Request for Tenders for the Provision of Netwrix Software Licences

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

National Transport Authority_1149 ran this procurement for “Request for Tenders for the Provision of Netwrix Software Licences” 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:

• Service Provider shall be obliged to hold, for the duration of the contract, the following insurances: Third party liability insurance: €6,500,000 Employer’s liability insurance: €13,000,000 Professional indemnity insurance: €3,000,000 Product liability insurance: €6,500,000 Cyber liability and network security insurance: €3,000,000 The insurance policies described above s
• The Service Provider shall, within 3 months after the commencement date, deliver to the Authority a high level Exit Management Plan, setti
• ll fees due and owing at that time, a payment equivalent to 3 months’ agreed standard services payment
• The Service Provider shall, within 3 months after the commencement date, deliver to
• ws File Servers - Standard Support and Maintenance 1025 12 months
• t Entra ID - Subscription - Service Account License 170 12 months
• id License - Subscription - Service Account License 170 12 months
• r Active Directory – Subscription - Service Account 170 12 months
• le Servers - Subscription - Service Account License 170 12 months
• 3. SPECIFICATIONS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS 9
• 3.3 Specifications of Service Requirements 9
• These Instructions to Tenderers (“Instructions”) have been prepared for the purpose of providing certain information to entities invited to submit Tenders in this competition for the services described therein to be provided to the National Transport Authority (the “Authority”). In no circumstances shall the Authority, its servants and/or agents incur any liability or responsibility arising out of or in respect of the issue of these Instructions. Any costs associated with the 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.

• Nothing contained in these Instructions is, or shall be relied upon as, a representation of fact or promise as to the future. Any summaries or descriptions of documents or contractual arrangements contained in any part of these Instructions cannot be and are not intended to be comprehensive, nor any substitute for the underlying documentation (whether existing or to be concluded in the future), and are in all respects qualified in their entirety by reference to them.
• Manage the Rural Transport Programme and the successor structure of Transport Co-ordination Units;
• Planning and funding of sustainable transport projects in the regional cities of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford;
• Administration of the Smarter Travel Workplaces programme;

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.; Service Provider shall be obliged to hold, for the duration of the contract, the following insurances: Third party liability insurance: €6,500,000 Employer’s liability insurance: €13,000,000 Professional indemnity insurance: €3,000,000 Product liability insurance: €6,500,000 Cyber liability and network security insurance: €3,000,000 The insurance policies described above s
• 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.
• Service Provider shall be obliged to hold, for the duration of the contract, the following insurances: Third party liability insurance: €6,500,000 Employer’s liability insurance: €13,000,000 Professional indemnity insurance: €3,000,000 Product liability insurance: €6,500,000 Cyber liability and network security insurance: €3,000,000 The insurance policies described above s

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:
• 6.10 Corrections to Pricing Submission and Abnormal Tenders 20
• APPENDIX III – ARTICLE 57 DECLARATION 34
• APPENDIX IV – DATA PROTECTION NOTICE 37
• These Instructions to Tenderers (“Instructions”) have been prepared for the purpose of providing certain information to entities invited to submit Tenders in this competition for the services described therein to be provided to the National Transport Authority (the “Authority”). In no circumstances shall the Authority, its servants and/or agents incur any liability or responsibility arising out of or in respect of the issue of these Instructions. Any costs associated with the
• [RFT - Provision of Netwrix Software Licences -Amended 04.11.2025.docx] to submit Tenders in this competition for the services described therein to be provided to the National Transport Authority (the “Authority”). In no circumstances shall the Authority, its servants and/or agents incur any liability or responsibility arising out of or in respect of the issue of these Instructions. Any costs associated with the submission of a Tender are the sole responsibility of the Tenderer and will not be reimbursed.
• Suitable companies are now invited to tender to undertake this work in accordance with the terms of this brief. Following consideration of submissions, the Authority may at its discretion award the contract to the company submitting the most economically advantageous tender. The Authority will evaluate Tenders based on the criteria set out in Section 7 of these Instructions. Tenderers may be required to make a presentation relating to their proposal at an Authority-nominated date,

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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)
• A right of termination by the Authority on the expiry of 6 months’ written notice by the Authority
• ll fees due and owing at that time, a payment equivalent to 3 months’ agreed standard services payment
• 6 months from the closing date for receipt of te
• expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this tender
• Netwrix Auditor for Active Directory – Subscription 275 12 months
• ditor for Exchange - Hybrid License - Subscription 1400 12 months
• etwrix Auditor for Microsoft Entra ID - Subscription 80 12 months

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: RFT - Provision of Netwrix Software Licences -Amended 04.11.2025.docx, RFT - Provision of Netwrix Software Licences -Amended 04.11.2025.docx] National Tra, RFT - Provision of Netwrix Software Licences -Amended 04.11.2025.docx] ENERAL PROVI.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: APPENDIX I – PRICING SUBMISSION 26, APPENDIX II – FORM OF TENDER 30, APPENDIX III – ARTICLE 57 DECLARATION 34.