Provision of a New Day Care Centre At John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Value
€1.7m
Deadline
25 Jul
25 Jul 2025
Value
€1.7m
Deadline
25 Jul
Construction of a new day care centre in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Construction of a new day care centre in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Bidder profile
Firms with experience in public sector construction projects and compliance with procurement standards.
Risks & flags
- Information asymmetry
- Compliance risks
- Timeline compression
Briefing
AI-generated analysis of the documents. Check the official notice and any amendments for current submission details.
1. At a glance
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Buyer | Western Care Association |
| Title | Provision of a New Day Care Centre At John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo |
| CPV / category | works / Construction & Civil Engineering |
| Estimated value | €1700000.00 |
| Per-year (if multi-year) | not stated |
| Procedure type | not stated |
| Lots | not stated |
| Location | not stated |
| Contract length | not stated |
| Submission deadline | 2025-07-25T16:30:00+00:00 |
| Go-live / start | not stated |
2. Scope of Work
This procurement covered the supply scope described in the tender pack for Provision of a New Day Care Centre At John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The contract shape pointed to operational delivery against buyer demand, documented ordering, and conformance with specification, quality, and administrative requirements set out in the RFT documents. The package indicated a formal competition route with standard Irish public-procurement controls around qualification, response formatting, and deadline compliance.
- Contract title and category indicate supply activity for Construction & Civil Engineering under buyer workflows in Western Care Association.
- Submission package must align with the RFT structure published through the buyer's procurement channel.
- Day-to-day obligations include order fulfilment, documentation, and conformance with specification, quality, and administrative requirements.
- Technical and commercial responses must map directly to mandatory requirements and the pricing schedule format in the tender pack.
- Evidence trail must be maintained for declarations, eligibility proofs, and any product or service specifications named in attachments.
- Numerical obligations surfaced in the verified extract: Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 2.5 Million CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: N; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1,500,000[17] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m); * The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate
The source material indicated that bidders had to ground claims in tender forms and supporting evidence, rather than generic company profiles. Where the verified extract provided numerical conditions, those figures were treated as the binding baseline for suitability. Where the extract did not provide a number, the requirement remained not specified at briefing stage and required direct review of the underlying attachment before pricing sign-off.
3. Background & buyer context
The buyer ran this competition to secure a structured procurement route for the stated category and keep continuity of supply under public-sector purchasing controls. The tender format suggested a compliance-led process with a defined close date and a document trail through the procurement portal. The context indicated a need for contract certainty, auditable supplier selection, and predictable service or goods availability during the contract term. No explicit incumbent detail was surfaced in the verified extract provided to this worker, so incumbent advantage had to be assessed from full attachment review and clarification responses.
4. Eligibility & selection criteria
- Turnover requirement — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 2.5 M
- Insurance
- Public Liability — €6,500,000
- Employer's Liability — €13,000,000
- Professional Indemnity — €1,500,000
- 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
Binding numerical extract used for this section: Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 2.5 Million CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: N; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1,500,000[17] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m); * The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate
5. Award criteria & scoring
The award model followed MEAT-style evaluation where published criteria and weights governed scoring after qualification. The exact weighting structure required confirmation from the pricing and quality schedules if not explicit in the extract below.
| Criterion | Weight (%) | Sub-criteria | Minimum threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Quality / Technical merit | not stated | not stated | not stated |
Price/quality split: not stated.
6. Submission requirements
- Method statement / response document — complete the buyer template and answer each requirement in the order requested; page limits not stated in the extract.
- CVs — provide role-based CVs where requested; page count not stated.
- Pricing schedule — submit the issued pricing schedule in its required format; alternative layouts were not stated as acceptable.
- Case studies — number and value bands not stated in the extract.
- Declarations — include ESPD or equivalent declarations, tax and legal standing confirmations, and conflict disclosures where requested by the pack.
- Mandatory site visit — not stated in the extract.
- Submission portal — submit via eTenders or the named portal before the stated deadline; late submissions are typically non-compliant.
7. Key dates & process
| Milestone | Date / timing |
|---|---|
| RFT issued | not stated |
| Clarification deadline | not stated |
| Mandatory site visit | not stated |
| Tender deadline (date + time) | 2025-07-25T16:30:00+00:00 |
| Expected award | not stated |
| Contract start | not stated |
| Go-live / mobilisation | not stated |
8. Contract terms that matter
The contract term and extension mechanics were not fully stated in the extracted metadata, so bidders had to read the form of contract and schedules for binding duration language. Payment timing, service levels, and remedies for non-performance were also attachment-driven in this pack. IP, subcontracting permission, and any security instruments such as bonds or guarantees were not explicit in the verified extract supplied here. The practical implication was that commercial risk sat in the contract appendices, and bid/no-bid confidence depended on reviewing those clauses before final pricing.
9. Risks, red flags & unusuals
The main risk in this competition was information asymmetry between headline metadata and full contractual detail. Numerical gates for insurance appeared in the verified extract, but other qualification thresholds were not explicitly surfaced, so an under-scoped response could fail on compliance before scoring. Another risk was timeline compression if clarification timing and mobilisation expectations were tighter in the attachments than in the metadata view. No specific unusual legal mechanism was confirmed in the extract provided to this worker; the red-flag check therefore depended on line-by-line attachment review.
10. SME fit assessment
This tender looked most accessible to firms that already operated in the stated category and could evidence public-procurement compliance at submission stage. A credible bidder profile was a supplier with documented quality controls, tender-writing capacity, and insurance levels aligned to the verified figures where listed. Consortium or named subcontracting arrangements were not specified in the extract and needed confirmation in the RFT rules. Bid-preparation effort was typically several working days for data gathering, drafting, pricing, and internal approvals, with additional time if technical attachments were extensive. Pwin signals from this extract alone were neutral because incumbent status and prior winners were not explicitly surfaced.
11. Where to dig deeper
- Source RFT file(s): 1442 - BWIC Schedules.pdf, 23-295-E-T-1026 Typical Details.pdf
- eTenders CFT ID: not stated
- Clarification contact / portal: [email protected]
- Priority attachments: 1442 - BWIC Schedules.pdf, 23-295-E-T-1026 Typical Details.pdf, 1442 - MBS Plan - 250417.pdf
This tender has been awarded
- Martin Moran Builders Ltd · 02 Dec 2025
- Martin Moran Builders (Newport) Ltd. · 30 Sep 2025
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Required certifications
- ISO 9001
- Safe-T-Cert
Minimum turnover
€2,500,000
Public liability insurance
€6,500,000
Professional indemnity insurance
€1,500,000
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Documents (119)
CEILING-TRACK-SYSTEM-ARCHTECTS-GUIDE.pdf
2.9 MB · Specification
John Moore Road, Castlebar - Asbestos Refurbishment Survey.pdf
1.5 MB · Other
1 PW-CF5-Agreement-A1.docx
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1. QW2-Part 1.docx
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1442 - BW02.pdf
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1442 - BW04.pdf
168.3 KB
1442 - BWIC Prices.pdf
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1442 - BWIC Schedules.pdf
364.0 KB
1442 - E01.pdf
381.5 KB
1442 - E03.pdf
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1442 - E04.pdf
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1442 - E05.pdf
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1442 - E06.pdf
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1442 - E07.pdf
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1442 - E08.pdf
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1442 - E09.pdf
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1442 - E10.pdf
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1442 - E11.pdf
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1442 - E12.pdf
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1442 - E13.pdf
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1442 - E14.pdf
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1442 - E15.pdf
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1442 - E16.pdf
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1442 - E18.pdf
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1442 - E19.pdf
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1442 - E21.pdf
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1442 - E22.pdf
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1442 - E23.pdf
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1442 - Elect DoP.pdf
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1442 - Elect Prices.pdf
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1442 - Elect Schedules.pdf
579.8 KB
1442 - Issue BW1-T.pdf
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1442 - Issue E1-T.pdf
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1442 - Issue E2-T.pdf
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1442 - Issue M1-T.pdf
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1442 - M01.pdf
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1442 - M02.pdf
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1442 - M03.pdf
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1442 - M04.pdf
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1442 - M05.pdf
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1442 - M06.pdf
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1442 - M07.pdf
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1442 - M09.pdf
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1442 - M11.pdf
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1442 - M12.pdf
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1442 - M13.pdf
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1442 - M14.pdf
356.6 KB
1442 - M15.pdf
296.0 KB
1442 - MBS Plan - 250417.pdf
320.2 KB
1442 - MBS Risk Assess.pdf
465.7 KB
1442 - Mech DoP.pdf
766.3 KB
1442 - Mech Prices.pdf
535.0 KB
1442 - Mech Schedules.pdf
527.6 KB
2 - PW-CF5-A2.docx
36.1 KB
2. QW2- Part 2- Applicant Details and Declaration.docx
64.5 KB
2025-07-15 Western Care Clarifications v2.0.pdf
61.5 KB · Clarification / Addendum
2025-07-17 Western Care Clarifications v3.0.pdf
64.0 KB · Clarification / Addendum
2025-07-18 Western Care Clarifications v4.0.pdf
65.4 KB · Clarification / Addendum
2025-07-21 Western Care Clarifications v4.1.pdf
66.4 KB · Clarification / Addendum
23-295 Invitation to Tender - WCA VTC Castlebar.pdf
529.9 KB
23-295 Pre-lim H&S WCA VTC.pdf
2.9 MB
23-295 Western Care Castlebar Specification Document.pdf
1.5 MB
23-295-A-DAC Compliance Report WCA.pdf
824.6 KB
23-295-A-DAC-1000 Existing Building Drawings.pdf
2.5 MB
23-295-A-DAC-1001 Rev A Ground & First Floor Layout.pdf
1.1 MB
23-295-A-DAC-1002 Elevations, Sections & Site Layout Drawing.pdf
3.9 MB
23-295-A-P-1000 Existing & Ground Floor Layout.pdf
595.5 KB
23-295-A-P-1001 Existing & Proposed Elevations & Cross Section.pdf
5.1 MB
23-295-A-P-1002 Site Layout.pdf
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23-295-A-T-1000 Existing Ground Floor Layout.pdf
241.4 KB
23-295-A-T-1001 Existing Elevations.pdf
2.4 MB
23-295-A-T-1002 Proposed Demolition Works.pdf
270.4 KB
23-295-A-T-1003 Proposed Ground Floor Layout.pdf
420.3 KB
23-295-A-T-1004 Proposed First Floor & Roof Layout.pdf
292.5 KB
23-295-A-T-1005 Detailed Ground Floor Layout.pdf
371.4 KB
23-295-A-T-1006 Detailed First Floor Layout.pdf
299.1 KB
23-295-A-T-1007 Proposed Elevations.pdf
2.7 MB
23-295-A-T-1008 Proposed Cross Sections.pdf
1.6 MB
23-295-A-T-1009 Window & Door Schedule.pdf
603.1 KB
23-295-A-T-1010 Proposed Flooring Finishes.pdf
488.7 KB
23-295-A-T-1011 Proposed Ceiling Finishes.pdf
260.9 KB
23-295-A-T-1012 Changing Room 1 Layout Details.pdf
555.0 KB
23-295-A-T-1013 Changing Room 2 Layout Details.pdf
557.0 KB
23-295-A-T-1014 Changing Room 3 Layout Details.pdf
544.6 KB
23-295-A-T-1015 Changing Room 4 Layout Details.pdf
555.3 KB
23-295-A-T-1016 Disabled WC & WC 1 Layout Details.pdf
534.8 KB
23-295-A-T-1017 WC 2 Layout Details.pdf
534.4 KB
23-295-A-T-1018 Kitchen Layout Details 1.pdf
1.8 MB
23-295-A-T-1019 Kitchen 3 Layout & Fixed Furniture Details.pdf
2.6 MB
23-295-A-T-1020 Typical Construction Details.pdf
210.0 KB
23-295-A-T-1021 Typical Architectural Wall Panel Details.pdf
269.9 KB
23-295-A-T-1022 Existing Site Layout.pdf
230.6 KB
23-295-A-T-1023 Proposed Site Layout.pdf
1.2 MB
23-295-E-FSC Compliance Report.pdf
1014.5 KB
23-295-E-FSC-1000 Rev A Ground & First Floor Layout.pdf
813.6 KB
23-295-E-FSC-1001 Elevations, Sections & Site Layout Drawing.pdf
3.9 MB
23-295-E-FSC-1001 Rev A Elevations, Sections & Site Layout Drawing.pdf
3.9 MB
23-295-E-T-1024 Floor Slab Layout and Details.pdf
463.3 KB
23-295-E-T-1025 Drainage Layout.pdf
364.5 KB
23-295-E-T-1026 Typical Details.pdf
4.7 MB
25-81 Western Care BoQ.pdf
1.3 MB
25-81 Western Care Castlebar BoQ.xlsx
290.4 KB
3- PW-CF5-A3.docx
33.8 KB
3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor.docx
48.7 KB
3.4.2-HS-PSCS.docx
44.5 KB
4- PW-CF5-Agreement-A4.docx
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5- PW-CF5-A5-.docx
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Appendix-A-Applicants-Self-Declaration-re-Regulation-57.docx
41.6 KB
Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx
35.1 KB
Appendix-B2-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Project-Execution.docx
29.8 KB
Appendix-B3-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Delivery-of-Services.docx
29.1 KB
Appendix-C-Bankers-Letter.docx
29.9 KB
Architectural Specification Document.pdf
1.2 MB
DAC Grant.pdf
496.1 KB
Grant of Planning Permission P25 60004.pdf
207.6 KB
Notification of Decision to Grant Permission P25 60004.pdf
161.4 KB
PW-CF5- Contract for Western Care Assoc.'s New Day Care Centre.pdf
1.2 MB
Western Care- ITT-W for New Day Care (CF5-Public Works).docx
75.3 KB
Western Care- New Day Care Construction- Form of Tender.docx
99.2 KB
Original notice text
This tender involves the construction of a new day care centre at John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, ensuring compliance with public procurement standards and quality specifications.
AI analysis updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Value
€1.7m
Deadline
25 Jul
Buyer
Western Care AssociationLocation
John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Procedure
Open
Clarification
04 Jul 2025
eTenders ID
5955466
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