Tender N0 1 Digital Transformation Concept of Operations

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

The Irish Air Navigation Service ran this procurement for “Tender N0 1 Digital Transformation Concept of Operations” 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: Tender N0 1 Digital Transformation Concept of Operations
• Buyer: The Irish Air Navigation Service
• ard, AirNav shall be contractually committed solely to the initial ConOps engagement (Year 1), up to a maximum value of €200,000. Any additional or follow on services are not guaranteed and shall be at the sol
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• nderers must provide details of conformance (if any) to the ISO 9000 series or any other equivalent standard or system
• DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
• The Irish Air Navigation Service
• • 1. AirNav Ireland (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• 2. The Contracting Authority, AirNav Ireland, is a commercial semi-State company responsible for the provision of air traffic management and related services in Irish-controlled airspace. The Company was incorporated on 2nd February 2023, pursuant to the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022, following a State decision to separate out the air traffic management functions from The Irish Aviation Authority into a separate stand-alone commercial entity.
• 2.10.5 Payments for Services provided pursuant to this RFT shall be subject to and made in accordance with the Contract at Appendix 5 to this RFT.
• 2.11.1 In the performance of any Contract awarded, the successful Tenderers and their subcontractors (if any), shall be required to comply with all applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour law that apply at the place where the Services are provided, that have been established by EU law, national law, collective agreements or by international, environmental, social and labour law listed in Annex X of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement (the “Procurement Directive”).
• 2.11.3 The Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (the “2012 Act”) provides that an Agency Worked (as defined in the 2012 Act) is entitled to the same basic working and employment conditions as those which apply to employees recruited directly by the Hirer (as defined in the 2012 Act) to do the same or a similar job. Where the provision of the Services will involve the provision to the Contracting Authority of Agency Workers (within the meaning of the 2012 Act), Tenderers should ensure that they consider their obligations under the 2012 Act when pricing their Tender. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability for any increase in salaries that may be payable as a result of the application of the 2012 Act to the provision of the Services. 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.

• (4c) Data & Analytics Strategy Architects
• 1. Tenderers must outline their organisation’s policy on Health & Safety.

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.; l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional Indemnity €2,600,000 (two million six hundred thousand) 2
• Certifications — l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional Indemnity €2,600,000 (two million six hundred thousand) 2
• 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.
• l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional Indemnity €2,600,000 (two million six hundred thousand) 2

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:
• Appendix 1 (Section 4) Requirements and Specifications
• Appendix 2 (Section 5) Pricing Schedule
• Appendix 6 Contract Terms and Conditions
• Appendix 5 Award Criteria Breakdown
• • 1. AirNav Ireland (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• • 1. Please see Appendix 1 (Section 4) Requirements and Specifications for a full description of the requirements.

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)
• l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional Indemnity €2,600,000 (two million six hundred thousand) 2
• ard, AirNav shall be contractually committed solely to the initial ConOps engagement (Year 1), up to a maximum value of €200,000. Any additional or follow on services are not guaranteed and shall be at the sol
• Description Reference Number Cost for 10 Weeks (1 FTE)
• Appendix 6 Contract Terms and Conditions
• • 1. Please see Appendix 1 (Section 4) Requirements and Specifications for a full description of the requirements.
• [RFT Sections 1-3_DigitialTransformationConOps - v1 Draft.docx] 2. This public procurement competition (the “Competition”) will be conducted in accordance with the open procedure under the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that may result from this Competition (the “Contract”) will be issued for a maximum term of four years (“the Term”) in line with EU Regulations.
• The Tenderer, as Data Controller in respect of any Personal Data provided by it in its Tender, is required to confirm in the statement required under paragraph 2.4 below that all Data Subjects (where Data Subject has the meaning given under the Data Protection Laws) whose Personal Data is provided by the Tenderer have consented to the processing of such Personal Data by the Tenderer, the Contracting Authority, the Evaluation Team and the supplier of the etenders.gov.ie website, for the purposes of the participation of the Tenderer in this Competition or that the Tenderer otherwise has a legal basis for providing such Personal Data to the Contracting Authority for the purposes of its participation in this Competition.

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: [3

Deadline phrases

• The Company was incorporated on 2nd February 2023, pursuant to the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022, following a State decis

Scale / volume phrases

• that all prices quoted in the Tender will remain valid for 180 days commencing from the Tender Deadline
• Most recent accounts should not be greater than 12 months old from date of tender submission
• While the standard effort model (3 FTEs over 10 weeks) is provided for the purposes of equita
• *10 days, six weeks, three months, one year
• Description Reference Number Cost for 10 Weeks (1 FTE)
• Total Cost 10 Week Engagement €

TENDER DOCUMENTS [RFT Sections 1-3_DigitialTransformationConOps - v1 Draft.docx, RFT Sections 1-3_DigitialTransformationConOps - v1 Draft.docx, RFT Sections 1-3_DigitialTransformationConOps - v1 Draft.docx] REQUEST FOR TENDER.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 1 (Section 4) Requirements and Specifications, Appendix 2 (Section 5) Pricing Schedule, Appendix 3 Tenderer’s Statement.