9164 Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Design and Build Electrification Contractor for DART+
Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Design and Build Electrification Contractor by way of a single supplier Framework Agreement, one Contractor will be the sole supplier. DART+ is a transformative programme of projects that aims to modernise and improve existing rail services in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). The DART network will increase from 50 kilometres to 150 kilometres transforming commuter train travel in the Greater Dublin Area. It will provide a sustainable, electrified, reliable and more frequent rail service improving capacity in all rail corridors serving Dublin, bringing DART travel with all its benefits to new and existing communities. The provision of a new electrified fleet will improve capacity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This framework shall include the detailed design, installation, testing and commissioning (as appropriate) of the following: Installation of new OHLE equipment (1500V DC), masts and associated cabling to connect into traction substations, lineside feeds Associated civil works to facilitate connections, masts and lineside feeds Electrification (traction power), construction and fit out of 25 No. 38kV substations and compound, and electricity supply interface New SCADA system. Further information in relation to the framework can be found in the Memorandum of Information and PQQ. IE will be using the E Tenders portal to manage this procurement exercise, and no other method of submission will be accepted. Note a Periodic Indicative Notice was previously published on 20/12/24 reference OJ S 248/2024 regarding this opportunity.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-10-06. The procurement was published on 2025-05-13.
Who? What?- โข Buildings associated with transport โบ Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport โบ Rail terminal building construction work
- โข Buildings associated with transport โบ Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport โบ Railway station construction work
- โข Demolition, site preparation and clearance work โบ Site preparation and clearance work
- โข Electrical installation work โบ Electrical wiring and fitting work
- โข Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment โบ High voltage installation work
- โข Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment โบ Low-voltage installation work
- โข Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment โบ Medium-voltage installation work
- โข Electricity supplies โบ Overhead electrical equipment
- โข Engineering services โบ Engineering design services
- โข Other electrical installation work โบ Electrical installation work of pumping equipment
- โข Railway construction works โบ Intercity railway works โบ City railway construction work
- โข Railway construction works โบ Intercity railway works โบ Track construction works
- โข Railway construction works โบ Locomotive-substations construction works
- โข Railway construction works โบ Urban railway works โบ Partially underground railway works
- โข Railway construction works โบ Urban railway works โบ Urban railway track construction works
- โข Railway equipment โบ Railway-track construction materials and supplies
- โข Railways traffic-control equipment โบ Electrical signalling equipment for railways
- โข Railways traffic-control equipment โบ Mechanical signalling
- โข Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment โบ Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-13 | Contract notice |
| 2025-05-14 | Contract notice |
| 2025-06-04 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2025-05-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 9164 Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Design and Build Electrification Contractor for DART+
Short description:
Type of contract: Works
Products/services: Construction work ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 12 years
Maximum renewals: 0
Information about options
Options โ
Description of options:
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-10-06 12:00:00 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Description
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
A guarantee is required โ
A certain legal form must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract โ
The contract has performance execution conditions โ
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: See PQQ document attached
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnrรณd Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
Postal address: Inchicore
Postal code: Dublin 8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: laura.andrade@irishrail.ie ๐ง
Phone: 017034188 ๐
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.irishrail.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Railway services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5538873 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5538873 ๐
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
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Name and addresses
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: See PQQ document attached
Source: OJS 2025/S 092-309167 (2025-05-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 9164 Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Design and Build Electrification Contractor for DART+
Short description:
This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Design and Build Electrification Contractor by way of a single supplier Framework Agreement, one Contractor will be the sole supplier. DART+ is a transformative programme of projects that aims to modernise and improve existing rail services in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). The DART network will increase from 50 kilometres to 150 kilometres transforming commuter train travel in the Greater Dublin Area. It will provide a sustainable, electrified, reliable and more frequent rail service improving capacity in all rail corridors serving Dublin, bringing DART travel with all its benefits to new and existing communities. The provision of a new electrified fleet will improve capacity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This framework shall include the detailed design, installation, testing and commissioning (as appropriate) of the following: Installation of new OHLE equipment (1500V DC), masts and associated cabling to connect into traction substations, lineside feeds Associated civil works to facilitate connections, masts and lineside feeds Electrification (traction power), construction and fit out of 25 No. 38kV substations and compound, and electricity supply interface New SCADA system. Further information in relation to the framework can be found in the Memorandum of Information and PQQ. IE will be using the E Tenders portal to manage this procurement exercise, and no other method of submission will be accepted. Note a Periodic Indicative Notice was previously published on 20/12/24 reference OJ S 248/2024 regarding this opportunity.
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Products/services: Construction work ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
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Urban railway works
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Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 12 years
Maximum renewals: 0
Information about options
Options โ
Description of options:
More information regarding contract duration and renewals will be published at ITN stage to the shortlisted suppliers.
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-10-06 12:00:00 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Description
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
The proposed framework is intended to support the delivery of multiple projects within the DART+ Programme, each of which progresses on an individual timeline and is subject to its own Railway Order (RO). Railway Orders are valid for 10 years and are granted to specific projects rather than the programme as a whole.
As the approval and implementation timelines for each project are staggered, the framework must remain valid across the full lifecycle of all projects it is intended to support. To ensure continuity and efficient delivery without the need for repeated procurement processes, the framework will have a duration of approximately 12 years.
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Tenderers may submit more than one tender
A guarantee is required โ
A certain legal form must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract โ
The contract has performance execution conditions โ
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
The form of Contract will be issued with the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) at the ITN stage of this procurement process, to all Applicants who pre-qualify for the ITN stage of the process
Deposits and guarantees required: See PQQ document attached
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: See PQQ document attached
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
This information will be issued with the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) at the ITN stage of this procurement process, to all Applicants who pre-qualify for the ITN stage of the process
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnrรณd Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
119571
Postal address: Inchicore
Postal code: Dublin 8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: laura.andrade@irishrail.ie ๐ง
Phone: 017034188 ๐
URL: https://www.irishrail.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.irishrail.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Railway services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5538873 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5538873 ๐
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
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Name and addresses
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: See PQQ document attached
Source: OJS 2025/S 092-309167 (2025-05-13)
Contract notice (2025-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-09-24 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: tbc@irishrail.ie ๐ง
Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
: tbc@irishrail.ie ๐ง
Changes
Other additional information
Deadline for submission is 24/09/2025, as per PQQ documents.
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 7c62d50a-4af6-4a29-bbbb-fbfda881a5a1-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 093-313391 (2025-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-09-24 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: tbc@irishrail.ie ๐ง
Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
: tbc@irishrail.ie ๐ง
Changes
Other additional information
Deadline for submission is 24/09/2025, as per PQQ documents.
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 7c62d50a-4af6-4a29-bbbb-fbfda881a5a1-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 093-313391 (2025-05-14)
Contract notice (2025-06-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 550 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Changes
Other additional information
Value amended as per Etenders CfT screen.
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 7bab0b1e-17b7-4386-b48e-791acf2b411f-02
Source: OJS 2025/S 107-364267 (2025-06-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 550 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Changes
Other additional information
Value amended as per Etenders CfT screen.
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 7bab0b1e-17b7-4386-b48e-791acf2b411f-02
Source: OJS 2025/S 107-364267 (2025-06-04)
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