2025/009 Contract for the Provision and Support of an Investment Database for use by Enterprise Ireland

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Enterprise Ireland ran this procurement for “2025/009 Contract for the Provision and Support of an Investment Database for use by Enterprise Ireland” 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: 2025/009 Contract for the Provision and Support of an Investment Database for use by Enterprise Ireland
• The exporting companies supported by Enterprise Ireland generate almost €40BN of economic impact in spend
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Where the supplies and services being tendered for includes processing Personal Data as part of the service delivery, Tenderers are required to enter into a
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers must demonstrate to the satisfaction of Enterprise Ireland that they have the experience necessary to supply the Services if their Tender is succes
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• nce contract must relate to services delivered within the 48 months prior to the deadline for submissio
• relate to the supplies and services delivered within the 48 months prior to the deadline for submissio
• Establishment of Contract The provision and support of an Investment Database for use by Enterprise Ireland
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• Title The provision and support of an Investment Database for use by Enterprise Ireland
• Nature of Requirement Services
• Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets. In this way, we support sustainable economic growth, regional development and secure employment. 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.

• (dd) Policy on Personal Debriefings 28
• [ITT Investor Database.docx] It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on a fair and equal basis.
• Enterprise Ireland works with companies of all sizes, from High Potential Start-Ups to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) up to and including Irish public limited companies (PLCs) providing them with a vast array of supports and services that includes extensive start-up, scaling, innovation and management development programmes, global market reach and diversification opportunities, direct investment, seed and venture capital funding schemes and services, collaboration between clients and the national and international research community, all of which is supported by a highly experienced workforce of 850 across a network of regional office locations in Ireland and 40 overseas locations to help Irish enterprise succeed globally.
• [ITT Investor Database.docx] Enterprise Ireland’s Scaling Finance function is to support Irish companies by ensuring they can access appropriate funding to enable them to scale their business.

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.; Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place: Insurance Type Required Value € Employer’s Liability (where applicable – see notes below) €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Professional Indemnity €1 milli; on Cyber Liability €5 million For the purposes of Tender submissi
• 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.
• Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place: Insurance Type Required Value € Employer’s Liability (where applicable – see notes below) €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Professional Indemnity €1 milli
• on Cyber Liability €5 million For the purposes of Tender submissi

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:
• eTenders Resource ID 5974537
• Submission of Queries Via the messaging portal on eTenders See Section 6(d) for details
• Submission of Tenders Via the etenders postbox. See Sections 6(a) and 6(c) for details
• Please note that information relating to this Invitation to Tender Document, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie). Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents. Please note that the Contracting Authority cannot accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
• 5.1.1 General, Declarations and Financial Requirements 14
• (k) European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) 23

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 48 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)
• Where cumulative payments exceed €10,000 (including VAT), in a 12-month rolling period, a valid Tax Clearance Certificat
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of te
• All public sector bodies must pay invoices within 30 days of receipt of invoice (invoice must be
• Closing Date / Time For receipt of Tenders 28/07/2025 @ 12 noon (Irish Time)
• Please note that in responding to tenders you must use the Tender Response Document and upload this as a ZIP File
• 1.2 Small and Medium Enterprise participation 5
• (e) Query Process for Contract Terms and Conditions 22

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: ITT Investor Database.docx, ITT Investor Database.docx] , ITT Investor Database.docx] 1 General Information 5.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT Investor Database.docx] 6 INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS 21, APPENDIX 1 – CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS 29, APPENDIX 2 – DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT 40.