MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner

Transport Infrastructure Ireland is seeking to award a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain contract – the MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner – to a single contractor responsible for the integrated operation and maintenance of the new MetroLink passenger transport service. The contract will span a seven‑year works period during which the contractor will deliver the remaining construction works that complement the civil infrastructure completed under the M400 contracts, followed by a 25‑year services period during which the contractor will manage, operate, and maintain the MetroLink system. The scope includes performance of any early services agreed under a preliminary Early Services Agreement before the formal contract award.

The procurement requires the successful bidder to demonstrate the capacity to deliver the full lifecycle of the MetroLink service, from final civil works to the long‑term operation and maintenance of trains, stations, signalling, and related operational systems. The contractor must comply with all applicable Irish and European Union public procurement regulations and adhere to the safety, quality, and project management standards set forth in the formal tender documentation. The M500 contract will be administered through the Metrolink eSourcing portal and will be awarded subject to the competitive tender process governed by Regulation 1370/2007/EC and the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008. The contractor must also incorporate agreed project management, safety, and quality management frameworks as specified in the formal contract documents.

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, finance costs, prevailing interest rates, and other factors, which are subject to change. TII proposes to award an Early Services Agreement to the Preferred Tenderer in the procurement process for the M500 Contract for the performance of certain early services during the Preferred Tenderer stage. The M500 Contract will be awarded in accordance with the procedural requirements for the competitive tendering of a public services contract under Regulation 1370/2007/EC (as amended) and under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (as amended). All organisations wishing to participate in this procurement should register at Metrolink eSourcing Portal https://metrolink.app.jaggaer.com/ Upon the completion of the registration, please navigate to PQQs/ ITTs Open to All Suppliers tab on the Main Dashboard, locate "MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner" PQQ, express an interest and submit a response.
Place of performance: IE061

Lot: LOT-0001
Title: MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner

Procurement documents
Address of the procurement documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7376552