Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services

This is a call to competition by IE for Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services. Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following; (1) welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F formats or approved equivalent. (2) Electric Arc Welding …

CPV: 50220000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment, 50225000 Railway-track maintenance services, 71311230 Railway engineering services, 71631470 Railway-track inspection services
Place of execution:
Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services
Awarding body:
Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Award number:
8214

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Legal type of the buyer : Public undertaking
Activity of the contracting entity : Railway services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services
Description : This is a call to competition by IE for Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services. Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following; (1) welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F formats or approved equivalent. (2) Electric Arc Welding Track Repairs; for rail defects such as squats, wheel burns, gauge corner cracking – all personnel to be certified in both manual and automatic flux cored and stick welding for carbon, Manganese, and HP335 rail (3) Grinding repair to Plain Rail, switches & crossings in carbon, tri-metal zone (TMZ) Manganese and HP335 steel. (4) Competent in use of Abrasive Wheels for profile grinding and cutting of plain line rail and in points & crossings. (5) Pre and Post point care inspections, repairs and weld repairs. (6) Point care maintenance and renewals works. The work will take place at various locations throughout the Irish Rail Network on day and night shifts.
Procedure identifier : 62b08a08-ed24-42b5-925a-2dd91928478c
Previous notice : 149764-2023
Internal identifier : 8214
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 50220000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/25/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services
Description : This is a call to competition by IE for Rail Welding, Repair and Track Inspection Services (the “Contract”). The following types of services will be required:- Iarnród Éireann requires a company to provide services in the following; (1) welding of Rails in situ using the thermit welding process under SoW5 and SmW-F formats or approved equivalent. (2) Electric Arc Welding Track Repairs; for rail defects such as squats, wheel burns, gauge corner cracking – all personnel to be certified in both manual and automatic flux cored and stick welding for carbon, Manganese, and HP335 rail (3) Grinding repair to Plain Rail, switches & crossings in carbon, tri-metal zone (TMZ) Manganese and HP335 steel. (4) Competent in use of Abrasive Wheels for profile grinding and cutting of plain line rail and in points & crossings. (5) Pre and Post point care inspections, repairs and weld repairs. (6) Point care maintenance and renewals works. The work will take place at various locations throughout the Irish Rail Network on day and night shifts.
Internal identifier : 8214

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 50220000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 50225000 Railway-track maintenance services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71311230 Railway engineering services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71631470 Railway-track inspection services
Options :
Description of the options : The Contract the subject of this competition is a contract for 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to 2 additional years at IE’s discretion

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 07/12/2023
Duration : 60 Month

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
The buyer reserves the right for additional purchases from the contractor, as described here : Extension 2 years

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Mediation organisation : Central Office of the High Court
Review organisation : Central Office of the High Court
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Central Office of the High Court
Organisation signing the contract : Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
TED eSender : Mercell eTenders
TED eSender : Publications Office of the European Union

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 35 000 000 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : GPX Rail
Tender :
Tender identifier : GPX Rail
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
Value of the tender : 35 000 000 Euro
The tender was ranked : yes
Rank in the list of winners : 1
The tender is a variant : no
Country of origin of the product or the service : Ireland
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 8214 Supply of Rail
Date on which the winner was chosen : 06/12/2023
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 07/12/2023
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Organisation signing the contract : Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 2

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Registration number : IE 4812851 O
Postal address : Connolly Station,
Town : Dublin
Postcode : Dublin
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Contact point : Noel Coss
Telephone : +353 17031775
Internet address : http://www.irishrail.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation signing the contract

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Central Office of the High Court
Registration number : 00000000
Postal address : Four Courts
Town : Dublin 7
Postcode : D07 N972
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 18886511
Fax : +353 18886125
Internet address : http://www.courts.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
Mediation organisation

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : Mercell eTenders
Registration number : 0000000000
Town : oslo
Postcode : Askekroken 11
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

8.1 ORG-0005

Official name : GPX Rail
Registration number : 471330
Town : Naas Co Kildare
Postcode : W91 AK7C
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Extra-Regio NUTS 3 ( NOZZZ )
Country : Ireland
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 96885b58-05e9-48fb-8b42-dcf5a0738fce - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 23/10/2024 14:40 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00649322-2024
OJ S issue number : 209/2024
Publication date : 25/10/2024