Provision of Social Role Valorisation “SRV” Training and Consultancy Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Avista CLG ran this procurement for “Provision of Social Role Valorisation “SRV” Training and Consultancy Services” 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: Provision of Social Role Valorisation “SRV” Training and Consultancy Services
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers should demonstrate that they have at their disposal effective and efficient technical resources/systems to deliver Training services as specified by
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers must refer to contracts delivered within the last five years which demonstrate that they have successfully delivered services of a comparable nature
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers should provide information on the measures in place to ensure the delivery of a quality service, for example by way of an externally certified syste
• y contract under this framework agreement, the Framework Member cannot, for whatever reason, deliver the required services to the satisfaction of
• 4. Suppliers should note the following when making their submission suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary and that the new eTenders system operates in a different manner to the previous platform operated by EU-Supply. The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline.
• 5. If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email [email protected] or Telephone: +353
• [Instructions to Tenderers .docx] EU-Supply. The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline.
• 5. If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email [email protected] or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00 – 17:00 hours).
• 6. Tenders submitted by any other means (including but not limited to email, post, messaging system on etenders or hand delivery) will not be accepted.
• children and adults with intellectual disabilities. We currently provide services in Limerick, North
• Tipperary, and Dublin. Our mission at Avista is to work together with the people we support to live 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.

• the practitioners programme will be delivered across a 6 – 9 months' timeframe
• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium Enterprises
• It is anticipated, to support the ongoing roll out of Avista strategy, specifically objective 2.7, that across
• the course of the strategy there will be a need for 1 leadership programme per annum and 1- 2

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: Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 the debts as they fall due; Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place: Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Professional Indemnity €1 million
• 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: Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 the debts as they fall due
• Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place: Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Professional Indemnity €1 million
• e: Insurance Type Level in place Details of Excess Expiry Date Employer Liability €13 Million € Public Liability €6.5 Millon € Professional Indem

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)
• [Instructions to Tenderers .docx] Please consult the associated tender documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using eTenders Resource ID – 2613738
• 1. Interested parties must associate their organisation with this competition on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to upload tender responses. To do this you must do the following: Log-in to the eTenders portal; Locate the competition using the Advanced Search by searching under the Contracting Authority or Resource ID. Click on the hyperlink for the competition which will bring you to the CfT Workspace. In the Show CfT Menu for the competition click on the “Expression of Interest in the drop-down menu. Complete the Association with the CfT tab. This will then provide you with a link to Tender under the Show CfT Menu where you can prepare your submission.
• 2. When finalising your tender submission please upload your final response as a ZIP file as individual documents may lose their titles if uploaded individually. Also ensure that you receive a message under the status header called Submitted, as the percentage tab does not necessarily imply you have successfully submitted your response.
• 4. Suppliers should note the following when making their submission suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary and that the new eTenders system operates in a different manner to the previous platform operated by EU-Supply. The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline.
• 5. If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email [email protected] or Telephone: +353

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 9 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)
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers must demonstrate compliance with all the relevant Health & Safety legislation
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of te
• 2. When finalising your tender submission please upload your final response as a ZIP file as individual documents may lose their titles if uploaded individually. Also ensure that you receive a message under the status header called Submitted, as the percentage tab does not necessarily imply you have successfully submitted your response.
• 9. The maximum range for the framework is €749,000 (excluding VAT). It is emphasised, however, that these figures are provided strictly for indicative purposes only as there is no guaranteed expenditure under the framework agreement.
• 11. Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
• 13. At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
• Late Payment ........................................................................................................................ 21

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: Instructions to Tenderers .docx, Request for Tenders re Provision of SRV Training Single Framework .pdf, RFT.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 1.