Qual
Ref: [7209]: Rolling Stock Fire Suppression System Cylinder Re-Certification and Maintenance
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has a 5 year requirement for the services of a specialist company to undertake the inspection, maintenance and overhaul of cylinders on fire suppression systems for their various fleets, applicants are being asked by IÉ to participate in a tender process for the provision of specialist cylinder maintenance services on fire suppression systems.
The successful contractor will be required to undertake the following, in relation to IE’s maintenance requirements:
· Cylinder inspection
· Cylinder pressure testing
· Pressure sensor replacement
· Replace all defective parts where necessary
· Cylinders to be refilled and pressurised as per the specification
· On completion each cylinder must be re-certified and returned to the IÉ depot with a letter of conformance and tagged with the new expiration date and individual serial number.
· If a cylinder is not in a condition to be overhauled then IÉ may require a new replacement cylinder to be sourced from the OEM.
Fleet and Depot Details:
· 22000 ICR – Portlaosie Traincare Depot
· 2900 DMU – Drogheda DMU Depot
· 2600/2800 – Limerick Depot
· Mark IV/201/701 - Inchicore Depot
The scope of the contract will involve undertaking the re-certification, maintenance and overhaul requirement for the various cylinders fitted to the Kiddie Graviner fire suppression systems on the above fleets.
PLEASE NOTE: The Fire Suppression Systems are Safety Critical and the CME Safety Standard document ‘CME-SMS-009 Supply, Overhaul, Storage and Contract Management of Safety Critical Requirements’ will apply to this requirement.
This will require IÉ’s Supplier Assurance Co-ordinator to audit suppliers of Safety Critical Components to ascertain if they achieve technical acceptability to supply safety critical components and/or systems.
Please take time to read the content of the notice carefully and to ensure that you provide all requested information by the specificed date.
Regards
David O’Sullivan
Iarnród Éireann
Procurement Department