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. 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. A published Sustainable Procurement Strategy, developed with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, shapes purchasing decisions across the business.

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.

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