Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2025-05-19
Buyer: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Country: IE
Region: IE061
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45111000 | 45111100 | 45112450 | 45112700
Estimated value: 100000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-09-01

Technical requirements: MetroLink will provide a high speed, high capacity, high frequency, modern and efficient public transport service for passengers travelling along the Swords/Airport to City Centre corridor in Dublin, which will be capable of integration with other modes of public transport. Further information on MetroLink is available at www.metrolink.ie/

In advance of the MetroLink main infrastructure works contracts, TII will commence the procurement of the Enabling Works Programme.  The Enabling Works Programme comprises the establishment of a suite of framework agreements and qualification systems select contractors to deliver enabling works which will commence in advance of the main infrastructure works contracts (in respect of civil engineering, tunnelling and station works).    The enabling works will include the removal and/or relocation of existing utilities, archaeology, heritage items (for storage/replacement) and buildings from site and undertaking other survey activities.    
To deliver the enabling and advance works for MetroLink, TII intends to establish 3 no. multi-party framework agreements as listed below each through a negotiated procedure with a prior call for competition.   
•	Enabling Works and Specialist Heritage Works Framework;
•	Utilities Framework; and
•	Civils Enabling Works Framework.
TII also intends to establish a qualification system for independent environmental monitoring and a qualification system for archaeology services as part of the Enabling Works Programme. 

The proposed duration of the framework agreements is 8 years with an option to extend for 4 years to facilitate the procurement of any associated works that may be required over the duration of the Frameworks.

This PIN is in connection with the Enabling Works and Specialist Heritage Works Framework.

The purpose of this PIN is to alert the market to TII’s intention to undertake market consultation and subsequently commence a procurement in Q3 2025.  

 It is anticipated that the prequalification documentation will be issued in Q3 2025 with the instructions to tenderers issued in Q4 2025 or Q1 2026.   TII intends to utilise the NEC4 Engineering Construction Contract (ECC) form of contracts for call offs placed under this  framework.

Interested parties can register their interest at https://www.etenders.gov.ie  Any interested parties wishing to respond to the market consultation in advance of procurement commencement, are required to send a request to the following email address supplychainmetrolink@tii.ie by 12:00hrs on the 23rd May 2025 seeking to be issued with a copy of the briefing pack for review and completion of the questionnaire contained within the pack.  The questionnaire is required to be completed in full and returned by the closing date of the 27th May 2025 by 12:00hrs to the following email address supplychainmetrolink@tii.ie.  Following receipt of completed questionnaires from interested parties, TII proposes to invite selected participants to provide further information by way of one-to-one clarification meetings  to be held on the 3rd , 4th and 5th June 2025.  To be deemed an interested party you must register your interest on supplychainmetrolink@tii.ie.   

TII intends to hold a webinar for the registered interested parties in relation to this  procurement on May 29th  2025 at 12:00hrs.  

TII previously issued a PIN in connection with the MetroLink Advance Works packages for market consultation (reference OJ S 217/2023 10/11/2023)
TII390_M110_Enabling Works and Specialist Heritage Works Framework for MetroLink