Proposed Renovation and upgrade works at Comeragh Centre, Northern Extension, Waterford, X91 R792 for The Brothers of Charity (BOC)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Corlann ran this procurement for “Proposed Renovation and upgrade works at Comeragh Centre , Northern Extension, Waterford, X91 R792 for The Brothers of Charity (BOC)” 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:

• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• Contract arising out of this Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax
• status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer
• their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will only be evaluated on the information
• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions
• the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as financial, legal and
• the eTenders platform, Tenderers are advised to ensure that they give sufficient time to allow for
• speed available for this purpose. Tenderers should ensure that their operating system has sufficient
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• (including to the eTenders platform), Candidates must submit a read only PDF copy of the pricing
• operations subject to Relevant Contracts Tax (and therefore to reverse-charge VAT), and, in the 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.

• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions
• with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• Where the Particulars state that a deposit required for tender documents it will be refundable to all

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.; 3 Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10; 4 public liability (property damage) €6,500 10
• 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.
• 3 Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10
• 4 public liability (property damage) €6,500 10
• 4 employer’s liability €6,500 12

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:
• less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €200,000 must be advertised on eTenders
• [24-041t Instruction to Tenderers.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers Open Procedure for Works Contractors using the Short Public Works Contract
• [24-041t Instruction to Tenderers.pdf] to those expressing an interest in
• [24-041t Instruction to Tenderers.pdf] relationship (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any contract about the
• [24-041t Instruction to Tenderers.pdf] for Works Contractors using the Short Public Works Contract
• [24-041t Instruction to Tenderers.pdf] Office Act, 1995 and the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 as may be amended from time to time.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• Title: Proposed Renovation and upgrade works at Comeragh Centre , Northern Extension, Waterford, X91 R792 for The Brothers of Charity (BOC)
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative will give the above certificate to
• the Works within 12 months after the termination, the Contractor’s payment under this clause
• e Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer sends
• When a payment is to be made, not later than 5 days after the date agreed between the
• Within 14 days of receiving the payment claim notice,
• n to put in place arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s R

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: 24-041t Instruction to Tenderers.pdf, Door schedule dec 25.pdf, Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to eTenders.1.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT-W4 v2.0 18/11/2024, ITT-W4 v2.0, ITT-W4 v2.