2840.02 - Main Contractor and PSCS Services for Control Room Upgrade Works at Ballycasey ATC Centre, Co. Clare

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

The Irish Air Navigation Service ran this procurement for “2840.02 - Main Contractor and PSCS Services for Control Room Upgrade Works at Ballycasey ATC Centre, Co. Clare” 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: 2840.02 - Main Contractor and PSCS Services for Control Room Upgrade Works at Ballycasey ATC Centre, Co. Clare
• Buyer: The Irish Air Navigation Service
• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• n that their safety management system is in accordance with ISO 45001:2018or equivalent
• 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.

• • 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;
• [3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor_v3.1-25-11-2025.docx] 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.; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 0[16] The excess as st; ated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — g an auditors statement) confirming that the Applicants minimum average turnover for each of the last three (3) financial years was as least €1,125,000 or a cumulative total of €3,375,000 in the last three (3) financial years
• 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.
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction[14] € 1,125,000 CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: In
• g an auditors statement) confirming that the Applicants minimum average turnover for each of the last three (3) financial years was as least €1,125,000 or a cumulative total of €3,375,000 in the last three (3) financial years
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 0[16] The excess as st
• ated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[18] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect

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 — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• [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 ↑

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.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• e Tenderer’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months stating the duration of the relationshi
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• 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.
• 2. 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 personnel and any additional requirements that may be set out below. The curriculum vitae of each of the Applicant’s personnel 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.
• [3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor_v3.1-25-11-2025.docx] accordance with ISO 45001:2018or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion.
• 2. In particular we are familiar with our general duties as Contractors as outlined in Part 3 Regulations 24-29 of the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013; also with the specific duties enumerated in Parts 4-14, Regulations 30-105 of those Regulations and Schedules 1-6 of those Regulations. We are aware of and will take into account the General Principles of Prevention in Schedule when carrying out design construction work associated with the project and undertake to liaise with, communicate and cooperate with the PSDP and the PSCS in their roles.

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 — 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: Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx, 3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor_v3.1-25-11-2025.docx, Appendix B1.
• 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_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx] , Appendix_B1_List_of_Previous_Works_Projects_which_is_CEE.docx] 18 Applicant Entry .