Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-10-17
Buyer: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 200000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-10-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail are re-publishing the Contract notice to advise the market that the previous notice TED Reference: 2022/S 243-698545 will now be a Single Party Framework Agreement . This was published in the Journal 14/12/2022. The purpose of this notice is to advise the market of this change in Contracting strategy and the re-qualified and shortlisted applicants from the previous Contract notice are not required to apply again.
This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann to establish a single party Framework Agreement for the procurement of the Multi-disciplinary consultant to support the delivery of the Preliminary Design, the Planning & Statutory Process, the Detailed Design & Tender Process and the Contract Award, Construction & Implementation Phases (Phases 3, 4,5, 6 & 7) of the IÉ Project Management Procedures (PMPs)) of elements of the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) programme.
Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail are re-publishing the Contract notice to advise the market that the previous notice TED Reference: 2022/S 243-698545 will now be a Single Party Framework Agreement . This was published in the Journal 14/12/2022. The purpose of this notice is to advise the market of this change in Contracting strategy and the re-qualified and shortlisted applicants from the previous Contract notice are not required to apply again.
This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann to establish a single party Framework Agreement for the procurement of the Multi-disciplinary consultant to support the delivery of the Preliminary Design, the Planning & Statutory Process, the Detailed Design & Tender Process and the Contract Award, Construction & Implementation Phases (Phases 3, 4,5, 6 & 7) of the IÉ Project Management Procedures (PMPs)) of elements of the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) programme.
It is anticipated that the services will be required for an initial period of 24 months with the option to extend by a period of up to 42 months subject to the delivery of Phases  at IÉ’s discretion.
The first call off on the proposed single party framework will be for Phases 3 & 4 , Phases 5, 6 & 7, shall be delivered using subsequent call offs under the framework utilising Options A, C or E as appropriate. The Framework will be established on the basis of the tendered sum for the first call and the tendered rates, which will form the basis of subsequent call off contracts.
The original Contract Notice remains valid and will be utilising that notice to progress the procurement on etenders. Iarnród Eireann will provide a strict timeline of 10 days for any interested party( other than those originally qualified under TED notice  2022/S 243-698545) to apply for this Framework Agreement as this was already published December 2022 in excess of the mandatory timelines.

Eligibility requirements: For full details, please see PQQ document at link provided.

Award value: 200000000