Closed tender

P-3233 Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Enterprise Fleet Auto Coupler Overhaul

Details

Buyer: Translink
Value: £300,000
Topic: Railway carriages
Published: 25 June 2025
Submission: 11 September 2025
Source: uk:ni-etenders

Tender description

Translink - Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) seeks a competent contractor to overhaul approximately 50 couplers of Type 815B – 800kn. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published25 June 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date11 September 2025

About the buyer

Translink operates Northern Ireland's public bus, rail and Metro services, and buys as a local transport group with its own procurement department. This department covers Ulsterbus, Northern Ireland Railways and Citybus under one function. Strategic sourcing for the wider Group also sits within this team. The department holds Centre of Procurement Expertise status, one of nine in Northern Ireland. Live notices are also flagged on Twitter under the #TranslinkB2B tag. A Supplier Hub gives current suppliers a single access point for tender opportunities.

Over the past 5 years, most of Translink's contract awards have been in transport equipment, construction work and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@translink.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@translink.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@translink.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@translink.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@translink.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@translink.gov