Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Emergency Works in Making Safe Dangerous Buildings

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Dublin City Council ran this procurement for “Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Emergency Works in Making Safe Dangerous Buildings” 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:

• 1 of the Conditions of the Contract which will state a term of twenty-four months or €2 million all in accordance with the Term Maintenance Refurbishment Works Contract
• of the Conditions of the Contract which will state a term of twenty-four months or €2 million all in accordance with the Term Maintenance Refurbishment Works Contract
• 9 Project Supervisor Construction Stage services – see Note 9
• The costs relating to the provision of serviced welfare and office facilities for the Contractor and the Employers Representative that are present on the Site during a Covid-19 Mandatory Closure.
• Hire of and attendance on (maintenance and periodic inspection and certification costs) of standing scaffolding on the Site.
• 9 Project Supervisor Construction Stage services
• Term Maintenance and Refurbishment Works Contract
• Term Maintenance and Refurbishment Works Contract
• 8. Payment for the Project Supervisor’s service is provided for under the Contract. Accordingly, the Client is not liable under this Agreement for the Project Supervisor’s fees or expenses.
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• Desk for technical assistance. Email [email protected] or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 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.

• [PW-CF11_Framework_Agreement.docx] No Employer’s objective Indicator Measurement Period Level 1 (Rule 6.4) Level 2 (Rule 6.5) Level 3 (Rule 6.6)
• 7 Programme Commencement of Task Order Failure to commence Task order within X working day of scheduled start 180 days 1 3 4
• [PW-CF11_Framework_Agreement.docx] 7 Programme Commencement of Task Order Failure to commence Task order within X working day of scheduled start 180 days 1 3 4
• Please note that this project is subject to funding.

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.; 2 Professional indemnity insurance required of Specialists *Annual aggregate limit of at least: €2,500,000.00 Excess not exceeding: 2% of Annual Turno; 2 Maximum levels of excess for * public liability (property damage) €50,000[16] * public liability (death, illness or injury) €6,500[[17]](#footnote- levels of excess for
• 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.
• 2 Professional indemnity insurance required of Specialists *Annual aggregate limit of at least: €2,500,000.00 Excess not exceeding: 2% of Annual Turno
• 2 Maximum levels of excess for * public liability (property damage) €50,000[16] * public liability (death, illness or injury) €6,500[[17]](#footnote- levels of excess for
• • public liability (property damage) €50,000[16] * public liability (death, illness or injury) €6,500[17] * employer’s liability €6,500[18]
• 4 weeks 0 0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN Insurance NaN NaN NaN NaN Minimum indemnity limit for Public Liability Insurance €10,000,000 for any one event, but this limit may be
• 1 item 0 0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN Minimum indemnity limit for Employers liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event

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:
• Permissible Costs(s) means the cost of a Permissible Item, provided always that the cost of a Permissible Item: * is the direct, reasonable cost reasonably incurred by the Contractor in performing its obligations under the Contract during a Covid-19 Mandatory Closure [or period thereof]; and * is accompanied by vouching records including, where there is not a rate or price in the Pricing Document, a complete and full break-down of the cost sought on a transparent and open-book basis; and * is that which the Contractor is not otherwise entitled to receive under the Contract; and * has not been otherwise excluded under the Contract; and the Permissible Cost is calculated * using the rates and/or prices for the Permissible Item in the Pricing Document; or * if there are no rates or prices for the Permissible Item in the Pricing Document, on the basis of any other suitable rates or prices in the Pricing Document; or * if there are no such suitable rates or prices, by assessing the Contractor’s reasonable costs. Any rates and prices for Permissible Items contained in the Preliminaries Section shall take precedence over any other rates or prices for Permissible Items contained elsewhere.
• Pricing Document means that document stated in Part 1 the Tender and Schedule of the Contract[2].
• Preliminaries Section means that section of the Pricing Document referred to
• Preliminaries Section means that section of the Pricing Document referred to as the “Preliminaries”.
• Item Number Item Pricing Document Item Reference (if applicable and known)
• (iii) Where option (ii) does not reflect the framework structure provide a reference to an appendix with the alternative means set out in the format at (ii) above - otherwise state Not Applicable

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 1 month. 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)
• The value of the majority of projects will be under €100k with the maximum value of the works anticipated to be awarded from the framewor
• the majority of projects will be under €100k with the maximum value of the works anticipated to be awarded from the framewor
• 1 of the Conditions of the Contract which will state a term of twenty-four months or €2 million all in accordance with the Term Maintenance Refurbishment Works Contract
• of the Conditions of the Contract which will state a term of twenty-four months or €2 million all in accordance with the Term Maintenance Refurbishment Works Contract
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clauses 3
• 8mm thick VM Zinc plus welting strip nailed to bottom timber board with galvanised nails, fold back toe of cladding tray and dress around welt

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.
• 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: MF-1.31-Site-Closure-Costs-Supplement-29-07-2021.docx, PW-CF11_Framework_Agreement.docx, MF-1.10-09-04-2020 Appointment of Project Supervisor Design and Construction .docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: CfT ID: 1926611. Queries must be in question format. Responses wil.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: 07.1 Additional information for eTenders notice.pdf, CIF Construction Sector C-19 Pandemic SOP_V11.pdf, Schedule (Volume B) 1 item .