Carlow Active Travel Schemes - Safe Route to School - Queen of the Universe N.S., Bagenalstown

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Carlow County Council ran this procurement for “Carlow Active Travel Schemes - Safe Route to School - Queen of the Universe N.S., Bagenalstown” 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:

• must operate a certified quality management system such as ISO9001 or
• any of the technical capability Qualification Criteria, the entity relied upon may be required to enter into either a Reliance Warranty (in the form of Model Form MF 1.30) or Collateral Warranty in the form of Model Form MF 1.12 or MF 2.3 (as appropriate to the nature of the resource relied upon by the Tenderer) with regard to the making available the resources relied upon by the Tenderer. Note that where a Tenderer relies on another entity for educational or professional qualifications, or, with regard to relevant professional experience (whether in Part 1, H&S Supplements or Specialist Questionnaires), the entity being relied upon must perform the works or services to which those educational or professional qualifications or professional experiences relate.
• Where the Project Particulars state that pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2022 on the access of third-country economic operators, goods and services to the Union’s public procurement and concession markets and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union economic operators, goods and services to the public procurement and concession markets of third countries (“The International Procurement Instrument” – IPI) an IPI measure applies to this Competition (having regard to the estimated value of the contract, the scope of application of the IPI measure, or the date on which the IPI measure was made),- the IPI Annex issued by the Contracting Authority forms part
• Where Section 2.1 of the Project Particulars state that Tenderers are required to propose Specialists to undertake the areas of specialist works and/or services (“specialist areas”) described in Section 2.7.1 of the Project Particulars, the following applies:
• Where the Contracting Authority has chosen “Declaration Required”, it shall suffice for the purposes of SAQ Response for the Tenderer to complete the Declaration in Part 2 of the Questionnaire (and may also respond by selecting Yes in Part IVα (Selection Criteria) of the ESPD, where an ESPD is required). The Declaration in Part 2 of the Questionnaire will be required to be completed even if the Tenderer is also submitting an ESPD. The Contracting Authority may, at any time (for example, prior to shortlisting), request supporting documentation substantiating any declaration made in respect of any or all such Qualification Criteria. Supporting documents must prove that the Tenderer meets the relevant Qualification Criterion as of the date of submission of the Tenderer’s SAQ Response. Where the Contracting Authority requests supporting documentation substantiating any declaration made in respect of any or all such Qualification Criteria, the supporting documents must be provided promptly and within the timeframe specified by the Contracting Authority. Failure to provide the requested supporting documentation within the timeframe specified may result in exclusion from the Competition.
• Entitles issuing PII insurance cover must have been granted an authorisation as an insurance undertaking by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide Non-Life Insurance Class 13 General Liability cover. Entities providing insurance intermediary services must be either authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland, or registered in a Member State other than Ireland for the purposes of Directive 2009/138/EC.
• Entitles issuing public liability insurance cover must have been granted an authorisation as an insurance undertaking by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide Non-Life Insurance Class 13 General Liability cover. Entities providing insurance intermediary services must be either authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland; or registered in a Member State other than Ireland for the purposes of Directive 2009/138/EC. 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.

• Tenderers may use an existing ESPD, provided however that it is accompanied by a letter from the Tenderer confirming that their circumstances have not changed since the ESPD was originally completed.
• CA Note: You may change the requirement for the response to this criterion (in text fields below) and create an equivalent requirement in its place as long as it is appropriate and relevant to the criterion. You may not change the objective or title.

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.; a of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category € CA Entry Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1.5M Maximum permissible excess on Prof; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000.00 Maximum level of excess for propert
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — a of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category € CA Entry Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1.5M Maximum permissible excess on Prof
• 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.
• a of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category € CA Entry Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1.5M Maximum permissible excess on Prof
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000.00 Maximum level of excess for propert
• y only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000.00 The amount of the Performance Bond
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 for any one event

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)
• the Pricing Document is more than €500.
• nd (NFQ IE) or equivalent academic qualification and should show on their CV a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 previous schemes in the past 7 years where they carried out the following:
• and (NFQ IE) or equivalent academic qualification and should show on their CV a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 previous schemes in the past 7 years where
• and (NFQ IE) or equivalent academic qualification and should show on their CV a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 previous schemes in the past 7 years where they carried out the following:
• The General Foreman should show on their CV a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 previous schemes in the past 7 years where they carried out the following:

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 7 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)
• y only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000.00 The amount of the Performance Bond
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 50,000.00 14
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 50,000
• The Signal Head Ingress Protection shall be a minimum of IP54 to EN 60529
• ignal Head Ingress Protection shall be a minimum of IP54 to EN 60529
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as

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: not later than 5 days after the date agreed between the
• Within 14 days of receipt of the payment claim notice
• pay the amount due on the invoice within 21 days after receiving the invoice
• If, within 14 days of the issue of the certificate of Subs

TENDER DOCUMENTS [QW2-Part-1-v2.1-18-11-2024-09-01-2025.docx, QW2-Part-1-v2.1-18-11-2024-09-01-2025.docx, C1051-OCSC-Z2-XX-CD-C-0004-Volume C-S4-P04.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule and, Appendix A, as stated in the Project Particulars; and, Appendix A - Self Declaration in relation to Regulation 57.