Tender No 12 Generator Equipment
Value
€650k
Deadline
24 Nov
24 Nov 2025
Value
€650k
Deadline
24 Nov
Supply and support of generator equipment for The Irish Air Navigation Service
Supply and support of generator equipment for The Irish Air Navigation Service
Bidder profile
Firms with experience in supplying technical equipment and compliance with ISO standards, particularly in the public sector.
Risks & flags
- Qualification gate
- Two-step process
- Compliance evidence required early
Briefing
AI-generated analysis of the documents. Check the official notice and any amendments for current submission details.
1. At a glance
| Field | Detail |
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| Buyer | The Irish Air Navigation Service |
| Title | Tender No 12 Generator Equipment |
| CPV / category | supplies |
| Estimated value | 650000.00 |
| Per-year (if multi-year) | not stated |
| Procedure type | not stated |
| Lots | not stated |
| Location | Ireland |
| Contract length | 12 months |
| Submission deadline | 2025-11-24T12:00:00+00:00 |
| Go-live / start | not stated |
2. Scope of Work
The Irish Air Navigation Service ran this procurement for “Tender No 12 Generator Equipment” 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:
- Buyer: The Irish Air Navigation Service
- rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
- Tenderers must provide details of conformance to the ISO 9000 series or any other equivalent standard or system
- supply, delivery, and support of Generator Equipment
- The Air Navigation Service of Ireland
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- The Air Navigation Service of Ireland (the “Contracting Authority) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the goods and services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods and Services”).
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- The Air Navigation Service of Ireland is a commercial state body that oversees the safety and security of Irish civil aviation, provides air traffic management (ATM) services in Irish airspace and at state airports and communications services on the Eastern North Atlantic.
- The AirNav safety regulatory services include:
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- the licensing of personnel and organisations involved in aircraft maintenance
- [RFT Section 1 - 3.docx] ) services in Irish airspace and at state airports and communications services on the Eastern North Atlantic.
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- The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the initial Term for additional periods in line with the lifetime of the system on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law.
- 2.10.5 Payments for Goods and Services provided pursuant to this RFT shall be subject to and made in accordance with the Contract at Appendix 4 to this RFT. 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.
- m) Tenderers must provide in sufficient detail (in no more than 1000 words and as an appendix to this document) a description of the Tenderer’s Company including: (1) a company profile and history (2) key areas of expertise and specialties including range of services offered, types of markets serviced (private, public, national and international) available to support the carrying out of the contract (3) a Management Structure / Organisational Chart (4) details of Tenderer’s company training policy (5)Tenderers must indicate the core specialisation of your company. (6) Tenderers must indicate if you subcontract any of your core activities.
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- Tenderers must outline their organisation’s policy on Health & Safety.
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.; l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) ; Professional indemnity €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) 2
- Certifications — l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand)
- 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.
- l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand)
- Professional indemnity €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) 2
5. Award criteria & scoring
| Criterion | Weight (%) | Sub-criteria | Pass/fail threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | not stated | Methodology / implementation detail not stated in extract | not stated |
| Price | not stated | Pricing basis not stated in extract | not stated |
| The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract. |
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:
- Appendix 1 (Section 4) Requirements and Specifications
- Appendix 2 (Section 5) Pricing Schedule
- Appendix 4 Contract Terms and Conditions
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- The Air Navigation Service of Ireland (the “Contracting Authority) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the goods and services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods and Services”).
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- The Tenderer, as Data Controller in respect of any Personal Data provided by it in its Tender, is required to confirm in the statement required under paragraph 2.4 below that all Data Subjects (where Data Subject has the meaning given under the Data Protection Laws) whose Personal Data is provided by the Tenderer have consented to the processing of such Personal Data by the Tenderer, the Contracting Authority, the Evaluation Team and the supplier of the etenders.gov.ie website, for the purposes of the participation of the Tenderer in this Competition or that the Tenderer otherwise has a legal basis for providing such Personal Data to the Contracting Authority for the purposes of its participation in this Competition.
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- To complete and submit with their Tender the European Single Procurement Document (“ESPD”), on their e-tender’s submission
7. Key dates & process
| Milestone | Date |
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| RFT issued | not specified |
| Clarification deadline | not specified |
| Mandatory site visit | not specified |
| Tender deadline (date + time) | 2025-11-24T12:00:00+00:00 |
| Expected award | not specified |
| Contract start | not specified |
| Go-live / mobilisation | not stated |
| Date surfaced in documents | 2025-11-24T12:00:00+00:00 |
| Date surfaced in documents | 26 February 2014 |
| Date surfaced in documents | 12 March 2001 |
| Date surfaced in documents | Regulations 2016 |
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.
- Title: Tender No 12 Generator Equipment
- Sector: Office Supplies & Equipment
- VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
- l be required to hold for the term of the Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand)
- supply, delivery, and support of Generator Equipment
- Appendix 4 Contract Terms and Conditions
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- This public procurement competition (the “Competition”) will be conducted in accordance with the open procedure under the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that may result from this Competition (the “Contract”) will be issued for an initial term of up to Three years + 1 +1 (“the Term”).
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- [RFT Section 1 - 3.docx] 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that may result from this Competition (the “Contract”) will be issued for an initial term of up to Three years + 1 +1 (“the Term”).
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: [3
- rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
- Tenderers must provide details of conformance to the ISO 9000 series or any other equivalent standard or system
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- BS 7698/ISO8528 G2
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- BS EN ISO 3046-1
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- BS ISO 8528-1 to 6
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- BS ISO 8528 – 9 & 10
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- ISO 12000
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- BS EN 953
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- BS EN12601
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- BS EN 61000-6-3 & -4
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- BS EN 61000-1 & -2
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- BS EN 60204-1
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- BS EN 60439-1
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- BS EN60529
- to ISO8528 Standby Rated, and shall be capable of a one-step load of 60% of its prime powe
- onic type and meet the accuracy requirements of class A1 to ISO3046
- NEMW MG-122 & ISO8528 G2
Scale / volume phrases
- that all prices quoted in the Tender will remain valid for 180 days commencing from the Tender Deadline
- Most recent accounts should not be greater than 12 months old from date of tender submission
- Contractor to provide a maximum 2 days training on the installation and operat
TENDER DOCUMENTS [RFT Section 1 - 3.docx, RFT Section 1 - 3.docx, Appendix 5 Generators Award Criteria.xlsx.
- 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 Requirements.docx, RFT Section 1 - 3.docx] REQUEST FOR TENDERS, Appendix 1 (Section 4) Requirements and Specifications.
This tender has been awarded
- De Power Solutions Ltd · 14 Jan 2026
Can you bid?
Required certifications
- ISO 9000 series
Minimum turnover
€2,500,000
Public liability insurance
€6,500,000
Professional indemnity insurance
€6,500,000
Named standards / methodologies
Scoring
Most Economically Advantageous Tender
Lots (1)
Supply and installation of generator equipment for AirNav Ireland.
Documents (7)
RFT Section 1 - 3.docx
83.6 KB · RFT / Invitation to Tender
Appendix 1 Requirements.docx
60.8 KB · Appendix / Annex
Appendix 2 Cost Schedule.odt
8.9 KB
Appendix 3-Tenderers Statement.docx
19.0 KB · Tender Response Template
Appendix 4 - Contract Terms and Conditions.doc
162.5 KB
Appendix 5 Generators Award Criteria.xlsx
54.3 KB · Appendix / Annex
Appendix 6 - ESPD.docx
77.0 KB · ESPD (European Single Procurement Document)
Original notice text
This tender involves the supply, delivery, and support of generator equipment for The Irish Air Navigation Service, ensuring compliance with operational standards and requirements.
AI analysis updated 4 months ago
Value
€650k
Deadline
24 Nov
Location
The contract is for the supply of generator equipment across Ireland.
Procedure
Open
Clarification
17 Nov 2025
eTenders ID
6807846
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