Design of Aerial Fibre Optical Cables System
Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
The Contracting Entity intends to procure a Supply and Services contract for the supply of fibre optic cables and associated design support services. It is proposed that the Contract will include (non-exhaustive list – high level scope):
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-10-30. The procurement was published on 2024-09-25.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Aerial and related services › Aerial forest-firefighting services
- • Aerial and related services › Aerial spraying services
- • Ammunition › Ammunition for aerial warfare
- • Antenna installation work › Radio aerial installation work
- • Antenna installation work › Television aerial installation work
- • Artificial fibres › Artificial staple fibres
- • Astronomical and optical instruments › Optical microscopes
- • Astronomical and optical instruments › Specialist optical instruments
- • Communications network › Telecommunications network
- • Computer storage units › Optical-disk drives
- • Construction and ancillary works for telephone and communication lines › Erection of aerials › Ancillary works for telecommunications
- • Data entry services › Optical character recognition services
- • Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software development services › Document creation software development services › Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services
- • Electrical installation work › Installation of telecommunications equipment
- • Fibre pens
- • Fibre-optic materials › Fibre-optic connections
- • Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment › Repair and maintenance services of telecommunications lines
- • Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment › Telecommunications-infrastructure maintenance services
- • Map-making services › Aerial mapping services
- • Miscellaneous construction materials in wood › Fibreboard
- • Optical readers › Optical-character-recognition equipment
- • Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software package › Optical reading system
- • Optical-fibre cables › Optical telecommunication cables
- • Optical-fibre cables › Optical-fibre cables for data transmission
- • Optical-fibre cables › Optical-fibre cables for information transmission
- • Parts of sound and video equipment › Aerials and reflectors
- • Photographic services › Aerial photography services
- • Polarising material › Fibre-optic apparatus
- • Polarising material › Optical aids
- • Polarising material › Optical filters
- • Printed circuits › Semiconductors › Optical coupled isolators
- • Repair and maintenance services of audio-visual and optical equipment › Repair and maintenance services of optical equipment
- • Signal generators, aerial signal splitters and electroplating machines › Aerial signal splitters
- • Small craft › Fibreglass dinghies
- • Storage media › Optical disks
- • Synthetic rubber and fibres › Synthetic fibres
- • Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services › Air-to-ground telecommunications services
- • Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services › Integrated telecommunications services
- • Telecommunications cable and equipment › Telecommunications cable
- • Telecommunications cable and equipment › Telecommunications equipment
- • Telecommunications cable and equipment › Telecommunications facilities
- • Telecommunications cable and equipment › Telecommunications system
- • Telecommunications equipment and supplies › Wireless telecommunications system
- • Televisions › Television aerials
- • Textile yarn and thread › Artificial textile fibres
- • Textile yarn and thread › Natural textile fibres
- • Textile yarn and thread of natural fibres › Sewing thread and yarn of natural fibres
- • Textile yarn and thread of natural fibres › Vegetable textile-fibre yarn
- • Unmanned aerial vehicles › Unmanned combat aerial vehicles
- • Extra-Regio NUTS 2 › Extra-Regio NUTS 3
- • Northern Ireland › Belfast
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2024-09-25 | Contract notice |
| 2026-10-27 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2024-09-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Design of Aerial Fibre Optical Cables System
Short description:
Products/services: Television aerials 📦
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 800 000 EUR 💰
Additional products/services:
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Reduction of environmental Impacts
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included because the procurement is not intended for use by natural persons
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Main site or place of performance: 0000
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance:
Maximum renewals: 2
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Description
Place of performance: Belfast 🏙️
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-10-30 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
A guarantee is required ✅
A certain legal form must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract ✅
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Financial Ability
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Performance
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
National registration number:
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin
Postal code: D02 KT92
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: na@na.na 📧
Phone: 0000000 📞
URL: https://www.esb.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.esb.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Electricity
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4378433 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4378433 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
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
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2024/S 188-579352 (2024-09-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Design of Aerial Fibre Optical Cables System
Short description:
The Contracting Entity intends to procure a Supply and Services contract for the supply of fibre optic cables and associated design support services. It is proposed that the Contract will include (non-exhaustive list – high level scope):
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Television aerials 📦
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 800 000 EUR 💰
Additional products/services:
+ 66 more
Reduction of environmental Impacts
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included because the procurement is not intended for use by natural persons
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Main site or place of performance: 0000
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance:
Belfast
🏙️
Extra-Regio NUTS 3
🏙️
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Description
Place of performance: Belfast 🏙️
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-10-30 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
A guarantee is required ✅
A certain legal form must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract ✅
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Financial Ability
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Performance
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
National registration number:
ESB
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin
Postal code: D02 KT92
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: na@na.na 📧
Phone: 0000000 📞
URL: https://www.esb.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.esb.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Electricity
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4378433 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4378433 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
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
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2024/S 188-579352 (2024-09-25)
Contract award notice (2026-10-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 800 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 4 200 000 EUR 💰
Description
Additional products/services:
Place of performance:
Extra-Regio NUTS 3
🏙️
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-10-13 📅
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement ✅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 9 800 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Tratos Cavi UK Ltd
National registration number:
Postal address: Radway Point, Radway Road
Postal code: SN3 4ND
Postal town: Swindon
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: lukasz.kudzia@tratoscavi.com 📧
Phone: +48517743969 📞
URL: www.tratosgroup.com 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Extra-Regio NUTS 3 🏙️
Phone: 0000000000 📞
Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Tender document
Source: OJS 2026/S 209-746325 (2026-10-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 800 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 4 200 000 EUR 💰
Description
Additional products/services:
+ 66 more
Extra-Regio NUTS 3
🏙️
Extra-Regio NUTS 3
🏙️
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
460660
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-10-13 📅
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement ✅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 9 800 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000160548
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Tratos Cavi UK Ltd
National registration number:
03971894
Postal address: Radway Point, Radway Road
Postal code: SN3 4ND
Postal town: Swindon
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: lukasz.kudzia@tratoscavi.com 📧
Phone: +48517743969 📞
URL: www.tratosgroup.com 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Extra-Regio NUTS 3 🏙️
Phone: 0000000000 📞
Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Tender document
Source: OJS 2026/S 209-746325 (2026-10-27)
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