Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Maintenance and Inspection Services

Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath

The requirement is for the inspection, servicing and certification of emergency lighting and fire alarm systems at various Dublin Bus premises in Dublin. The contract will be for a three-year term with the option to extend for a further 2 no. 12-month extensions upon agreement by both parties. The work is to be carried out in accordance with Irish standard I.S. 3217 and I.S. 3218, to include both the quarterly and annual inspection requirements detailed in the standards. The contractor must provide Dublin Bus with test and certification certificates after each inspection and must develop and maintain a service history of the systems and equipment for each of the locations involved. Test certification must be left on local fire register file after each service and the register’s contractor log signed off. The electronic copy of each test certificate must be emailed into the Clerk of Works Dept within 1 weeks of each site visit. Following inspections, the contractor is to report to the Bus Átha Cliath supervisor/manager in each location regarding any missing or non-serviceable units needing replacement and then to the Clerk of Works Department at Broadstone. Items requiring immediate action are to be agreed with the local supervisor. The Clerk of Works Department will authorise regarding the supply of any new equipment.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-09. The procurement was published on 2026-02-06.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2026-02-06 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-02-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Maintenance and Inspection Services
Short description:
“The requirement is for the inspection, servicing and certification of emergency lighting and fire alarm systems at various Dublin Bus premises in Dublin....”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 800 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The requirement is for the inspection, servicing and certification of emergency lighting and fire alarm systems at various Dublin Bus premises in Dublin....”    Show more
Additional products/services: Fire-alarm system installation work 📦
Additional products/services: Burglar and fire alarms 📦
Additional products/services: Emergency lighting equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Lighting systems 📦
Additional products/services: Emergency and security equipment 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 36 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-09 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-09 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7465670
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators

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:
“Contract”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“EFT”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Conditions of tendering”

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath
National registration number: 119569
Postal address: Second Floor, International House, 3 Harbourmaster Place
Postal code: D01 K8F1
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: chris.quinlan@dublinbus.ie 📧
Phone: 7033472 📞
URL: https://www.dublinbus.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dublinbus.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Urban railway/light rail, metro, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7465670 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7465670 🌏

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 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 027-090917 (2026-02-06)