Offshore Engineering Design Services for MaREI at University College Cork

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

University College Cork ran this procurement for “Offshore Engineering Design Services for MaREI at University College Cork.” 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: Offshore Engineering Design Services for MaREI at University College Cork.
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500,000[12] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[13] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the Services
• dy (INAB) or United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 17025 (EN
• contract being executed by and on behalf of UCC; procuring the services by alternative
• spread of community, education, health service, industry, arts and heritage
• enabling platform for economic development. With aggregate research spend of over
• experience in conducting fundamental and applied research supported by competitively 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.

• partners and has research funding of approximately €60m
• Background to the FLOWT EOB Project
• [250627 Design and Consent FLOWT-EOB Tender Memo V.4.pdf] Project Objectives
• offers programmes across all disciplines and professions including the arts, humanities,

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 for death, personal injury [except EL of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to com; Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Se
• 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.
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to com
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Se
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500,000[12] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[13] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec

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:
• 2 it was determined that the total value of all payments due under the contract (the Final Account) was €0.00 (excluding VAT) based upon the final statement submitted by the Contractor
• [250627 Design and Consent FLOWT-EOB Tender Memo V.4.pdf] TENDER
• [250627 Design and Consent FLOWT-EOB Tender Memo V.4.pdf] Project Objectives
• [250627 Design and Consent FLOWT-EOB Tender Memo V.4.pdf] .10 General
• this competition are the sole responsibility of the entity submitting a response (a
• [250627 Design and Consent FLOWT-EOB Tender Memo V.4.pdf] this Competition.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 55 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)
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Se
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500,000[12] Maximum level o
• The Anticipated Final Account Sum is €0.00 [ ]
• 2 it was determined that the total value of all payments due under the contract (the Final Account) was €0.00 (excluding VAT) based upon the final statement submitted by the Contractor
• Both an amount or amounts of money less than €10 million in total and an extension of
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Services
• • The stripping of the cable sheath will be limited to the minimum amount required for a successful

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 — 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: 250627 Design and Consent FLOWT-EOB Tender Memo V.4.pdf, (B –

[250620 FTS9-v1.10-16-09-2024 Tender & Schedule.docx, RFT.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: Contract Notice”) will be dispatched by.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT”) subject to compliance with all relevant pre, Schedule included with this, ITT and the evaluation against the quality criteria.