MCC Structural Firefighting Kit

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Mayo County Council_1127 ran this procurement for “MCC Structural Firefighting Kit” 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:

• ave a track record of supplying Local Authority/Municipal Fire Brigades, with a minimum of 3 significant contracts fulfilled
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] Request for Tenders dated
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] . Correspondence from any other person will NOT be accepted, acknowledged or responded to.
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] of a Tender, must be communicated to the Contracting Authority immediately upon such information becoming known to the Tenderer or Subcontractor.
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] any actual or potential conflict of interest, the Contracting Authority may invite Tenderers to propose means by which the conflict of interest might be removed and in circumstances where there are links between Tenderers, the Contracting Authority may seek further information to confirm the Tenders have been prepared independently. The Contracting Authority will, at its absolute discretion, decide on the appropriate course of action, which may in appropriate circumstances include eliminating a Tenderer from this Competition or any Mini-Competition or terminating any Framework Agreement or Services Contract entered into by a Tenderer.
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] mere affirmative statement by the Tenderer that it can / will do so or a reiteration of the tender requirements is NOT sufficient in this regard.
• Mayo County Fire Service are currently seeking to replace their existing structural firefighting suits. It is estimated that approximately 180 suits will be replaced providing fire-fighters with two suits each over the lifetime of the contract. This quantity may vary by approximately 10% however tenderers shall note that no guarantee can be provided that the given quantities will be purchased.
• RE: Request for Tenders for the Supply
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] [Tenderers shall complete and return the following form of Tenderers’ Statement printed on the Tenderers’ headed notepaper and signed by the Tenderer.]
• RE: Request for Tenders for the Supply of
• [Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx] 3A: Schedule A – Declaration of no foreign financial contributions 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.

• Mayo County Fire Service are currently seeking to replace their existing structural firefighting suits. It is estimated that approximately 180 suits will be replaced providing fire-fighters with two suits each over the lifetime of the contract. This quantity may vary by approximately 10% however tenderers shall note that no guarantee can be provided that the given quantities will be purchased.
• 5.1 If applicable, notifying parties should list and substantiate any possible positive effects on the development of the relevant subsidised economic activity on the internal market. Notifying parties should also list and substantiate any other positive effects of the foreign subsidies, such as broader positive effects in relation to the relevant policy objectives, in particular those of the Union, and specify when and where those effects have or are expected to take place. Notifying parties should provide a description of each of those positive effects.

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.; Public Liability €6.5 million Employers Liability €13 million Produ; The minimum level of cover for each and every claim, unlimited in the period of insurance shall be Public Liability: €6.5 million Employers Liability: €13 million Prod
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — il Tenderers Response Criterion : Evidence of Turnover Rule : The tenderer must confirm that they have a minimum annual turnover in each of the last three financial years of not less than €300,000 Pass/Fail Tenderers Response
• 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.
• Public Liability €6.5 million Employers Liability €13 million Produ
• il Tenderers Response Criterion : Evidence of Turnover Rule : The tenderer must confirm that they have a minimum annual turnover in each of the last three financial years of not less than €300,000 Pass/Fail Tenderers Response
• The minimum level of cover for each and every claim, unlimited in the period of insurance shall be Public Liability: €6.5 million Employers Liability: €13 million Prod

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• For reporting of foreign financial contributions which are of a value between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• Appendix 3A: Schedule D – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• A: Schedule D – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 1 year. 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)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• ave a track record of supplying Local Authority/Municipal Fire Brigades, with a minimum of 3 significant contracts fulfilled
• B24 The suit shall be finished so that a minimum of 25 wash cycles from new can be completed without necessary waterproofing or intermediate treatment
• B24 The suit shall be finished so that a minimum of 25 wash cycles from new can be completed without necessary waterproofing or intermediate treatment
• ontinues for 60 calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days notice
• breach(es) (if the breach(es) are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f

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: Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx, To be completed by notifying parties where the value of the procurement procedure is equal to or greater than the financial thresholds in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has not been

[Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx, To be completed by notifying parties where the value of the procurement procedure is equal to or greater than the

[Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Sign

[Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx, Signatory

[Mayo County Fire Service Fire Kit RFT.docx, Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions.