPV: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment 📦
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: catherine.odonoghue@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17030000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=230685&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=230685&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-01-31 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 243-702584
OJ-S issue: 243
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 72 months
Name of EU-financed project or programme: As per this PQQ Requirement
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.
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.
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: IE 4812851 O
Contact
Contact point: Catherine O'Donoghue
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=230685&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
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 2022/S 243-702584 (2022-12-13)
Additional information (2023-01-24)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-24 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-02-07 📅
Publication date: 2023-01-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 020-054497
Refers to notice: 2022/S 243-702584
OJ-S issue: 20
Source: OJS 2023/S 020-054497 (2023-01-24)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-24 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-02-07 📅
Publication date: 2023-01-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 020-054497
Refers to notice: 2022/S 243-702584
OJ-S issue: 20
Source: OJS 2023/S 020-054497 (2023-01-24)
Additional information (2023-01-31)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-02-15 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 025-067824
OJ-S issue: 25
Source: OJS 2023/S 025-067824 (2023-01-31)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-02-15 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 025-067824
OJ-S issue: 25
Source: OJS 2023/S 025-067824 (2023-01-31)
Additional information (2024-01-01)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2024-01-01 📅
Publication date: 2024-01-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2024/S 004-007149
OJ-S issue: 4
Source: OJS 2024/S 004-007149 (2024-01-01)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2024-01-01 📅
Publication date: 2024-01-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2024/S 004-007149
OJ-S issue: 4
Source: OJS 2024/S 004-007149 (2024-01-01)
Contract award notice (2026-11-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: European Train Control System ETCS Level 1 Onboard
Reference number:
Short description:
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Railway equipment 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 95 223 807 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
Title: European Train Control System ETCS Level 1
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-09-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 95 223 807 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Alstom Transport Ireland Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Alstom Transport Ireland Ltd
National registration number:
Postal code: DO8 PY5E
Postal town: The Masonry, 151-156 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, DO8 PY5E
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Size of the economic operator: Large
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
Postal address: Inchicore
Postal code: Dublin 8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: catherine.odonoghue@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: 01-5756110 📞
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Railway services
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2026/S 213-762645 (2026-11-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: European Train Control System ETCS Level 1 Onboard
Reference number:
8154
Short description:
8154-To complete the retro-fit of the existing IÉ fleet with an onboard ETCS Class A train protection system. Complete the fitment of ETCS Level 1 Onboard equipment to 159 trains through the development of 6 Heads of Series or First in Class prototype trains, one for each of the existing train types in the IÉ fleet. However IÉ may seek to develop additional Heads of Series on other train types that may be required through the life of this contract. The scope of the contract will also include all of the necessary National and European safety approvals including Authorisation to Place on the Market (APOM) for each Head of Series and conformity to type of an approved vehicle for the remainder of each series.
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Products/services: Railway equipment 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 95 223 807 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
8154
Title: European Train Control System ETCS Level 1
Description of the procurement:
8154-to complete the retro-fit of the existing IÉ fleet with an onboard ETCS Class A train protection system. Complete the fitment of ETCS Level 1 Onboard equipment to 159 trains through the development of 6 Heads of Series or First in Class prototype trains, one for each of the existing train types in the IÉ fleet. However IÉ may seek to develop additional Heads of Series on other train types that may be required through the life of this contract. The scope of the contract will also include all of the necessary National and European safety approvals including Authorisation to Place on the Market (APOM) for each Head of Series and conformity to type of an approved vehicle for the remainder of each series.
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Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
8154
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-09-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 95 223 807 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
8154
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Alstom Transport Ireland Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Alstom Transport Ireland Ltd
National registration number:
536288
Postal code: DO8 PY5E
Postal town: The Masonry, 151-156 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, DO8 PY5E
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Size of the economic operator: Large
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
119571
Postal address: Inchicore
Postal code: Dublin 8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: catherine.odonoghue@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: 01-5756110 📞
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Railway services
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2026/S 213-762645 (2026-11-01)
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