Supply of New Wagon Fleet
Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a new fleet of “type approved” wagons through a Framework Agreement for up to 400 wagons over a 10-year term.
IÉ anticipates the initial order will be for approx. 200 wagons wagons including a sub-fleet of up to 30 ore wagons.
IÉ is considering operating new wagon fleets at higher speeds & incorporating more efficient & safer technologies e.g., two pipe air brakes, disc brakes , latch / buckeye couplers with integral buffing capability
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-11-11. The procurement was published on 2022-10-14.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Large containers › Standard freight containers
- • Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons › Railway freight wagons
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2022-10-14 | Contract notice |
| 2022-12-22 | Additional information |
| 2023-05-31 | Additional information |
| 2025-05-09 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2022-10-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Railway freight wagons
Reference number: 7928
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Railway freight wagons 📦
Additional CPV: Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons 📦
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: conor.doyle@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17034182 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223724&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223724&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-11-11 📅
Publication date: 2022-10-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 202-576373
OJ-S issue: 202
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated total value: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 120 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
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: Conor Doyle
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=223724&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 202-576373 (2022-10-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Railway freight wagons
Reference number: 7928
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a new fleet of “type approved” wagons through a Framework Agreement for up to 400 wagons over a 10-year term.
IÉ anticipates the initial order will be for approx. 200 wagons wagons including a sub-fleet of up to 30 ore wagons.
IÉ is considering operating new wagon fleets at higher speeds & incorporating more efficient & safer technologies e.g., two pipe air brakes, disc brakes , latch / buckeye couplers with integral buffing capability
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Railway freight wagons 📦
Additional CPV: Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons 📦
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: conor.doyle@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17034182 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223724&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223724&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-11-11 📅
Publication date: 2022-10-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 202-576373
OJ-S issue: 202
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a new fleet of “type approved” wagons through a Framework Agreement for up to 400 wagons over a 10-year term.
IÉ anticipates the initial order will be for approx. 200 wagons wagons including a sub-fleet of up to 30 ore wagons.
IÉ is considering operating new wagon fleets at higher speeds & incorporating more efficient & safer technologies e.g., two pipe air brakes, disc brakes , latch / buckeye couplers with integral buffing capability
Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 120 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
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: Conor Doyle
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=223724&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 202-576373 (2022-10-14)
Additional information (2022-12-22)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Standard freight containers 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-22 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 249-727361
Refers to notice: 2022/S 202-576373
OJ-S issue: 249
Additional information
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Standard freight containers 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-22 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 249-727361
Refers to notice: 2022/S 202-576373
OJ-S issue: 249
Additional information
Please note the change to section 5.1 of the attached Pre Qualification Questionnaire, relating to the minimum financial requirements.
Source: OJS 2022/S 249-727361 (2022-12-22)
Additional information (2023-05-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-05-31 📅
Publication date: 2023-06-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 106-331414
OJ-S issue: 106
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Source: OJS 2023/S 106-331414 (2023-05-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a new fleet of “type approved” wagons through a Framework Agreement for up to 400 wagons over a 10-year term.
IÉ anticipates the initial 1st Call-Off Order will be for approx. 150 - 200 wagons wagons, the breakdown of which will be decided closer to the time of ordering.
IÉ is considering operating new wagon fleets at higher speeds & incorporating more efficient & safer technologies e.g., two pipe air brakes, disc brakes , latch couplers with integral buffing capability and brake connections
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Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-05-31 📅
Publication date: 2023-06-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 106-331414
OJ-S issue: 106
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
IÉ anticipates the initial 1st Call-Off Order will be for approx. 150 - 200 wagons wagons, the breakdown of which will be decided closer to the time of ordering.
IÉ is considering operating new wagon fleets at higher speeds & incorporating more efficient & safer technologies e.g., two pipe air brakes, disc brakes , latch couplers with integral buffing capability and brake connections
Contract award notice (2025-05-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of New Wagon Fleet
Reference number:
Short description:
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Railway freight wagons 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 120 months
Maximum renewals: 0
Title
Lot Identification Number:
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: 2025-04-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: WH Davis Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: WH Davis Ltd
National registration number:
Postal address: Langwith Road, Langwith Junction, Mansfield,
Postal code: NG20 9SA
Postal town: Nottinghamshire
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
Postal address: Connolly Station,
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: Conor Doyle
E-mail: conor.doyle@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17034182 📞
URL: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Railway services
Complementary information
Body responsible for mediation procedures
National registration number:
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review body
Same as: Body responsible for mediation procedures
Source: OJS 2025/S 091-307327 (2025-05-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of New Wagon Fleet
Reference number:
7928
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a new fleet of “type approved” wagons through a Framework Agreement for up to 400 wagons over a 10-year term. IÉ anticipates the initial order will be for approx. 200 wagons wagons including a sub-fleet of up to 30 ore wagons. IÉ is considering operating new wagon fleets at higher speeds & incorporating more efficient & safer technologies e.g., two pipe air brakes, disc brakes , latch / buckeye couplers with integral buffing capability
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Products/services: Railway freight wagons 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 120 months
Maximum renewals: 0
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0000
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-0000
Contract Number:
7928
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2025-04-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 120 000 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
WH Davis Ltd
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0000
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: WH Davis Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: WH Davis Ltd
National registration number:
01797397
Postal address: Langwith Road, Langwith Junction, Mansfield,
Postal code: NG20 9SA
Postal town: Nottinghamshire
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
IE 4812851 O
Postal address: Connolly Station,
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: Conor Doyle
E-mail: conor.doyle@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17034182 📞
URL: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Railway services
Complementary information
Body responsible for mediation procedures
National registration number:
0
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review body
Same as: Body responsible for mediation procedures
Source: OJS 2025/S 091-307327 (2025-05-09)
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