Invitation to Tender for the Development of 1 No. Five Bedroom, Two Storey Detached Housing Unit including all associated Siteworks at No.5 Bridge Road, Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry for Kerry County Council

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kerry County Council_1204 ran this procurement for “Invitation to Tender for the Development of 1 No. Five Bedroom, Two Storey Detached Housing Unit including all associated Siteworks at No.5 Bridge Road, Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry for Kerry County Council” 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:

• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• • Additional supports: Locate within 150 mm of connections, junctions and changes of
• Standards for Electrical Services Revision 5 January 2014
• · Mechanical services contractors is to coordinate will all other trades on site
• · Heating system to incorporate isolation valves, expansion vessel, stainless steel
• · Contractor to supply full method statement for installation of UFH system to be
• · Final Underfloor Heating Heating (UFH) system is to be designed and installed by an
• Schedule of all pipe sizes and supporting calculations to be provided to the
• [H-22-004-T-413 Heating.pdf] system is to be designed and installed by an
• System to incorporate sleeve pipe to allow movement at rise to manifolds and
• expansion joints, edge insulation, rapid rail or equivalent fixing system and clips
• Apply screed water migration barrier equal to a 500μm polythene protection sheet Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The extract showed a structured PQQ-to-ITT sequence intended to shortlist capable bidders before full award-stage submission. Programme and policy framing was only partially visible, but continuity and modernisation drivers were evident in the procurement design.

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.; Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € n/a[17] 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; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[19] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect
• Certifications — The minimum average turnover must meet or exceed the value stated above If the Applicant provides evidence of certified turnover having a total combined turnover of €1.5 million (excluding VAT) over the three previous
• 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.
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction[15] € 500,000 CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: Th
• The minimum average turnover must meet or exceed the value stated above If the Applicant provides evidence of certified turnover having a total combined turnover of €1.5 million (excluding VAT) over the three previous
• Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € n/a[17] 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
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[19] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13000000[20] Entitles issuing

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) — not specified in extract.
• 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)
• less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €200,000 must be advertised on eTenders
• [H-22-004-T-413 Heating.pdf] KITCHEN
• [H-22-004-T-413 Heating.pdf] BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH
• [H-22-004-T-413 Heating.pdf] Layout
• [H-22-004-T-413 Heating.pdf] system is to be designed and installed by an

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 years. 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)
• Ensure that the free area of the terminal opening is a minimum of 90% of
• air terminals are separated by a minimum of
• Ensure that the free area of the terminal/grille opening is a minimum of
• CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: The minimum average turnover will be determined by calculating the combined construction turnover for the previous 3 years and then dividing by 3
• cluded on each B2 form (a combination of smaller works contracts to satisfy the minimum requirements in terms of value, nature and complexity cannot be used as evidence and will not be acceptable)
• r working as a subcontractor on a project will not be acceptable to satisfy the minimum requirements in terms of value, nature and complexity cannot be used as evidence under this criteria or any other criteria inluding supplments 3
• • Provision of additional ties: Within 225 mm of reveals of unbonded openings

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: H-22-004-T-413 Heating.pdf, H-22-004-T-310-Internal Joinery.pdf, H-22-004-T-220 Section AA.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: H-22-004-T-410 Water.pdf, H-22-004-T-500 Site Investigation.pdf, H-22-004-T-301 Wall-Floor-Threshold Details.pdf.