Supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Irish Cattle Breeding Federation ran this procurement for “Supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle” 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: Supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle
• [Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf] GoodsRFT150124
• Supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed
• (“Tenderers”) for the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the
• Co. Kildare (R51HN92) is seeking tenders for the supply and delivery of high quality
• [Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf] rate feed for finishing beef cattle. The ICBF research centre finishes between
• the successful implementation of any Goods Contract that may result from this Competition
• [Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf] and therefore increase their social and economic benefits.
• [Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf] 3
• [Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf] of the participation of the
• 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 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 €13,000,000 thirteen million euro) any one claim, unlimited any one period Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro; ) any one claim, unlimited any one period Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) any one claim, any one period Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 (one million euro) limit in the aggrega
• Certifications — 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 €13,000,000 thirteen million euro) any one claim, unlimited any one period Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — 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 €13,000,000 thirteen million euro) any one claim, unlimited any one period Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro; ) any one claim, unlimited any one period Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) any one claim, any one period Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 (one million euro) limit in the aggrega; Minimum average turnover of €1,000,000 (one million euro) per Comments/ Rule 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 €13,000,000 thirteen million euro) any one claim, unlimited any one period Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro
• ) any one claim, unlimited any one period Product Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) any one claim, any one period Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 (one million euro) limit in the aggrega
• Minimum average turnover of €1,000,000 (one million euro) per Comments/ Rule
• Minimum average turnover of €1,000,000 (one million euro) per annum for each o

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:
• €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration, to include all non-notif
• [Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf] GoodsRFT150124
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• (“Tenderers”) for the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the

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)
• 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 €13,000,000 thirteen million euro) any one claim, unlimited any one period Public Liability €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• Animals are purchased 3-5 months prior to being slaughtered
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extensions per
• and after a period of at least 10 days has passed from receipt by the Client o
• The Contractor hereby guarantees the Goods for 30 days from the date of delivery (the
• If the Force Majeure Event continues for 60 days calendar days either Party may terminat

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: Tender for supply and delivery of high quality concentrate feed for finishing beef cattle.pdf, Appendix 1:, Appendix 2:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule, Appendix 3:, Appendix 4:.