Supply and Installation of Standby Generator and Automatic Changeover Panel at Castleisland Area Services Centre, Station Road, Castleisland, Co. Kerry

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kerry County Council_1204 ran this procurement for “Supply and Installation of Standby Generator and Automatic Changeover Panel at Castleisland Area Services Centre, Station Road, Castleisland, Co. Kerry” 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: Supply and Installation of Standby Generator and Automatic Changeover Panel at Castleisland Area Services Centre, Station Road, Castleisland, Co. Kerry
• The cable tray system shall be supported at a minimum of 1000mm intervals
•  The supply and installation of one new 200kVA HVO (EN15940) /Diesel Powered
• 0 HVO (EN15940) /Diesel Powered Fuel GENERATOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM
• Supply and Installation of Standby Generator and Automatic Changeover
• Panel at Castleisland Area Services Centre, Station Road, Castleisland, Co.
• Contract arising out of this Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax
• status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer
• their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will only be evaluated on the information
• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions
• the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as financial, legal and
• the eTenders platform, Tenderers are advised to ensure that they give sufficient time to allow for 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.

• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions
• with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• Where the Particulars state that a deposit required for tender documents it will be refundable to all

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.; ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event ; 5% of Contractors Turnover * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10] Contractors Turnover * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10]
• 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.
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event
• 5% of Contractors Turnover * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10] Contractors Turnover * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10]

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)
• less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €200,000 must be advertised on eTenders
• [(2) Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers Open Procedure for Works Contractors using the Short Public Works Contract
• [(2) Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] no representation, warranty, or undertaking in or in connection
• [(2) Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] to be bound by its Tender for the
• [(2) Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] (or any other legislation relating to the disclosure of information), but is not bound by the Tenderer’s

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.

• Title: Supply and Installation of Standby Generator and Automatic Changeover Panel at Castleisland Area Services Centre, Station Road, Castleisland, Co. Kerry
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• Schedule 4 - Minimum Requirements for all Display Screen Equipment Schedule 5 –
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• The specialist Vendor shall include a minimum 12 months guarantee starting
• All equipment shall be guaranteed for a period of 12 months from date of handover
• Panel at Castleisland Area Services Centre, Station Road, Castleisland, Co.
• and may terminate the Competition or any part of it at any time, with or without procuring the

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: (2) Instructions to Tenderers.pdf, Schedule 4 - Minimum Requirements for all Display Screen Equipment Schedule 5 –, ITT-W4 v2.0 18/11/2024.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to eTenders.1.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT-W4 v2.0, Schedule (Volume B), Appendix 3 to these Instructions.