Request for Tenders for the Provision of Statutory Audit and Taxation Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Port of Waterford Company ran this procurement for “Request for Tenders for the Provision of Statutory Audit and Taxation Services” 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: Request for Tenders for the Provision of Statutory Audit and Taxation Services
• required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to
• Port operations run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] 3 - TENDERERS’ STATEMENT ................................................................................ 25
• Audit and Accountancy firms (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as
• described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• corporate mission is to provide infrastructure and services to enable trade and economic
• Port operations run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Port at Belview operates under the ISPS
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] International Ship & Port Security). Port of Waterford is involved in bulk, general cargoes
• The container terminal is a Lo-Lo operation and is managed by the Company. It supports a wide
• 1,000 jobs in, or supported by businesses in, the port zone.
• PoW’s operations are sited in the following locations: 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.

• of five ports of National Significance within the terms of National Ports Policy 2013 and is
• function which conducts a programme of work agreed with the ARC. Internal
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] programme of work agreed with the ARC. Internal
• Tenderers must provide details of their on-going training programmes to

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.; The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Engagement 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) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand); By signing the Tenderer’s Statement ,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand)
• Certifications — The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Engagement 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) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand); By signing the Tenderer’s Statement ,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One 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.
• The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Engagement 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) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand)
• By signing the Tenderer’s Statement ,000 (thirteen million) Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand)

5. Award criteria & scoring

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] 3 - TENDERERS’ STATEMENT ................................................................................ 25
• DECLARATION AS TO PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF TENDERER ............ 26
• described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] International Ship & Port Security). Port of Waterford is involved in bulk, general cargoes
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] on Taxation

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 5 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)
• The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Engagement 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) Professional liability €1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand)
• of five ports of National Significance within the terms of National Ports Policy 2013 and is
• Code (International Ship & Port Security). Port of Waterford is involved in bulk, general cargoes
• [2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf] International Ship & Port Security). Port of Waterford is involved in bulk, general cargoes
• The container terminal is a Lo-Lo operation and is managed by the Company. It supports a wide
• 1.4. Any engagement that may result from this Competition will be issued for a term of three
• years (“the Term”). Port of Waterford reserves the right to extend this term for two

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 — 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: 2025 Request for Tender - Audit Services v4 2025.10.02.pdf, APPENDIX 4, RFT”) from.
• 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 to this RFT (the “Services”)., RFT and may wish to consult their legal advisers., RFT does not constitute an offer or commitment to enter into a Contract or.