Conservation Works to External Facade of St Johns College, Waterford

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Respond Ireland ran this procurement for “Conservation Works to External Facade of St Johns College, Waterford” 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:

• 5 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• Services on, under or over the site
• location of existing under ground services and over ground
• services; he shall allow all costs associated with contacting and
• arranging with the network service providers to identify all
• services locations on or about the Site; he shall make all
• avoid interference or damage to these services during the
• around and maintaining live these services
• extent of existing services and the risk of damage thereto, the
• regulations, sources of labour and material supply etc; he must
• necessary adjustment and maintenance of these routes to ensure
• damage, if any, to roads, paths, kerbs, services, access lane and 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.

• facade of the existing stone building conservation repairs to
• location of existing under ground services and over ground
• extent of existing services and the risk of damage thereto, the
• (K) Delay Events, Compensation Events, Programme

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.; C) Project Supervisor - the Contractor IS to be appointed as Project Supervisor Construction Stage 1 item (D) Insurance D Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event; 1 item E Minimum indemnity limit for Employers liability insurance: €13,000,000 for any one event
• Certifications — C) Project Supervisor - the Contractor IS to be appointed as Project Supervisor Construction Stage 1 item (D) Insurance D Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event
• Past experience — C) Project Supervisor - the Contractor IS to be appointed as Project Supervisor Construction Stage 1 item (D) Insurance D Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor € CA Entry17 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 — 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.
• C) Project Supervisor - the Contractor IS to be appointed as Project Supervisor Construction Stage 1 item (D) Insurance D Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event
• 1 item E Minimum indemnity limit for Employers liability insurance: €13,000,000 for any one event
• 1 item F Maximum excess for Public liability and Employers liability: €6,500 for each
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for  insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €  public liability €6,5009 7 If no percentage specified, 10% applie

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:
• less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €200,000 must be advertised on eTenders
• The Tenderer shall submit details of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 reference projects, where the
• [W25024 St John's College Vol A-Rev 2.pdf] at
• [W25024 St John's College Vol A-Rev 2.pdf] , Waterford.
• [W25024 St John's College Vol A-Rev 2.pdf] A Works Requirements (cont'd)
• [W25024 St John's College Vol A-Rev 2.pdf] and

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)
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clause 10
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative will give the above certificate to
• the Works within 12 months after the termination, the Contractor’s payment under this clause
• h the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and have not been more than 1 month in arrears or unpaid
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• e Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer sends

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: W25024 St John's College Vol A-Rev 2.pdf, schedule of the works complete in the last 2 weeks and the works, Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule: Part 1, Schedule: Part 1 of the contract is contained, schedule & conditions as described:.