Supply of Standard, Bespoke and Safety Critical Engineering Fasteners

Description

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) is seeking to enter into a long term supply agreement with a specialist company with a demonstrable track record in the supply of standard and bespoke engineering fasteners in a safety critical application. The supply agreement will cover all running maintenance and heavy maintenance activities at all of its rolling stock maintenance facilities nationwide. The rolling stock maintenance facilities are located in Inchicore and Fairview (Dublin), Limerick, Cork, Drogheda and Portlaoise. Engineering fasteners are classified as being safety critical under the IÉ safety management system and as such, the successful applicant will be required to demonstrate that their supply chain is fully auditable and that their own internal quality management systems are robust and designed to ensure that only a best in class product is consistently supplied. Accordingly, and prior to any contract award, IÉ will undertake an audit of the preferred bidders organisation to verify and substantiate any information provided under ‘Quality Management’ as part of their pre-qualification application. The Contract will require a designated engineering/technical resource to be available to IÉ both inside and outside of normal business hours to ensure that a consistent service delivery is maintained. The Contract will require a weekly site visit to each of IÉ’s engineering locations by its nominated technical resource to monitor the supply chain and to provide regular feedback to IÉ. The successful company will be required to attend regular technical meetings and to provide independent technical input into the selection of engineering fasteners and the development of work instructions. The contract will be for an initial term of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year at the discretion of IÉ.