7769 - Refurbishments of Infrastructure On-Track Maintenance Machines
Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail (IÉ) are seeking suitably qualified candidates to participate in the tender for the Mid Life Refurbishments of Infrastructure on Track Maintenance Machines (OTM’s) which operate throughout IE’s Rail Network.
IÉ seeking suitably qualified candidates to participate in the tender process for the refurbishment of:
- Two No. 08 Universal Tampers 742,743
- One No. 09-2x Plain Line Tamper 744,
- One No. 08 P&C Tamper 751 and
- One No. RM 90 Ballast Cleaner 781.
These refurbishment works shall be carried out over a four year period and it is intended that only one of these machines shall not be available for service at any given time over the life of the contract.
The refurbishment works shall include but not limited to;
- renewal/overhaul of tamping banks, conveying system,
- rewiring of electrical systems,
- upgrading of hydraulics, pneumatics, bogies, measuring systems,
- structural repairs and
- painting.
These machines which vary in age, between 10 and 22 years old now, require major refurbishment works to be undertaken to ensure that they are available now and into the future to provide continual reliable support to all Infrastructure track renewal projects.