Re-tender: Energy Upgrade Works at GRETB FET Training Centre, Sarsfield Road, Ballinasloe, Co Galway H91 W443

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board_92189 ran this procurement for “Re-tender: Energy Upgrade Works at GRETB FET Training Centre, Sarsfield Road, Ballinasloe, Co Galway H91 W443” 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:

• Core service configuration, integration, and ongoing support obligations were referenced but not numerically defined in the extract.
• ITT-stage documents were expected to carry the granular technical schedules, acceptance tests, and phased rollout details.
• The bidder had to evidence ability to mobilise, operate, and maintain the contracted service profile for the full term. 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.

• Insurer, Policy Number and Renewal Date

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 ; 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000 * 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
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000 * 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) — Appendix 1 questionnaire/PQQ response was required.
• CVs (page count, named roles) — not specified in extract.
• Pricing schedule (format/template) — not specified in extract.
• 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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
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7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 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
• until the pipe has a minimum of 150mm compacted cover
• 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
• UniPrimer (after at least 4 days of the last step)
• 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.
• 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.

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 — not clearly specified in extract.
• 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: Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send, Schedule.zip] [ZIP containing 1 files].
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix/Schedule documents referenced in the source pack.