T.039/2025 Request for Tenders for the supply of Athletic Clothing, For the Garda College, Templemore

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

An Garda Síochána_1192 ran this procurement for “T.039/2025 Request for Tenders for the supply of Athletic Clothing, For the Garda College, Templemore” 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: T.039/2025 Request for Tenders for the supply of Athletic Clothing, For the Garda College, Templemore
• 2025 for the supply of Athletic Clothing,
• the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods”).
• In Summary, this Request for Tender is for the Supply of Garda College Athletic Clothing,
• the successful implementation of any Goods Contract that may result from this Competition
• services to the Union’s public procurement and concession markets and procedures
• supporting negotiations on access of Union economic operators, goods and services to
• supporting negotiations on access of Union economic operators, goods and services to the
• the supply of samples for purposes of tendering and their return after evaluation or
• Contract arising out of this Competition, the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax
• status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers, the successful Tenderer
• Agreement or Services Contract entered into by a Tenderer. 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.

• Training Programme is delivered over 33 weeks eventually culminating to a B
• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by

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.; he successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla; ims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Product Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — € € The Contracting Authority will seek documentary evidence by way of a signed Accountants statement or equivalent confirming that the minimum average turnover over the past three years exceeds €436,000 prior to the signing of any Contract wit
• 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.
• he successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• ims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Product Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• : Yes ❑ No ❑ Insurance Type An Garda Síochána Standard Requirement Levels held by Tenderer Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year € Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• currence, per insurance €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year € Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year € Product Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• € € The Contracting Authority will seek documentary evidence by way of a signed Accountants statement or equivalent confirming that the minimum average turnover over the past three years exceeds €436,000 prior to the signing of any Contract wit

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:
• [T.039.2025 RFT for the provision of Athletic Clothing for the Garda College.pdf] GoodsRFT150124
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods”).
• [T.039.2025 RFT for the provision of Athletic Clothing for the Garda College.pdf] Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that
• [T.039.2025 RFT for the provision of Athletic Clothing for the Garda College.pdf] 4
• [T.039.2025 RFT for the provision of Athletic Clothing for the Garda College.pdf] protection laws, regulations and guidelines including but not limited to Regulation (EU)

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• Sector: Office Supplies & Equipment
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• he successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• of 12 weeks after receipt of an order
• ntage score will then be applied to 150 Marks for Criterion 3 User Usage and Performance Tests to determin
• The Contractor hereby guarantees the Goods for 12 months from the date of delivery (the
• remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f

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: T.039.2025 RFT for the provision of Athletic Clothing for the Garda College.pdf, RFT for the provision of Athletic Clothing for the Garda College.pdf] GoodsRFT15012, Appendix 1:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 2:, Schedule, Appendix 3:.