D/CCS Website Development and Support

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Department of Culture Communications Sport ran this procurement for “D/CCS Website Development and Support” 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: D/CCS Website Development and Support
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• [Website Development and Support -2026 updated.pdf] References and Development & Support Experience ............................................ 13
• Details of Drawdown Support and Services ........................................................... 13
• Support details ................................................................................................... 15
• development and support of all websites for the Department of Culture, Communications and
• be a requirement for the migration of sites from other CMS Platforms to Wordpress when
• necessary. The successful tender will be responsible for the development, support, hosting
• and maintenance for all the websites currently under the remit of the Department.
• It is intended that this competition will result in a service contract between the Department
• and its preferred provider, for the provision of the outlined services.
• participation in the Culture, Arts, Sports and the Irish language supporting social progress, and 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.

• The successful tenderer will be responsible for the further development of all existing
• Provision of expert advice on resolving issues with existing websites

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.; successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (For any one claim or series of claims; Public Liability €6,500,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• 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.
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• Public Liability €6,500,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• ) Product Liability €6,500,000 €13,000,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• ) Product Liability €6,500,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• ) Professional Indemnity €1,500,000 (In the aggregate per insurance year) Cyber Liability €1,000,000 (In the aggregate per insurance year) D

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)
• [Website Development and Support -2026 updated.pdf] References and Development & Support Experience ............................................ 13
• Appendix B - Extract from Regulation 53 of S.I. No. 329 of 2006. ....................................... 15
• Appendix D – Tenderer's Statement ........................................................................................ 17
• [Website Development and Support -2026 updated.pdf] ’s Mission Statement
• https://portal.creativeireland.gov.ie/

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 month. 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)
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (For any one claim or series of claims
• payments exceed €650 (including VAT)
• Where payments exceed €2,600 in any 12 month
• The tender shall hold good for 120 days after the closing date for receipt of t
• participation in the Culture, Arts, Sports and the Irish language supporting social progress, and
• a proposal in their own right and participate as sub-contractors in one or more consortium
• hours of receipt and no later than 12pm 27th November 2025.

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 — 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: Website Development and Support -2026 updated.pdf, Appendix B - Extract from Regulation 53 of S.I. No. 329 of 2006. ......................., Appendix D – Tenderer's Statement .......................................................
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix B (Article 29 of EU, Appendix A of this, Appendix A of this document;.