Stale Pre-tender

PIN for the Design and Build of Wicklow Rail Capacity Enhancement (WCE) – BEMU Charging Infrastructure System

Details

Buyer: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Value: €25,000,000
Topic: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment
Published: 25 September 2025
Source: ie:e_tenders

Tender description

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is issued to inform the market of a forthcoming procurement opportunity and to provide advance visibility to potential suppliers for the design and build of battery train charging infrastructure at Wicklow Station, County Wicklow. The project is one part of the Wicklow Rail Capacity Enhancement project and will support the operation of Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail’s new Battery Electric Multiple Unit (BEMU) fleet operating on the east coastline. Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail intends to initiate a procurement process in the near future for this Work Package 2 (Reference: 9548). This PIN is not a call for competition but serves to alert the market and facilitate early engagement. Interested parties are advised to monitor the official procurement portal, eTenders, where the formal Contract Notice will be published in due course. Please see the attached document 'WP2 IE WCE Prior Information Notice PIN v3 24.09.2025' for further detailed information.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published25 September 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail operates Ireland's passenger and freight rail network as a subsidiary of CIÉ, with its own procurement department. Tenders are advertised on eTenders, the Irish government's official tendering platform. Procurement covers the goods, services and works needed to keep the network running safely. A Chief Civil Engineer oversees infrastructure works such as track, bridges and stations. Suppliers sign up to standard terms and conditions and a code of conduct set by the company. A published Sustainable Procurement Strategy, developed with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, shapes purchasing decisions across the business.

€29.5bn was the estimated value of contracts awarded across the Irish public sector in 2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

34630000 · Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment
34632300 · Electrical installations for railways
45200000 · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
45213320 · Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport
45213321 · Railway station construction work
45220000 · Engineering works and construction works
45230000 · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork
45234000 · Construction work for railways and cable transport systems
45234100 · Railway construction works
45234110 · Intercity railway works
71311230 · Railway engineering services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail.gov