Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services [Republic of Ireland based Staff]

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Tourism Ireland CLG ran this procurement for “Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services [Republic of Ireland based Staff]” 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: Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services [Republic of Ireland based Staff]
• and they are able, upon request and without delay, to provide the supporting documentation to Tourism Ireland in relation to insurance cover for: Employer’s Liability Insurance with indemnity limit of €13,000,000 Public Liability Insurance with an indemnity limit of € 6,500,000 Professional Indemnity Insurance with an indemnity limit of €5,000,000 Cyber Liability Insurance with an indemn
• provision of the Services, for the types and minimum levels of cover stated at Schedule 1
• SERVICES [REPUBLIC OF IRELAND BASED STAFF]
• to support Northern Ireland to realise its tourism potential.
• Products and Services [Republic of Ireland based Staff].
• Communications and Associated Products and Services to our Republic of
• The successful Tenderer will be required to enter into the Services Contract
• 24.2.6. is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying or has not supplied the
• connection with the provision of the Services or otherwise, the provisions set out
• Schedule 3: Tourism Ireland Services Contract – separate document for downloading
• TOURISM IRELAND requires the services to adhere to good 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.

• disqualification from the tender process. Where a Tenderer has an existing
• B3 Sustainability Policy and Accreditations
• example, insufficient detail is provided, and the response has fundamental

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.; and they are able, upon request and without delay, to provide the supporting documentation to Tourism Ireland in relation to insurance cover for: Employer’s Liability Insurance with indemnity limit of €13,000,000 Public Liability Insurance with an indemnity limit of € 6,500,000 Professional Indemnity Insurance with an indemnity limit of €5,000,000 Cyber Liability Insurance with an indemn
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — and they are able, upon request and without delay, to provide the supporting documentation to Tourism Ireland in relation to insurance cover for: Employer’s Liability Insurance with indemnity limit of €13,000,000 Public Liability Insurance with an indemnity limit of € 6,500,000 Professional Indemnity Insurance with an indemnity limit of €5,000,000 Cyber Liability Insurance with an indemn 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.
• and they are able, upon request and without delay, to provide the supporting documentation to Tourism Ireland in relation to insurance cover for: Employer’s Liability Insurance with indemnity limit of €13,000,000 Public Liability Insurance with an indemnity limit of € 6,500,000 Professional Indemnity Insurance with an indemnity limit of €5,000,000 Cyber Liability Insurance with an indemn

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [INSTRUCTIONS Document Mobile Voice and Data Comms.pdf] TOU002-0022-214738-2
• Responses must be submitted via the electronic Tender Upload facility available
• Only responses submitted to the Tender Upload facility will be accepted.
• Responses submitted by any other means (including but not limited to by email,
• submit all required documentation before the Tender Deadline (as defined in the

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)
• cipated that the Contract will commence on 1st February 2026
• Agreement and for the period of 12 months following upon its termination or expir
• up to market the island of Ireland as a holiday destination to overseas markets.
• Tourism Ireland has two key goals – to increase tourism to the island of Ireland and
• active SIMs in a variety of devices, iPhone and Android. There may be a requirement
• It is anticipated that the Contract will commence on 1st February 2026.
• for receipt of responses by giving notice in writing to Candidates before the original

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: INSTRUCTIONS Document Mobile Voice and Data Comms.pdf, including Tender Clarification Meetings,

[INSTRUCTIONS Document Mobile Voice and Data Comms.pdf, SCHEDULE 3.1 Services Contract (Tourism Ireland) 2023 EEA (1).pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: Contract Notice on the Irish.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule 1, Schedule 1., Schedule 2..