RFT for Construction of 2 No. Industrial Units Block Y and Z Development Ballymurtagh Shannon Co Clare

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Shannon Commercial Enterprises DAC (SCE) ran this procurement for “RFT for Construction of 2 No. Industrial Units Block Y and Z Development Ballymurtagh Shannon Co Clare” 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:

• If the Tenderer does not supply the Performance Bond in the timeline outlined above after issue of Letter of
• If the Tenderer does not supply the requirement to provide evidence in the timeline outlined above after
• independent bodies about environmental management systems or standards
• management systems or standards as requested throughout the Project to comply with all environmental
• carbon reduction strategy throughout all its operations and the
• successful contractor will be expected to support this strategy.
• On behalf of the Tenderer, I certify that the Tenderer is not guilty of misrepresentation in supplying or failing
• to supply the information requested in response
• to supply the information requested in response to the RFT above. 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.

• deal with existing tenants in the vicinity and comply with
• carbon reduction strategy throughout all its operations and the
• successful contractor will be expected to support this strategy.
• core part of the company’s key objectives. Please include details

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.; completion of the construction works, along with the other insurances as listed below,: - Insurance Type Cover Level Criteria Maximum Excess Professional Indemnity for Works Contractor, Designer €6,500,000 €50,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 €10,000 Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 €0 Others As required under the Contract a
• 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.
• completion of the construction works, along with the other insurances as listed below,: - Insurance Type Cover Level Criteria Maximum Excess Professional Indemnity for Works Contractor, Designer €6,500,000 €50,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 €10,000 Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 €0 Others As required under the Contract a

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [Block Y and Z Development - Request for Tender.pdf] Request for Tender (RFT)
• [Block Y and Z Development - Request for Tender.pdf] the Contracting Authority nor its officers, employees, or advisers have any responsibility for Tenderers’
• Tenderers will be required to complete the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and will be required
• Upon completing the SAQ, the Tenderer will be required to submit its tender proposal electronically via the
• online e-tenders portal by the tender return date and time as outlined below. This submission should include

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 14 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)
• may terminate the process or any part of it at any time, with or without procuring the Works in another way. If
• The term tenderer or economic operator is used for an individual (sole) trader, a legal partnership, consortium
• [Block Y and Z Development - Request for Tender.pdf] economic operator is used for an individual (sole) trader, a legal partnership, consortium
• A site visit is advised for Candidates to gain a greater understanding of the site and its restrictions to determine
• 2005 and any subsequent Safety, Health and Welfare legislation including the requirement to have a
• Grounds relating to payment of taxes or social security
• Grounds relating to payment of taxes or social security contributions

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.
• 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: Block Y and Z Development - Request for Tender.pdf, RFT for Construction of 2 No. Industrial Units Block Y and Z Development Ballymurta, RFT).
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 1 with this document., RFT above..