DG 09/25 PSDP and PSCS Services for Midlands Trail Network Project - EUJTF

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Bord na Móna PLC ran this procurement for “DG 09/25 PSDP and PSCS Services for Midlands Trail Network Project - EUJTF” 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: DG 09/25 PSDP and PSCS Services for Midlands Trail Network Project - EUJTF
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion of the Services
• , property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the Services
• Insurance of plans, documents € 50,000 None From start to completion of the Services
• ISO 45001, Safe-T-Cert or equivalent safety management system? If yes, please provide a c
• ISO 45001, Safe-T-Cert or equivalent safety management system? If yes
• ISO 45001, Safe-T-Cert or equivalent safety management system? If yes, please
• onsultant’s tender for the Services, or, if there was none, 10 days before the Client received the Consulta
• PSDP and PSCS Services for Midlands Trail Network Project - EUJTF
• Professional and Business Standing 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.

• [BNM RFT 6555567 Editable Appendices.docx]
• The Scheme is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union under the EU Just Transition Fund
• • A timeline of activities, milestones, and deliverables aligned with the project programme.
• • Strategy for communicating with designers and client representatives.

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.; Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion o; Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the , property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion o
• 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.
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion o
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the , property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion o
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of th
• Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 Public/Product Liability €6,500,000 Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 Motor Insurance Only required if Tendere

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)
• 15. Weekly Site Visit for site inspection and co
• 6 Weekly Site Visit for site inspection and
• viii. is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has withheld such information or is not able to submit the supporting documents required under Regulation 59 of SI 284 of 2016; or
• Each Tenderer (and any entity comprising the Tenderer, and any entity being relied on by the Tenderer or such entity comprising the Tenderer, and in each such case the reference to Tenderer above shall be read as a reference to each such entity/entity being relied on) must submit a statement to the Contracting Entity advising whether or not any of the circumstances listed above apply to it at the date of this submission.
• [BNM RFT 6555567 Editable Appendices.docx] be read as a reference to each such entity/entity being relied on) must submit a statement to the Contracting Entity advising whether or not any of the circumstances listed above apply to it at the date of this submission.

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)
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion o
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the , property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion o
• Lot 3: Tipperary: 5km trail €40,000
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion of the Services
• , property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 50,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Lot 3: Tipperary: 5km trail €40,000
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier

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: BNM RFT 6555567 Editable Appendices.docx, BNM RFT 6555567 PSDP PSCS Midlands Trail Network - Public.pdf, FTS9-v1.10-16-09-2024_PSDP_PSCS_Midlands Trail Network Project_EUJTF.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: RFT 6555567 Editable Appendices.docx] ![A green letter on a white background AI-ge, Appendix 1: Requirements, RFT 6555567 Editable Appendices.docx] .