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.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-09-29. The procurement was published on 2025-05-13.
Who? What?- • Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work › Siteworks
- • Buildings associated with transport › Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport › Rail terminal building construction work
- • Buildings associated with transport › Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport › Railway station construction work
- • Buildings associated with transport › Construction work for buildings relating to road transport › Bus-stop shelter construction work
- • Construction work for bridges › Bridge construction work › Railway bridge construction work
- • Construction work for bridges › Bridge construction work › Road bridge construction work
- • Construction work for bridges › Viaduct construction work › Railway viaduct construction work
- • Construction work for highways, roads › Road construction works › Road junction construction work
- • Construction work for highways, roads › Roadworks › Road-maintenance works
- • Construction work for highways, roads › Roadworks › Road-repair works
- • Construction work for tunnels, shafts and subways › Construction work for tunnels › Railway tunnel construction work
- • Construction work for tunnels, shafts and subways › Construction work for tunnels › Tunnel linings construction work
- • Construction work for tunnels, shafts and subways › Culverts
- • Demolition, site preparation and clearance work › Demolition work
- • Dismantling works › Dismantling works for military installations
- • Electrical installation work › Electrical wiring and fitting work
- • Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment › High voltage installation work
- • Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment › Low-voltage installation work
- • Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment › Medium-voltage installation work
- • Electricity supplies › Overhead electrical equipment
- • Engineering services › Engineering design services
- • Engineering works and construction works › Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subways
- • Excavating and earthmoving work › Cut and fill
- • Excavating and earthmoving work › Earthmoving work
- • Excavating and earthmoving work › Trench-digging work
- • Excavating work › Excavation work at archaeological sites
- • Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work › Erection of fencing
- • Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work › Erection of railings
- • Foundation work and water-well drilling › Foundation work › Pile driving
- • Industry specific software development services › Railway traffic control software development services
- • Industry specific software package › Railway traffic control software package
- • Infill and land-reclamation work › Infill work
- • Infill and land-reclamation work › Land rehabilitation work
- • Infill and land-reclamation work › Reclamation of waste land
- • Infill and land-reclamation work › Soil-decontamination work
- • Installation work of illumination and signalling systems › Installation of signalling equipment
- • Landscaping work › Landscaping work for green areas
- • Other electrical installation work › Electrical installation work of pumping equipment
- • Prefabricated buildings › Modular and portable buildings
- • Railway construction works › Ballast construction works
- • Railway construction works › Construction work for railways workshop › Construction work for rail track sectioning cabins
- • Railway construction works › Intercity railway works › City railway construction work
- • Railway construction works › Intercity railway works › Demolition of tracks
- • Railway construction works › Intercity railway works › Railway depot construction work
- • Railway construction works › Intercity railway works › Railway embankment construction work
- • Railway construction works › Intercity railway works › Railway signalling works
- • Railway construction works › Intercity railway works › Track construction works
- • Railway construction works › Level crossing construction works
- • Railway construction works › Locomotive-substations construction works
- • Railway construction works › Urban railway works › Partially underground railway works
- • Railway construction works › Urban railway works › Underground railway station
- • Railway construction works › Urban railway works › Urban railway track construction works
- • Railway equipment › Railway-track construction materials and supplies
- • Railway equipment › Sleepers and parts of sleepers
- • Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment › Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
- • River regulation and flood control works › Flood-prevention works
- • Services related to noise pollution › Noise pollution monitoring services
- • Services related to noise pollution › Noise pollution protection services
- • Sewer construction work › Drainage construction works › Drainage and surface works
- • Sewer construction work › Drainage construction works › Drainage works
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Blasting and associated rock-removal work › Site-clearance work
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Ground investigation work
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Ground-drainage work
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Ground-stabilisation work
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Primary works for services › Site-development work
- • Site preparation and clearance work › Scrub-removal work
- • Soil-stripping work › Topsoil-stripping work
- • Test drilling and boring work › Test boring work
- • Test drilling and boring work › Test drilling work
- • Various surface works › Surface work for roads
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
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:
Type of contract: Works
Products/services: Construction work 📦
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Maximum renewals: 0
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
Lot Identification Number:
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: 2025-09-29 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
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
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: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number:
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 🌏
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 🏙️
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)
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 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.
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Products/services: Construction work 📦
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
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Culverts
📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Maximum renewals: 0
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 ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
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 🗣️
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
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 on the form of Contract with the Invitation to negotiate (ITN) at the ITN stage of this procurement process, to all Applicants who prequalify for the ITN stage of the process
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 🌏
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 🏙️
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:
Description
Description of the procurement:
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: tbc@irishrail.ie 📧
Changes
Other additional information
Detailed Description updated
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 88079a83-17f2-4d13-9b8b-0df42dee634e-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 094-316539 (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 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. The successful Contractor shall develop the design of the new Spencer Dock Station, through detailed design to Approved for Construction status. The Contractor shall subsequently construct the works, much of which is below ground, test and commission all systems they install and provide as-built documentation and drawings accurately detailing the works as constructed.The construction of this new landmark station at Spencer Dock, adjacent to the existing Spencer Dock Luas stop will offer a seamless interchange with the Luas network. With significantly more frequent services on all routes, the new Spencer Dock station will improve access in to the Docklands area. The existing Docklands Station will be decommissioned upon the completion of new Spencer Dock station. This contract shall include the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of M and E and Telecoms systems within the station confines, including (but not limited to) station lighting, HVAC systems, fire detection and suppression systems, low voltage power, CCTV, public address systems, customer information systems and help points. Where necessary, these systems shall connect to communications networks to allow remote monitoring / control of these assets.
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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 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. The successful Contractor shall develop the design of the new Spencer Dock Station, through detailed design to Approved for Construction status. The Contractor shall subsequently construct the works, much of which is below ground, test and commission all systems they install and provide as-built documentation and drawings accurately detailing the works as constructed.The construction of this new landmark station at Spencer Dock, adjacent to the existing Spencer Dock Luas stop will offer a seamless interchange with the Luas network. With significantly more frequent servies on all routes, the new Spencer Dock station will improve access in to the Docklands area. The existing Docklands Station will be decommissioned upon the completion of new Spencer Dock station. This contract shall include the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of M and E and Telecoms systems within the station confines, including (but not limited to) station lighting, HVAC systems, fire detection and suppression systems, low voltage power, CCTV, public address systems, customer information systems and help points. Where necessary, these systems shall connect to communications networks to allow remote monitoring / control of these assets.
Show more
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: tbc@irishrail.ie 📧
Changes
Other additional information
Detailed Description updated
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 88079a83-17f2-4d13-9b8b-0df42dee634e-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 094-316539 (2025-05-14)
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