9167 Contract for the Design and Build Of Spencer Dock

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Contractor for the Design and Build of Spencer Dock. 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.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-09-29. The procurement was published on 2025-05-13.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2025-05-13 Contract notice
2025-05-14 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-05-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 9167 Contract for the Design and Build Of Spencer Dock
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Contractor for the Design and Build of Spencer Dock. DART+ is a transformative programme of...”    Show more
Type of contract: works
Products/services: Construction work 📦
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Contractor for the Design and Build of Spencer Dock. DART+ is a transformative programme of...”    Show more
Additional products/services: Ground-drainage work 📦
Additional products/services: Ground investigation work 📦
Additional products/services: Dismantling works for military installations 📦
Additional products/services: Site-development work 📦
Additional products/services: Dismantling works 📦
Additional products/services: Excavating and earthmoving work 📦
Additional products/services: Trench-digging work 📦
Additional products/services: Soil-stripping work 📦
Additional products/services: Topsoil-stripping work 📦
Additional products/services: Infill and land-reclamation work 📦
Additional products/services: Site preparation work 📦
Additional products/services: Infill work 📦
Additional products/services: Soil-decontamination work 📦
Additional products/services: Reclamation of waste land 📦
Additional products/services: Excavation work at archaeological sites 📦
Additional products/services: Land rehabilitation work 📦
Additional products/services: Excavating work 📦
Additional products/services: Earthmoving work 📦
Additional products/services: Cut and fill 📦
Additional products/services: Landscaping work 📦
Additional products/services: Landscaping work for green areas 📦
Additional products/services: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work 📦
Additional products/services: Siteworks 📦
Additional products/services: Test drilling and boring work 📦
Additional products/services: Test drilling work 📦
Additional products/services: Test boring work 📦
Additional products/services: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work 📦
Additional products/services: Building construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport 📦
Additional products/services: Buildings associated with transport 📦
Additional products/services: Bus-stop shelter construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport 📦
Additional products/services: Demolition, site preparation and clearance work 📦
Additional products/services: Railway station construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Rail terminal building construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for bridges 📦
Additional products/services: Bridge construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Railway bridge construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Railway viaduct construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Culverts 📦
Additional products/services: Railway tunnel construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Tunnel linings construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork 📦
Additional products/services: Demolition work 📦
Additional products/services: Drainage construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Drainage and surface works 📦
Additional products/services: Drainage works 📦
Additional products/services: Railway construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Railway depot construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Demolition of tracks 📦
Additional products/services: Railway embankment construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Track construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Urban railway works 📦
Additional products/services: Partially underground railway works 📦
Additional products/services: Site preparation and clearance work 📦
Additional products/services: Urban railway track construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Ballast construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Level crossing construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for railways workshop 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for rail track sectioning cabins 📦
Additional products/services: Pile driving 📦
Additional products/services: Railway signalling works 📦
Additional products/services: Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work 📦
Additional products/services: Erection of railings 📦
Additional products/services: Erection of fencing 📦
Additional products/services: Blasting and associated rock-removal work 📦
Additional products/services: Installation of signalling equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subways 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subways 📦
Additional products/services: City railway construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Underground railway station 📦
Additional products/services: Railway traffic control software package 📦
Additional products/services: Railway traffic control software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Engineering design services 📦
Additional products/services: Overhead electrical equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Site-clearance work 📦
Additional products/services: Electrical wiring and fitting work 📦
Additional products/services: Electrical installation work of pumping equipment 📦
Additional products/services: High voltage installation work 📦
Additional products/services: Medium-voltage installation work 📦
Additional products/services: Low-voltage installation work 📦
Additional products/services: Locomotive-substations construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Railway-track construction materials and supplies 📦
Additional products/services: Sleepers and parts of sleepers 📦
Additional products/services: Road bridge construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads 📦
Additional products/services: Scrub-removal work 📦
Additional products/services: Road construction works 📦
Additional products/services: Road junction construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Roadworks 📦
Additional products/services: Road-maintenance works 📦
Additional products/services: Road-repair works 📦
Additional products/services: Surface work for roads 📦
Additional products/services: Flood-prevention works 📦
Additional products/services: Noise pollution protection services 📦
Additional products/services: Noise pollution monitoring services 📦
Additional products/services: Modular and portable buildings 📦
Additional products/services: Ground-stabilisation work 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Information about options
Options
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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-09-29 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

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...”    Show more
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 on the form of Contract with the Invitation to negotiate (ITN) at the ITN stage of this procurement process, to all...”    Show more

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: laura.andrade@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: 017034188 📞
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
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5647341 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5647341 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“See PQQ document attached”
Source: OJS 2025/S 092-311046 (2025-05-13)
Contract notice (2025-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Contractor for the Design and Build of Spencer Dock. DART+ is a transformative programme of...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by IE for the procurement of a Contractor for the Design and Build of Spencer Dock. DART+ is a transformative programme of...”    Show more

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: tbc@irishrail.ie 📧

Changes
Other additional information

“Detailed Description updated”
Source: OJS 2025/S 094-316539 (2025-05-14)