Business Development Services South Africa

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

IDA Ireland ran this procurement for “Business Development Services South Africa” 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: Business Development Services South Africa
• supplying their Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate on-line verification
• Business Development Services South
• IDA Ireland continues to attract FDI investors to establish operations in Ireland and these client companies
• the Services described herein to be provided to IDA Ireland. IDA Ireland is the contracting authority for this
• Services South Africa and invites tenders (‘’Tenders’’) from Tenderers
• Services South Africa and invites tenders (‘’Tenders’’) from Tenderers for the provision of the services as
• more particularly described in Section 3 of this RFT (the “Services”).
• A Service Level Agreement may be drawn up with the Successful Tenderer detailing all the service aspects
• of the Services offered in its Tender whether or not withstanding any sub-contracting.
• If, having awarded the Contract, the successful Tenderer cannot, for whatever reason, deliver the Services
• implementation of any Contract that may result from this Competition and therefore increase their social 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.

• Further information and IDA Ireland’s latest Strategy, Annual Reports and end of year statements can
• set out in Section 4 of this RFT with the objective of identifying the Tenderer for contract award (the
• the form of, for example, organisational chart, detailed work programme, curriculum vitae(s) where
• The Successful Tenderer will be able to demonstrate that he/she is able to support the objective to secure

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — not specified for this tender
• Insurance — not specified for this tender
• 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

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)
• • We confirm that the Tenderer meets the minimum requirement in relation to turnover, insurance, and tax status, as set out in the ITT, and that we will submit to IDA Ireland the required documentary evidence demonstrating same if requested within the timefram
• [IDA Ireland - SA Pathfinder ITT_Oct 2025 Final v1.pdf] 1
• changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal
• (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents.
• instructions outlined in the Documents prior to submitting their Tender. These may comprise the RFT;

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 years. 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)
• 2010 bring the penalty for an offence committed today to a class B fine, which is a maximum of EUR€4,000.
• re parts of the Contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of Te
• [IDA Ireland - SA Pathfinder ITT_Oct 2025 Final v1.pdf] as widely as possible in economic terms
• IDA Ireland is a globally leading Investment Promotion and Development Agency (IPDA) with national
• (‘’Tenderers’’) interested in participating in this public procurement competition (the ‘’Competition’’) for
• enter into discussions regarding potential partnerships/collaboration between parties.
• annum for a duration of one (1) year (the ‘’Contract Term’’).

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Numeric qualification gates were only partially visible, so eligibility certainty required full pack review.
• 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 — specialist operator with compliant procurement governance and evidencable experience.
• 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: IDA Ireland - SA Pathfinder ITT_Oct 2025 Final v1.pdf, Appendix 5 - IDA Ireland Data Protection Notice.pdf, Appendix 1 - TRD - IDA Ireland South Africa Pathfinder Final .docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 3 - IDA Ireland's Terms and Conditions.pdf, ITT, and that we will submit to IDA Ireland the required documentary evidence demon, ITT_Oct 2025 Final v1.pdf] 1.