MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner

Call for competition published on TED on 10 Jun 2026 by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) (Ireland), CPV 60210000 Public transport services by railways.

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Description

MetroLink will be procured by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) through three major separate public contracts as well as a number of advance and enabling works contract packages addressing preparatory issues. The major contracts comprise a) two civil infrastructure contracts (the “M400 Contracts”) for the design and construction of the tunnels, shafts and portals, shell and core station structures (underground, retained cut and at grade), viaducts, and related MetroLink civil infrastructure, and b) a form of Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain (DBFOM) contract (the “M500 Contract”) to appoint a Service Delivery Partner who will provide certain works and the integrated operation and maintenance of the public passenger transport service. This procurement process is for the award of the M500 Contract. The duration of the M500 Contract comprises a works period anticipated to be for a period of 7 years for completion of the "M500 Works" and a services period of 25 years for provision of the "M500 Services". The estimated Net Present Value (NPV) cost to the Exchequer of the service payments and capital contributions under the M500 Contract is approximately €7.3 billion (seven billion, three hundred million euros) (ex. VAT) with the Contracting Authority’s assumed construction programme plus a 25-year operating period. This NPV cost estimate is at a point in time (February 2026) and based on the Contracting Authority’s preliminary estimates of construction, operating and lifecycle costs as well as assumptions on the associated construction programme, risk allocation,

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Other CPV codes

• 34600000 Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts
• 34620000 Rolling stock
• 34630000 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment
• 34640000 Automotive elements
• 45213000 Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport
• 45213320 Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport
• 45213321 Railway station construction work
• 45213322 Rail terminal building construction work
• 45213352 Service depot construction work
• 45220000 Engineering works and construction works
• 45234100 Railway construction works
• 45234112 Railway depot construction work
• 45234116 Track construction works
• 45234122 Underground railway works
• 45234123 Partially underground railway works
• 45234125 Underground railway station
• 48140000 Railway traffic control software package
• 48421000 Facilities management software package
• 48813000 Passenger information system
• 50221000 Repair and maintenance services of locomotives

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