Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Translink
NI006673
22 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT27LX
UK
Contact person: mark osmer
Telephone: +44 7590352387
E-mail: mark.osmer@translink.co.uk
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.translink.co.uk
I.6) Main activity
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Enterprise Fleet Replacement Project
Reference number: 8437
II.1.2) Main CPV code
34620000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Establishment of 8 year Framework by Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways for replacement of Cross border Belfast to Dublin Trains
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
650 000 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
IE
Main site or place of performance:
Dublin Connolly Train Station
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Establishment of 8 year Framework by Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways for replacement of Cross border Belfast to Dublin Trains
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 185-577564
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 8437
Title: Enterprise Fleet Replacement Project
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/11/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Stadler Rail Schweiz AG
CH44030001895
Bussnang
9565
CH
NUTS: CH0
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 650 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Central Office of the High Court
Dublin 7
IE
E-mail: Caroline.OReilly@irishrail.ie
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/01/2026