Framework for Engineering Consultancy Services for the assessment, monitoring and categorization of homes in accordance with I.S. 398-2: 2017.

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency ran this procurement for “Framework for Engineering Consultancy Services for the assessment, monitoring and categorization of homes in accordance with I.S. 398-2: 2017.” 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: Framework for Engineering Consultancy Services for the assessment, monitoring and categorization of homes in accordance with I.S. 398-2: 2017.
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each and Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,000,00011 € 1,000,00012 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• SECTION 3: SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA DCR-1 - SAQ Lead Part 1 14 Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000013 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respect of d
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the Services
• Services for 2 years commencing on 01 April 2026
• : 2017 Services for 2 years commencing on 01 April 2026
• onsultant’s tender for the Services, or, if there was none, 10 days before the Client received the Consulta
• Pyrite Remediation Scheme: Framework for Engineering Consultancy Services for the assessment, monitoring and categorisation of homes in accordance with I.S. 398-2: 2017
• [DCR-1 - ITT Quality Response Template.docx] Tenders to be returned, through eTenders Tender Box ONLY no later than 5:00pm on Friday 27th February 2026. Please note that you should allow sufficient time to upload completed tender documents onto the eTenders platform.
• Tenderers to set out their proposed Team Structure for delivery of the Service whether provided internally or through sub-consultants. Sub-consultants should be identified. Each member of the proposed team should be named, together with brief outline details of their professional qualifications and relevant experience, their proposed role and responsibility in the project team, and an indication of the proposed time that they will be committed to the project. The structure should clearly set out the lines of communication in the delivery of the service. A maximum of 25 marks will be awarded for completeness of team structure and details of lines of communication. The submission in relation to this sub- criterion should be set out on no more than 2 nr. A4-sized pages. 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.

• any substitute for the underlying documentation (whether existing or to be concluded in the future),
• with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be

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.; Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic; Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the
• 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.
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each and Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,000,00011 € 1,000,00012 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• SECTION 3: SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA DCR-1 - SAQ Lead Part 1 14 Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000013 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respect of d
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00014 Entitles issuing employers liability ins

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:
• [DCR-1 - ITT Quality Response Template.docx] Tenders to be returned, through eTenders Tender Box ONLY no later than 5:00pm on Friday 27th February 2026. Please note that you should allow sufficient time to upload completed tender documents onto the eTenders platform.
• • Suitability Assessment Questionnaires.
• Suitability Assessment Questionnaires Parts 1 & 2 to be submitted by the Lead Consultant.
• By signing this document, the Lead Consultant are declaring that they meet all criterion required in their respective Questionnaire.
• Part 2 is to be signed and returned. This is a declaration stating that you meet the requirements of the SAQ.
• • The Pricing Schedule should be completed. See separate document.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 10 years. 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)
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each and Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,000,00011 € 1,000,00012 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• • expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• first day of the 25th month falling after the date that is 10 days before the last date of receipt of the
• Within 35 days of receipt of relevant details for a dw
• Within 35 days of receipt of relevant details for a dw

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: or the equivalent in Lots (€125m)
• Type 1 applies to projects that have a value of <€1M (Exclusive of VAT); Type 2 applies to projects that have a value of >
• €1M and < €10M (Exclusive of VAT); and Type 3 applies to projects that have a value > €10M (Exclusive of VAT)
• €100,000
• € 1,000,00011
• € 1,000,00012 Maximum level of excess in any one claim below
• 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• 11 If no value is entered it shall be read as €1,250,000 (One million and two hundred and fifty thousand Euro)
• 12 If no value is entered it shall be read as €1,500,000 (One million and five hundred thousand Euro)
• € 650000013 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below
• € 10,000
• € 13,000,00014
• 13 If no value is entered it shall read as €2,600,000 (Two million and six hundred thousand Euro)
• 14 If no value is entered it shall read as €13,000,000 (Thirteen million Euro) – No excess is permitted on Employer’s

Minimum-level / mandatory phrases

• Experience: 10 years post graduate experience with a minimum of 3 years
• Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below:
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any
• Evidence of the minimum requirements are to be
• Experience: 10 years post graduate experience with a minimum of 3 years in a Senior
• Evidence of the minimum requirements are to be provided using
• Experience: 10 years post graduate experience with a minimum of 3 years in a Project
• minimum requirements set out in the Particulars
• Minimum requirements for variants

Regulations and standards cited

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• Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online
• Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax
• registered post, Tenders must include the number and type of paper and electronic copies stated in
• Number and type of Electronic

Deadline phrases

• Services for 2 years commencing on 01 April 2026
• : 2017 Services for 2 years commencing on 01 April 2026
• for 2 years commencing on 01 April 2026

Scale / volume phrases

• • 180 days after the end of the last day for submi
• • expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• 12 Consultant has no authority –
• first day of the 25th month falling after the date that is 10 days before the last date of receipt of the
• onsultant’s tender for the Services, or, if there was none, 10 days before the Client received the Consulta
• Quarter means a period of 3 months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 Septemb
• ie/arbitration-rules/> on the date 10 days before the latest date for submission o
• Within 35 days of receipt of relevant details for a dw
• Within 35 days of receipt of relevant details for a dw
• nspection of the dwelling shall be undertaken between 6 and 18 months
• 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• more than 3 months
• for a 3 month
• 2. earlier than 14 days in the case of communicating electronic
• or 16 days in the case of ordinary post after noti
• conditions-of-engagement/ on the date 10 days before the

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