Dublin City Council Contract for Planned Preventative Maintenance for the Spire of Dublin 2025-2030

Tender description

Dublin City Council proposes to award a planned preventative maintenance contract for the Spire of Dublin. The maintenance contract is to have a duration of 5 years. The Spire is a 120m tall stainless steel monument constructed to commemorate the Millennium. It is situated in the median of O’Connell Street, Dublin, in an area with heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The superstructure consists of a tapered, hollow, stainless steel tubes over a small serviced underground chamber. Access to the underground chamber is via a hatch on the pavement and a ladder. The inside of the Spire contains various mechanical, electrical, water and drainage services. The Spire’s electricity supply is fed from an underground chamber approx. 80m north of the Spire. This chamber contains an ESB substation and an electrical room for the Spire. It is accessed via a hatch on the pavement and a spiral staircase. The successful tender must provide maintenance works and services for the Spire of Dublin. This is to include, but is not limited to, the following: • Cleaning and general upkeep of the Spire and its associated building fabric and its building services • Access equipment (including fall arrest systems, rescue kits etc.) • Water and drainage (including cold water supply system and rainwater collection system) • Electrical (including alarm systems, monitoring systems, control systems, communications systems, lightning protection system, lighting, LV supply and distribution systems, heating systems etc.) • Mechanical (including pumps, lifting equipment, tuned mass dampers etc.) • Structural (including RC basement, stainless steel superstructure, secondary structure, connections etc.) • Weekly attendances to carry out maintenance activities • Emergency call-outs In addition, the Contract also includes the following: • Measures to ensure compliance with all relevant H and S legislation and codes of practice • Attendances at monthly Client meetings • Effective management of all sub-contractors and sub-consultants • Specified repair and upgrade works Refer to Volume A - Works Requirements for full details of the required maintenance works and services. Please note that this project is subject to funding. For further information please refer to documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie Resource ID 5242136.