9227 - Purchase of Rolling Stock Recovery Cradle

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company for the design and manufacture of three emergency rolling stock recovery cradles for use on all Irish Rail (IÉ) fleet types, with the option for the procurement of an additional fourth cradle. These items are deemed to be of a safety critical nature by the Safety Management System within the Chief Mechanical Engineering department The cradles must be capable of supporting axle loads of up to 22.5T and be compatible with all Irish Rail fleet types. They must be easily transportable to recovery locations. The cradle must be capable of operating in multi-axle recovery scenarios, supporting 2-3 axles on the same bogie. Deliverables also include a first-in class inspection and testing at IÉ site and on-site training for 20 personnel. The supplier must provide certification for use and support Irish Rail in the approval and implementation process.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-05-14. The procurement was published on 2025-04-14.

Who?

• Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

What?

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-04-14	Contract notice
2025-04-15	Contract notice

Contract notice (2025-04-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 9227 - Purchase of Rolling Stock Recovery Cradle
Short description:
“IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company for the design and manufacture of three emergency rolling stock recovery cradles for use...”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation 📦
Description
Description of the procurement:
“IÉ wishes to procure the services of a suitably experienced company for the design and manufacture of three emergency rolling stock recovery cradles for use...”
Additional products/services: Industrial machinery 📦
Additional products/services: Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts 📦
Additional products/services: Rolling stock 📦
Additional products/services: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Automotive elements 📦
Additional products/services: Rail locomotives and tenders 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous transport equipment and spare parts 📦
Additional products/services: Loadbearing equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Railway equipment 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
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: 2025-05-14 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“n/a”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“N/A”

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: tbc@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: (01) 836 6222 📞
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=5480547 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5480547 🌏

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:
“n/a”
Source: OJS 2025/S 074-245370 (2025-04-14)

Contract notice (2025-04-15)
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-05-15 12:00:00 📅

Changes
Other additional information

“Tender submission deadline amendment. Submission deadline is 15/05/2025.”
Source: OJS 2025/S 075-249089 (2025-04-15)

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