Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2025-10-07
Buyer: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Country: IE
Region: IE061
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 34600000 | 34620000 | 34630000 | 34640000 | 45210000: Building construction work
Estimated value: 9500000000 EUR

Technical requirements: MetroLink M500 Contract (a DBFOM contract comprising design and delivery of rail systems and other works, station fit-out, rolling stock, commissioning, park and ride, financing of such works and integrated MetroLink M500 Contract (a DBFOM contract comprising design and delivery of rail systems and other works, station fit-out, rolling stock, commissioning, park and ride, financing of such works and integrated operation and maintenance of the public passenger transport service).

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 

MetroLink will be procured under a series of public works and services contracts described in the Global PIN of 08 July 2025 including the Programme Delivery Partner (“PDP”) Contract and the M401/402 Main Civils Infrastructure Contracts.

M500 Contract:
The M500 Contract is an availability-based design, build, finance, operate and maintain (“DBFOM”) contract to appoint a project company (“M500 Contractor”) who will carry out design and construction, raise finance in respect of such construction, and subsequently provide the integrated operation and maintenance of the public passenger transport service. The M500 Contractor will be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and installation of the metro rolling stock, signalling system (at Grade of Operation 4 – an automated railway), a railway depot and maintenance facility, metro control centre building(s) together with the installation of all line-wide trackwork, overhead contact system, power and communication systems, mechanical and electrical systems including tunnel and station ventilation, people movement systems and the fit out and finishes in sixteen stations plus urban realm works. The M500 Contractor will be required to procure financing in respect of the abovementioned works, and following completion of the works, the M500 Contractor will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the MetroLink system as a whole. 

TII proposes to award an Early Services Agreement to the preferred tenderer for the M500 Contract, pursuant to which the preferred tenderer will be required to provide early services related to, inter alia, railway systems integration prior to financial close. 

This update is further to other previous publications concerning this project including: 
•	TED Reference: 441964-2025, a Global PIN released on 08 July 2025, related to the Programme Delivery Partner (PDP) Contract, M401/402 Main Civils Infrastructure Contracts and M500 Contract (DBFOM).
•	TED Reference: 518372-2024, released on 29 of August 2024, related to the M400 Main Civils Infrastructure Contracts. 
•	TED Reference: 509146-2024, released on 26 August 2024, related to the PDP Contract.
•	TED Reference: 557522-2023, released on 15 September 2023, related to the M500 Contract.
•	TED Reference: 208843-2022, released on 19 April 2022, related to the M500 Contract.
•	TED Reference: 536230-2019, released on 12 November 2019, related to MetroLink as a whole.
M500 Contract outline of scope:
The M500 Contract will comprise the delivery of the works, services and financing requirements described in Section 2 above.

In addition to those activities outlined in Section 2 above, the M500 Contract scope will include interfaces with the scope of the two M400 Main Civil Infrastructure Contracts, including the design and delivery of the station fit out works and of the mechanical and electrical plant equipment and associated services within sixteen stations within the shell and core structure that has been designed and built under the M400 Main Civil Infrastructure Contracts.

The M500 Contractor shall be required to deliver integrated operation and life-cycle maintenance of the metro system and all civil engineering structures (including as designed and constructed under the M400 Main Civil Infrastructure Contracts) for an anticipated service period of at least 22.5 years (following completion of the MetroLink works). 

An Information Document relating to draft proposals for the Dublin MetroLink M500 Contract (DBFOM) is provided in the etenders workspace available through the following link. 
https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/pmc/viewPmc.do?resourceId=6696998