North and South Facades with NB Labs upgrade works (Glazing Reserved Specialist List)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Dundalk Institute of Technology_1155 ran this procurement for “North and South Facades with NB Labs upgrade works (Glazing Reserved Specialist List)” 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:

• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• Provide a list of completed projects below for which select as appropriate: Works/Works and PSCS Services/Specialist Works/Specialist Works with Design Input were provided by the Applicant over the time period stated in the relevant Qualification Criterion stated above that are similar in nature and complexity to the Works required for this Competition.
• The evidence required to pass this criterion is details of the relevant technicians or technical bodies upon whom the Applicant can call on in order to carry out the work or whom the Applicant can use in regards to quality control. Applicants must also provide evidence of a safety management system.
• For Type 3 projects Applicants should supply names of any group, body and organisation that the Applicant is a member of and which promotes and has involvement in Health and Safety matters. It should also provide details of any external resource or expertise relevant to this project that are available to the Applicant's business.
• Evidence in support of the declarations in Appendix 1 and any requirements set out above must be provided when requested by the Contracting Authority.In place of documentary evidence, Applicants may provide third party certification that their safety management system is in accordance with OHSAS 18001 or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion.
• [3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023.docx] that their safety management system is in accordance with OHSAS 18001 or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion. 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.

• • Health and Safety Policy and Organisation;
• • a copy of our current general health and safety policy; * a general Health and Safety policy document appropriate to a Health and Safety led Construction Management role;
• [3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023.docx] general health and safety policy; * a general Health and Safety policy document appropriate to a Health and Safety led Construction Management role;

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.; N/A Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Glazing Works Specialist category € 3,000,000 Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1,500,000 Maximum permissible excess on Profe; emnity Insurance required for € 1,500,000 Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Contractor will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Applicant’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Minimum level of Public Liability I
• 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.
• N/A Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Glazing Works Specialist category € 3,000,000 Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1,500,000 Maximum permissible excess on Profe
• emnity Insurance required for € 1,500,000 Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Contractor will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Applicant’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Minimum level of Public Liability I
• 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000 The amount of the Performance Bond

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:
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1
• [Appendix-D2-QW2-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx] [On Surety’s headed paper]
• 4. meet any other requirements set out in sub-criterion 3.3h Performance Bond of the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire issued in connection with the above contract.
• We have bond facilities in place which would enable us to act as sureties on your behalf in relation to the above contract, the amount of the performance bond to be not more than[●] euros and meeting any supplementary requirements set out in criterion 3.3h of the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire as required by the contract.
• [Appendix-D2-QW2-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx] receiving an application from you if your tender is successful.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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)
• 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000 The amount of the Performance Bond
• ory application, we expect that a bond can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• Applicant’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months stating the duration of the relationshi
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• [Appendix-D2-QW2-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx] [On Surety’s headed paper]
• 4. meet any other requirements set out in sub-criterion 3.3h Performance Bond of the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire issued in connection with the above contract.
• We have bond facilities in place which would enable us to act as sureties on your behalf in relation to the above contract, the amount of the performance bond to be not more than[●] euros and meeting any supplementary requirements set out in criterion 3.3h of the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire as required by the contract.

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: Appendix-D2-QW2-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx, Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx, Name of Surety

[Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix-C-Bankers-Letter.docx, Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx, 3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023.docx.