Multi-party Framework Agreement for Design and Construction of New Playgrounds and the Refurbishment/Upgrades of Existing Playgrounds

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Respond Ireland ran this procurement for “Multi-party Framework Agreement for Design and Construction of New Playgrounds and the Refurbishment/Upgrades of Existing Playgrounds to include supply and installation of equipment” 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 Design and Construction of New Playgrounds and the Refurbishment/Upgrades of Existing Playgrounds to include supply and installation of equipment
• n that their safety management system is in accordance with ISO 45001:2018or equivalent
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• Provide a list of completed projects below for which select as appropriate: Works/Works and PSCS Services/Specialist Works/Specialist Works with Design Input were provided by the Applicant over the time period stated in the relevant Qualification Criterion stated above that are similar in nature and complexity to the Works required for this Competition.
• The evidence required to pass this criterion is details of the relevant technicians or technical bodies upon whom the Applicant can call on in order to carry out the work or whom the Applicant can use in regards to quality control. Applicants must also provide evidence of a safety management system.
• Evidence in support of the declarations in Appendix 1 and any requirements set out above must be provided when requested by the Contracting Authority.In place of documentary evidence, Applicants may provide third party certification that their safety management system is in accordance with ISO 45001:2018or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion. 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.

• Title: Multi-party Framework Agreement for Design and Construction of New Playgrounds and the Refurbishment/Upgrades of Existing Playgrounds to include supply and installation of equipment
• • Health and Safety Policy and Organisation;
• • a copy of our current general health and safety policy; * a general Health and Safety policy document appropriate to a Health and Safety led Construction Management role;

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.; Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Turnover related to the Design and Installation of Playgrounds € 500,000 Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1.5m Maximum permissible excess on Prof; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6.5m Maximum level of excess for proper
• 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.
• Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Turnover related to the Design and Installation of Playgrounds € 500,000 Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1.5m Maximum permissible excess on Prof
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6.5m Maximum level of excess for proper
• ty only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13 : € 6.5m Maximum level of excess for proper
• ty only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13m The amount of the Performance Bond

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — Appendix 1 questionnaire/PQQ response was required.
• 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 — not specified in extract. Submission-related source lines:
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1
• [Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx]
• [Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx] 18 Applicant Entry
• 1. in the completed form of Appendix B2 Certificate of Satisfactory Execution ↑
• The criteria below mirror the structure in Section 3.4 (Technical Capability Criteria) of the Questionnaire for consistency, but should be answered specifically in relation to Health and Safety competence in the role.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• Title: Multi-party Framework Agreement for Design and Construction of New Playgrounds and the Refurbishment/Upgrades of Existing Playgrounds to include supply and installation of equipment
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• ty only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13m The amount of the Performance Bond
• • The estimated maximum cumulative value of works under the four-year framework is €5 million, but the Contracting Authority provides no guarantee regarding the volume or va
• Applicant’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• [3.4.1 HS Works Contractor.docx] The evidence required to pass this criterion should be submitted in the form of a document setting out the Applicant’s organisational structure and the curricula vitae of the Applicant’s management staff and any additional requirements that may be set out below. The curriculum vitae of each management staff member should indicate their relevant educational and professional qualifications and Health and Safety training and qualifications (for example, degree, diploma, certificate, CPD), their experience on projects of a similar scale and complexity, and the role they had on those projects.
• Evidence in support of the declarations in Appendix 1 and any requirements set out above must be provided when requested by the Contracting Authority.In place of documentary evidence, Applicants may provide third party certification that their safety management system is in accordance with ISO 45001:2018or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion.

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 — not clearly specified in extract.
• 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: [3

Scale / volume phrases

• Applicant’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• It's envisaged that the initial contract will be between 3-5 months The Frameworks Agreement will be esta
• It's envisaged that the initial contract will be between 3-5 months

TENDER DOCUMENTS [Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx, Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx, 3.4.1 HS Works Contractor.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi, Appendix B1, Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx] .