PS3482C UL – RFT for the Provision of Irish Sign Language Interpretation Services for Students Registered with the Disability Support Service

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Education Procurement Service (EPS) ran this procurement for “PS3482C UL – RFT for the Provision of Irish Sign Language Interpretation Services for Students Registered with the Disability Support Service” 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: PS3482C UL – RFT for the Provision of Irish Sign Language Interpretation Services for Students Registered with the Disability Support Service
• Buyer: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
• Sector: Social & Community Services
• e 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 Million Public Liability €6.5 Million Professional Indemnity €1
• the proposed Services Contract may amount to some €100,000 (excl
• The main service periods are from September to December and from January to the end of May; however, there will be breaks during this per
• Language Interpretation Services for Students
• Registered with the Disability Support Service for
• The EducaƟon Procurement Service (EPS) on behalf of the University of Limerick (the
• economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix
• In summary, the Services comprise: Request of Tenders for the Provision of Irish Sign
• Language InterpretaƟon Services for Students Registered with the Disability Support 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.

• ContracƟng Authority policy seeks to encourage parƟcipaƟon on a fair and equal basis by
• [PS3482C UL RFT.pdf] policy seeks to encourage parƟcipaƟon on a fair and equal basis by
• “We confirm the policy provides indemnity to the University of Limerick in respect of

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.; e 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 Million Public Liability €6.5 Million Professional Indemnity €1; f the Contractor’s aggregate liability to the Client under this Agreement whatsoever and howsoever arising shall not under any circumstances exceed Employer’s Liability €13 Million, Public Liability €6.5 Million and Professional Indemnity €1
• 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.
• e 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 Million Public Liability €6.5 Million Professional Indemnity €1
• f the Contractor’s aggregate liability to the Client under this Agreement whatsoever and howsoever arising shall not under any circumstances exceed Employer’s Liability €13 Million, Public Liability €6.5 Million and Professional Indemnity €1
• 1 Insurance Details Employer Liability Employer Liability Public Liability Professional Indemnity Professional Indemnity Minimum Limit of Indemnity Minimum Limit of Indemnity €13,000,000 €13,000,000 €6,500,000 €1,500,000 €1,500,000 NOTE: In addition to the above leve

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) — not specified in extract.
• 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:
• economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix
• [PS3482C UL RFT.pdf] FT (the “Services”).
• [PS3482C UL RFT.pdf] policy seeks to encourage parƟcipaƟon on a fair and equal basis by
• [PS3482C UL RFT.pdf] needed to meet the requirements set out in this RFT and may wish to consult their legal
• [PS3482C UL RFT.pdf] protecƟon laws, regulaƟons and guidelines including but not limited to RegulaƟon (EU)
• supplier of the etenders.gov.ie website, for the purposes of the parƟcipaƟon of 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)
• e 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 Million Public Liability €6.5 Million Professional Indemnity €1
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideraƟon of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• In line with current legislation, where a company has an annual turnover of less than €12 Million then audited accounts are not necessary
• of remedy) within 30 days aŌer receipt of a request in wriƟng fro
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereaŌer (and save in respect of publi
• that may result from this CompeƟƟon (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of
• The ContracƟng Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period of up to One

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.

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: PS3482C UL RFT.pdf, RFT for the Provision of Irish Sign Language Interpretation Services for Students R, RFT.pdf] PS3482C.
• 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:, Appendix 2:, Schedule.