Electrical upgrade works to Existing Energy Centre and creation of Framework agreement for Electrical Infrastructure at St James's Hospital Dublin

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St James's Hospital ran this procurement for “Electrical upgrade works to Existing Energy Centre and creation of Framework agreement for Electrical Infrastructure at St James's Hospital Dublin” 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:

• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• 6 of IS20 Part 1 : 1987 under an IS/ISO 9002/EN9002 registered Quality System, all in accordance with Architect's Specification:
• be adequately supported and clipped to within 200mm of the cable
• Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000[7] for any one event, but this limit may be on an annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports and sudden and accidental pollution.
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured.
• Effecting or maintenance of insurance of or in connection with the provision of finance or advice on financial matters
• Air Permeability pressure tests, seals, tapes/ Airtightness specialis Fire stopping systems/c
• Air Permeability pressure tests, seals, tapes/ Airtightness specialis Fire stopping systems/cavity barriers/Firestopping
• Line drainage system, Drains, ducts, underground pipes
• Utilities means conducting media and apparatus for water, sewage, electricity, gas, oil, telecommunications, data, steam, air, or other services, and associated apparatus and structures.
• The arbitration rules are the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) Arbitration Rules for use with Public Works and Construction Services Contracts ( 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.

• Title: Electrical upgrade works to Existing Energy Centre and creation of Framework agreement for Electrical Infrastructure at St James's Hospital Dublin
• The Works 6 Calender Months(Including programme contingency) €10,000 per week or part of week
• Section: Generator Installations 6 Calender Months(Including programme contingency) €10,000 per week or part of week 50%
• The Project Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades to Existing Energy Centre as part of Framework agreement at St James Hospital

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 Public liability insurance: €6,500,000[7] for any one event, bu; Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000[8] for any one event
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — * The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 2,5000,000[17] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m)
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — * Date for warranty Amount withheld Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance Maximum excess for professional indemnity insurance Generator Installations Within 2 weeks of commencement on site 50% of the item value €2.6m €10,000 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 Public liability insurance: €6,500,000[7] for any one event, bu
• Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000[8] for any one event
• Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,000~~[[10]](#footnote-10 000,000[[8]](#foo
• Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,000~~[10]~~ in respect of p
• the aggregate of €6,500,000 - Contractor's "All Risk" insurance for the full reinstatement value of the proposed works in respect of any one claim - Motor insurance cover with a third party property damage limit of €5,000,000 for all vehicles owned, leased rented or

5. Award criteria & scoring

• The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Profess 2% not stated not stated
• The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Profess 2% not stated not stated The Contractor’s tendered percentage addition to costs of labour *(If negative 35% not stated not stated The Contractor’s tendered percentage addition to costs of labour *(If negative 35% not stated not stated The Contractor’s tendered percentage addition to costs of materials *(If negat 0% not stated not stated The Contractor’s tendered percentage addition/deduction to costs of plant *(A 50% not stated not stated The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract.

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) — not specified in extract.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• ect item description and the difference for an item in, or that should have been in, the Pricing Document is more than €500. No Yes
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• We have examined and understand the Public Works Contract for Minor Building and Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer, the Works Requirements, the Pricing Document, all as amended by any supplemental information, for the above contract.
• We submit with this Tender the completed Pricing Document and Schedule which form part of this Tender. We adopt the Novated Design Documents as our Works Proposals.
• [CA Note: Please choose from the options in the drop down menus below] A Bill of Quantities measured in accordance with the: as included in Volume C. [Where Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be as amended by Supplement 1, Issue 2. Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4: Revised is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be the 4TH Edition as amended in accordance with Section 5.2 of Guidance Note GN 1.5.3 of the Capital Works Management Framework. Where the TII’s Requirements for Measuring and Pricing (RMP) is selected from the drop down menu above, it shall be the latest edition as published by Transport Infrastructure Ireland] [CA Note: Please choose from the options in the drop down menu below for Mechanical & Electrical Works] Mechanical & Electrical Works measured in accordance with: *[Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4:Revised is selected
• [FTS-5-v2.7-09-01-2025.docx] shall be the latest edition as published by Transport Infrastructure Ireland]* [CA Note: Please choose from the options in the drop down menu below for Mechanical & Electrical Works] Mechanical & Electrical Works measured in accordance with: [Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4:Revised is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be the 4th Edition as amended in accordance with Section 5.2 of Guidance Note GN 1.5.3 of the Capital Works Management Framework. Where TII’s Requirements for Measuring and Pricing (RMP) is selected from the drop down menu above, it shall be the latest edition as published by Transport Infrastructure Ireland]

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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)
• ect item description and the difference for an item in, or that should have been in, the Pricing Document is more than €500. No Yes
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0.00 [14]
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0
• corrosion protection will be determined by reference to EN ISO 129
• corrosion protection will be determined by reference to EN ISO 12944
• 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.
• 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
• 3 within 21 days after receiving the invoice [less any a
• Within 2 months after Substantial Completion of the Wor
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final
• As soon as practicable, no more than 3 months, after the Defects Certificate is issue
• Employer shall pay the amount due on the invoice within 21 days after receiving the invoice
• Employer, the Contractor shall pay the amount due within 14 days of receipt of the
• amount due shall be paid within 30 days of receipt of a demand for payment
• matter right, and the Contractor has not done so within 14 days after receiving the
• Works on the Site within 6 weeks of the date the Contract requires

TENDER DOCUMENTS [FTS-5-v2.7-09-01-2025.docx, FTS-5-v2.7-09-01-2025.docx, Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4:Revised is selected

[FTS-5-v2.7-09-01-2025.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: (61)E001 Electrical Services Roof-Work.pdf, Schedule and, Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi.