Supply of Rolling Stock Dampers

Tender description

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) undertake both running maintenance and heavy maintenance on their fleets of Electrical Multiple Units (EMU), Diesel Multiple Units (DMU), Locomotive and Carriages at a number of maintenance facilities in the Republic of Ireland. As part of these maintenance activities, IÉ have an ongoing requirement for the supply of Rolling Stock Dampers for use in bogie and pantograph applications. Over the next 5 years, IÉ estimate that they will require up to 10,000 units across 16 different damper types (i.e. Yaw, Lateral, Vertical, Transversal and Pantograph) to cover both heavy maintenance and casualty repair activities. At present, IÉ have dampers from a number of different manufactures fitted to the above referenced fleets (MSA, KONI, SACHS) and it is the intention of IÉ to award contracts in lots for the supply of dampers on the basis of fleet type so that dampers are fitted in pairs for consistency; Lot 1 – Locomotive (201 Class and 071 Class) – Yaw, Vertical, Horizontal Lot 2 – 8500 EMU – Yaw, Vertical, Horizontal Lot 3 – MK4 Passenger Carriage – Yaw, Vertical, Horizontal Lot 4 – 29000 DMU - Yaw, Vertical, Horizontal Lot 5 – 22000 DMU - Yaw, Vertical, Horizontal Lot 6 – 8100 EMU - Yaw, Vertical, Horizontal