Preliminary Safety and Health Plan – N55 Glasson to County Boundary Phase 1 2025

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Westmeath County Council ran this procurement for “Preliminary Safety and Health Plan – N55 Glasson to County Boundary Phase 1 2025” 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:

• 5 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• [SF-C-05 Preliminary Safety And Health Plan 2025.pdf] Supply
• Hazards and risks associated with the works along with hazards and risk associated with maintenance works on
• wiring, excavations/holes, reconnect water supply,housekeeping)
• Working near overhead services/ Underground
• Working near Overhead & underground services
• Overhead services to be identified & marked with paint/signage
• Under ground services to be identified & marked with paint/signage.
• Contact service provider if required to divert/shut off.
• Hand digging to be carried out to expose underground service
• Trained personnel to identify underground services prior to commencement
• of works. (CSCS Trained for Locating Underground Services) 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.

• Remove existing Foul MH Chamber Cover and replace
• Raise the level of existing 600mm x 600mm chamber cover and frame, not exceeding 150mm, as per
• Raise the level of existing Eircom chamber cover and
• of existing Eircom chamber cover and

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.; f 2% of the Tenderer’s annual Insurance required for Works Contractor € N/A17 The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor 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 cl; Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00019 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: EVIDENCE REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 19 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) 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.
• 1 18-11-2024 Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Minimum Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Works directly related to road pavement and associated civil works15 € 750,000 per annum excluding VAT CA SUPP
• f 2% of the Tenderer’s annual Insurance required for Works Contractor € N/A17 The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor 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 cl
• Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00019 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: EVIDENCE REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 19 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
• Employer’s Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00020 Entitles issuing employer’s liability in

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)
• 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
• [SF-C-05 Preliminary Safety And Health Plan 2025.pdf] N55 Glasson to County Boundary – Phase 1
• [SF-C-05 Preliminary Safety And Health Plan 2025.pdf] against which different tender submissions can be measured.
• [SF-C-05 Preliminary Safety And Health Plan 2025.pdf] planned to last longer than 30 days or exceed 500 person days or if the works

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 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 construction stage for the Projects, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• ensure that it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances it is required to have under the Contract, and that those insurances comply with all the requirements of the Contract, and are kept in force for the same period as required by the Contract, and include cover for death or i
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• h the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and have not been more than 1 month in arrears or unpaid
• Ensure tools & equipment are secure when not in use
• Ensure work site & equipment is left safe/secure at end of working shift (exposed

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: SF-C-05 Preliminary Safety And Health Plan 2025.pdf, ITTW-7.pdf, Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to etenders..
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix B1, schedule for ongoing, ITTW-7.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers.