Car Park Upgrade Works at GRETB Loughrea FET Training Centre

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board_92189 ran this procurement for “Car Park Upgrade Works at GRETB Loughrea FET Training Centre, Mount Carmel Road, Loughrea, Co. Galway. H62 T262” 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:

• One examination at 3 months’ operations and 6 months’ operations and at the end of the Def
• LIGHTING BOLLARDS SHOULD BE A GROUND ROOT MOUNT SYSTEM APPROX.
• •Provide support for research and development into markets
• •Develop guidelines to facilitate the adoption of a systematic
• •Support legislation and resources to facilitate the closure of
• not being captured in the official data collection system and
• This network will be supported by mobile crushers
• system for waste management facilities is
• a. A history of unsatisfactory quality or service from a previous recoverer 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.

• paid into an Environmental Fund, initially at a rate of €15
• Insurer, Policy Number and Renewal Date
• REMOVE EXISTING GATES & INSTALL NEW AUTOMATED GATES TO MATCH EXISTING
• costs are rising steeply. Government policy and waste management

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.; ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event ; 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000 * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10]
• 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.
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000 * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10]

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
• [25.110-010.pdf] 150mm POROUS DISTRIBUTOR
• [25.110-010.pdf] @collinsboydeng.com
• [FAS_CIFHandbookonConstructionandDemolitionWasteManagement.pdf] construction and
• [FAS_CIFHandbookonConstructionandDemolitionWasteManagement.pdf] INTRODUCTION

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 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)
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clause 10
• the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clause 10
• until the pipe has a minimum of 150mm compacted cover
• pipes, fittings and accessories, to the requirements of IS EN 545
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative will give the above certificate to
• the Works within 12 months after the termination, the Contractor’s payment under this clause

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 — 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: 25.110-010.pdf, FAS_CIFHandbookonConstructionandDemolitionWasteManagement.pdf, Waste Management Guidelines 2006.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: 25.110-003.pdf, FTS-6-v1.6-19-07-2023-1_Tender & Schedule.docx, Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send.