Multi-Party Framework Agreement For Temporary Traffic Management Services For Road Maintenance Services Dublin City Council

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Dublin City Council ran this procurement for “Multi-Party Framework Agreement For Temporary Traffic Management Services For Road Maintenance Services Dublin City Council” 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:

• Title: Multi-Party Framework Agreement For Temporary Traffic Management Services For Road Maintenance Services Dublin City Council
• Member cannot, for whatever reason, deliver the required services to the satisfaction of
• Multi-Party Framework Agreement For Temporary Traffic Management Services
• For Road Maintenance Services Dublin City Council
• The Council provides a wide and diverse range of services to the citizens of Dublin City
• out in both the physical works area (e.g. provision and maintenance of housing, roads) and in
• the areas of arts, sports, recreation and social services (e.g. libraries, sports facilities parks,
• community development and housing welfare services). The City Council also provides
• emergency services through Dublin Fire Brigade.
• [RFT TM.docx.pdf] the areas of arts, sports, recreation and social services (e.g. libraries, sports facilities parks,
• development of the city. The range of services provided by Dublin City Council could best be
• junctions within the Dublin City Council boundaries as required to enable Road Maintenance 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.

• Programme 2023 to 2025 amounts to €2.86 billion
• Programme 2023 to 2025 amounts to €2.86 billion.
• summarised by listing the programme group structure used by central government to classify
• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium

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.; Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place:  Employer’s Liability - €13 million  Public Liability - €6.5 million  Product Liability - €[6; 5 million]  Professional Indemnity - €1million each & every claim or €1.5 million as an Annual Aggregate [  Environme
• 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.
• Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place:  Employer’s Liability - €13 million  Public Liability - €6.5 million  Product Liability - €[6
• 5 million]  Professional Indemnity - €1million each & every claim or €1.5 million as an Annual Aggregate [  Environme
• n place Insurance Type Level required if successful Level in Place Details of Any Excess Renewal Date Employers Liability €13,000,000 € Public Liability €6,500,000 € Product Liability €6,500,000 € Professional Indemnity €1million each & every claim or €1

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)
• submitted by 12 noon on 29th December 2024 to enable issue of responses to all
• submitted by 12 noon on 29th December 2024 to enable issue of responses to all interested
• [RFT TM.docx.pdf] Request for Tender (RFT) Multi-Operator Framework Agreement
• changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal
• www.etenders.gov.ie. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 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)
• e entitled to terminate the appointment of the Framework Member forthwith and without liability by giving notice at any time if:
• 1 The Member commits a material breach of any term
• 1 The Member commits a material breach of any term or condition of this
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of Te
• may terminate at 14 days written notice
• Small and Medium Enterprise Participation .............................................. 3
• Small and Medium Enterprise Participation

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: RFT TM.docx.pdf, At least every 12 months a mini-competition will be sent out to the tenderers admitted to the Framework Agreement in order to re-rank. It is 'anticipated' that a contract of one year’s duration will be entered into with the first ranked framework member although this will be subject to demand and budget availability.

[RFT TM.docx.pdf, NOTE: Tenderers should note that contract management activities will be non-billable.

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[RFT TM.docx.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: If the first ranked tenderer cannot provide the service as requested within the timescale. and (b) Mini competition where all Framework participants are invited to tender (to be used where the individual Traffic Management estimate exceeds €5000) Through invitation to a mini-competition of all the economic operators admitted to the framework agreement. On each occasion, a Supplementary Request for Tender will be issued detailing the scope of requirements, the award criteria, a closing date and time

[RFT TM.docx.pdf, Demonstrate adequate organisational resources to fulfil contract requirements. Please complete the TRD [Organisational chart showing

[RFT TM.docx.pdf, MPFWA_TandC_DRAFT_2023-02-02.docx.pdf.