T.045.2025 Garden Maintenance Kerry Division

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

An Garda Síochána_1192 ran this procurement for “T.045.2025 Garden Maintenance Kerry Division” 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: T.045.2025 Garden Maintenance Kerry Division
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m Public Liability €6
• the proposed Services Contracts may amount to some €65,000 for both lots (excl
• ract, obtain and hold for the term of the Services Goods Contract the types and minimum levels of insurance as specified below
• Technical and Professional Ability Tenderers must provide details of a minimum of 2 Service Contracts delivered over the past three years to include the details listed beneath
• [1. T045.2025 RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf] T045.2025
• Garden Maintenance in all sites in the
• the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• In summary, the Services comprise: Garden Maintenance in the Kerry Garda Division.
• may result from this Competition (the “Services
• [1. T045.2025 RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf] Competition”) will be conducted in accordance
• may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of two 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.

• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by
• Company profile and background regarding current business activities.

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.; Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Public Liability €6.5m Employer’s Liability €12; successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m Public Liability €6
• 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.
• Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Public Liability €6.5m Employer’s Liability €12
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m Public Liability €6

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)
• [1. T045.2025 RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf] T045.2025
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• [1. T045.2025 RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf] Competition”) will be conducted in accordance
• [1. T045.2025 RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf] consider the practical

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)
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m Public Liability €6
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• ract, obtain and hold for the term of the Services Goods Contract the types and minimum levels of insurance as specified below
• are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ
• may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of two
• The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of

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: 1. T045.2025 RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf, RFT Garden Maintenance Kerry.pdf] T045.2025, Appendix 1:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 2:, Schedule, Appendix 3:.