Provision of Archive Boxes and Folders

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Tailte Éireann ran this procurement for “Provision of Archive Boxes and Folders” 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:

• for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the supply of the goods as
• the successful implementation of any Goods Contract that may result from this Competition
• 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
• follow the necessary steps on the eTenders platform to ensure that their tender has been
• the supply of samples for purposes of tendering and their return after evaluation or
• 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
• Agreement or Services Contract entered into by a Tenderer.
• the Prime Contractor relies, all or any of the supporting documents specified
• that subcontract exceeds 10% of the value of the Services Contract) does not come
• without delay, to provide the supporting documentation specified below to the 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

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.; The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl; Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — They will be required to provide up-to- date audited accounts demonstrating a minimum annual turnover of €50,000 for each of the three most recent years
• 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.
• The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Product Liability €6.5 million for any one occurrence and in the aggre
• Professional Indemnity €1 million in the aggregate per insurance year
• They will be required to provide up-to- date audited accounts demonstrating a minimum annual turnover of €50,000 for each of the three most recent years

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:
• [Request for Tender_Archive Boxes and Folders.pdf] RFT-Goods-Archive Boxes and Folders TÉ
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods”).
• [Request for Tender_Archive Boxes and Folders.pdf] Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that
• [Request for Tender_Archive Boxes and Folders.pdf] benefits of any Goods Contract that may result from this Competition.
• [Request for Tender_Archive Boxes and Folders.pdf] correspondence.

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.

• Sector: Office Supplies & Equipment
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• The successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• ontinues for 30 calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days notice
• 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 “Goods Contract”) will be issued for a term of one

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: Request for Tender_Archive Boxes and Folders.pdf, Sample Pictures.pdf, RFT-Goods-Archive Boxes and Folders TÉ.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 1:, Appendix 2:, Schedule.