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1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Iarnród Éireann
Legal type of the buyer: Public undertaking
Activity of the contracting entity: Railway services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Signalling and Train Control System
Description: Signalling and Train Control System
Procedure identifier: 3a4b5eaf-a5df-4b37-9013-64a5c17dc0ed
Type of procedure: Negotiated without prior call for competition
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Supplies
Main classification (cpv): 34632000 Railways traffic-control equipment
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country: Ireland
Anywhere in the given country
2.1.4.
General information
Legal basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: Signalling and Train Control System
Description: Signalling and Train Control System
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Supplies
Main classification (cpv): 34632000 Railways traffic-control equipment
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country: Ireland
Anywhere in the given country
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Start date: 12/06/2026
Duration end date: 31/12/2028
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: No strategic procurement
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system:
No dynamic purchase system
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: Iarnród Éireann
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents: Iarnród Éireann
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: High Court of Ireland
Organisation signing the contract: Iarnród Éireann
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 1,00 EUR
Direct award:
Justification for direct award: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the buyer
Other justification: Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail (IÉ) has an extremely urgent need to protect and build operational resilience in the IÉ signalling network and to mitigate immediate and increasing risks arising from obsolescence issues in the existing signalling and train control system located within the Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) building at Connolly Station, Dublin. The existing signalling and train control system located within the CTC building at Connolly Station, Dublin - which dates from the 1980s (controlling approximately 60% of the IÉ signalling network) and within the local control centres located across the network - is life expired, is at capacity and therefore does not meet existing requirements or allow further expansion of the system to support IÉ’s capital investment programme. A project commenced in 2020 to replace the existing technology and to deliver a modern integrated National Train Control Centre to meet the needs of the Infrastructure Manager and Railway Undertakings, both now and in the foreseeable future. However, in the intervening period and as the project progresses, concerns have escalated in relation to the resilience of the existing signalling and train control system and following a recent failure of the system on Friday 29th May 2026, it is clear that this must be addressed as a matter of extreme urgency. Having considered potential options for addressing the immediate obsolescence risks, IÉ has concluded that the deployment of the proprietary Siemens WestCAD solution provides the shortest timeline to mitigating these increasing risks since it is already deployed and operational in the IÉ network, thus allowing for the most expeditious delivery of the essential interventions. In contrast, an alternative solution would require development from an early stage, including integration with existing signalling and telecommunications networks, the establishment of a dedicated test facility, and provision of an operators training environment prior to commissioning. The Siemens WestCAD is the only technical solution currently available in the market that is capable of meeting IÉ’s urgent requirements. For this reason, IÉ has entered into an agreement with Siemens Mobility Limited, without a prior call for competition, for the extension of their proprietary WestCAD technology. The agreement will allow for the implementation of essential and urgent interventions to mitigate increasing obsolescence risk by providing operational resilience to the existing signalling and train control network and facilitating further expansion of the system, where deemed necessary to protect the resilience of the network and support the capital investment programme.
Direct award:
Justification for direct award: The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of an absence of competition for technical reasons
Other justification: The Siemens WestCAD is the only technical solution currently available in the market that is capable of meeting IÉ’s urgent requirements.
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0001
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner:
Official name: Siemens Mobility Limited
Tender:
Tender identifier: Signaling and Train Control System
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Value of the tender: 1,00 EUR
The tender is a variant: no
Subcontracting: No
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: Signalling and Train Control System
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 12/06/2026
Organisation signing the contract: Iarnród Éireann
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Received tenders or requests to participate:
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 1
Type of received submissions: Tenders from micro, small or medium tenderers
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 0
Type of received submissions: Tenders from tenderers registered in other European Economic Area countries than the country of the buyer
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 0
Type of received submissions: Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 0
Type of received submissions: Tenders from tenders registered in countries outside of the European Economic Area
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 1
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Iarnród Éireann
Registration number: 119571
Postal address: Connolly Station
Town: DUBLIN
Postcode: D01 V6V6
Country subdivision (NUTS): Dublin (IE061)
Country: Ireland
Telephone: 01-7034228
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Procurement service provider
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation signing the contract
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: High Court of Ireland
Registration number: 111
Postal address: Four Courts Inns Quay
Town: DUBLIN
Postcode: Dublin 7
Country subdivision (NUTS): Dublin (IE061)
Country: Ireland
Roles of this organisation:
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Siemens Mobility Limited
Size of the economic operator: Large
Registration number: 00016033
Postal address: Sixth Floor, The Lantern 75 Hampstead Road
Town: London
Postcode: NW1 2PL
Country: United Kingdom
Roles of this organisation:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0001
8.1.
ORG-0000
Official name: Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number: PUBL
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 29291
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 2ee288e4-e15a-448d-b1a1-034a93f528b8 - 01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 30
Notice dispatch date: 12/06/2026 17:38:03 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 413231-2026
OJ S issue number: 114/2026
Publication date: 16/06/2026