Meath Co Co -MH-ENV-26-01 - Stamullen Burial Ground and Playground

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Meath County Council ran this procurement for “Meath Co Co -MH-ENV-26-01 - Stamullen Burial Ground and Playground” as an operational contract requiring implementation and sustained service execution. The extracted pack showed qualification-stage material with references to later ITT technical depth; practical activity therefore centred on building, integrating, and operating the specified service stack with compliant reporting and handover obligations where stated. Constituent activities and named work elements in the supplied extracts:

• s guidance and recommendations that are intended to support BS EN 13201 and to enable designers of lighting systems to comply with that standard
• s guidance and recommendations that are intended to support BS EN 13201
• Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• © 2025 Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured.
• Effecting or maintenance of insurance of or in connection with the provision of finance or advice on financial
• steam, air, or other services, and associated apparatus and structures.
• Works and Construction Services Contracts (AR1) published on http://constructionprocurement.gov.ie/arbitration
• The Contractor’s agent19 in the Republic of Ireland for service of legal process is:
• contributions, death in service contributions, sick pay contributions; and Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The buyer context reflected a formal Irish public-procurement route, with pre-qualification used to control entry into the tender stage.

• Property of the insured or in the insured’s custody or control other than existing premises and their contents
• of Products and Pollution Liability. The policy must include the notation that Uisce
• of Products and Pollution Liability. The policy must include the notation that Uisce Éireann is an Additional
• The Contractor’s Insurance of the Works shall include cover for damage to existing water and wastewater

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• Insurance — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.;  Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be;  Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 for any one event
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — not specified for this tender Additional binding lines surfaced in the deterministic extract:
• — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 for any one event
•  Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,00010 in respect of property damage only
• The Contractor shall provide evidence of Motor Insurance covering all vehicles owned, leased, hired or used in connection with the Works with a third-party property damage indemnity limit of not less than €6.5 million
• If required, the minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance shall be €1,500,000 annual aggregate limit

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — not specified in extract.
• CVs (page count, named roles) — not specified in extract.
• Pricing schedule (format/template) — expected at ITT stage.
• Case studies (number/value range) — client references/comparable project evidence was referenced.
• Declarations (ESPD/Bona Fides/Tax/COI) — ESPD/declaration/statement-of-confirmation language was present.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• the Pricing Document is more than €500.
• [FTS5_v2.pdf] Tender and Schedule for Public Works Contract for MINOR Building or Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer
• Designed by the Employer, the Works Requirements, the Pricing Document, all as amended by any supplemental
• [FTS5_v2.pdf] Public Works Contract for Minor Building and Civil Engineering Works
• We submit with this Tender the completed Pricing Document and Schedule and Works Proposals which form part of

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, €50,000 14
•  BS EN ISO 1461 Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• Terms used in this Tender that are defined in those documents have the same meaning in this Tender.
• We offer to complete the Works on the terms of and in conformity with the documents referred to in the preceding

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Qualification gate: the deterministic extract included a turnover threshold line (— use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.), which can materially narrow bidder pool composition.
• Contract value was not disclosed in metadata, creating uncertainty on margin, resourcing, and financing assumptions.
• The two-step process (PQQ then ITT) shifted effort to compliance evidence early, with competitive scoring detail potentially deferred.
• Technical and contractual granularity appeared ITT-dependent, increasing ambiguity at qualification stage for non-incumbent bidders.

10. SME fit assessment

This competition looked most accessible to firms with established public-sector tender capability, documented financial capacity, and direct operational experience in the relevant service category.

• Credible bidder profile — mid-sized to large specialist with formal QA/compliance process.
• Consortium / sub-contracting — allowed or addressed in the extracts (Appendix references and reliance provisions).
• Indicative bid-prep effort — 6 to 12 working days for evidence collation, form completion, and review cycles at PQQ level.
• Pwin signal — strongest for bidders with reusable qualification artefacts, comparable references, and low-friction mobilisation capability.

11. Where to dig deeper

• Source RFT/PQQ filenames: FTS5_v2.pdf, Where Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be as amended by Supplement 1, Issue 2. Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4: Revised is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be the 4TH Edition as amended in accordance with Section 5.2 of Guidance Note GN 1.5.3 of the Capital Works Management Framework. Where the TII’s Requirements

[FTS5_v2.pdf, Approval Notice.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule and, Schedule for Public Works Contract for MINOR Building or Civil Engineering Works Designe, Schedule.