Invitation to tender for Bord Bia’s European Meat Shopper Monitor

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) ran this procurement for “Invitation to tender for Bord Bia’s European Meat Shopper Monitor” 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:

• under the proposed Services Contract may amount to some €204,000 excluding VAT over the
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers should refer to instances within the last three to five years which demonstrate that they have successfully delivered services of a comparable natur
• exports. To support our Irish meat producers
• exports. To support our Irish meat producers in developing closer and longer-term
• as a key tool to support our clients in retaining customers, driving premiumisation in Europe
• will greatly support our clients and Bord Bia’s overseas offices in their position as category
• The Contracting Authority envisaged that maximum expenditure on the services to be covered
• satisfactory delivery of the services required. The duties of the contract manager will include
• regarding service delivery in general and providing suggestions for improvement and
• deliver the required services to the satisfaction of the Contracting Authority; the Contracting
• operating outside of the jurisdiction of supply, compliance with equivalent legislation as
• Tender Response Document (in the format requested) and any supporting 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.

• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium
• Overview and Objectives – Bord Bia is the Semi-State Agency responsible for the
• of Bord Bia is to act as a link between Irish food, drink and horticulture suppliers and existing
• quality programmes, information and marketing finance. More detailed information is available

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.; Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place: Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6; 5 million Professional Indemnity €1.3 million for each and every claim Declaration
• 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.
• Insurance Confirmation of the following insurances being in place: Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6
• 5 million Professional Indemnity €1.3 million for each and every claim Declaration
• orce and provide Bord Bia with evidence that it has arranged the following types and levels of insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 Public Without prejudice to the foregoi
• orce and provide Bord Bia with evidence that it has arranged the following types and levels of insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 28 Professional Indemnity €1,300,000 for each and every claim Product Liability €6,500,000 11

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) — 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:
• 5 million Professional Indemnity €1.3 million for each and every claim Declaration
• [ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] the basis of a
• changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal
• www.etenders.gov.ie. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents.
• [ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] via third parties.
• [ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] However, a grouping if

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.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of te
• 1.2 Small and Medium Enterprise participation
• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium
• SMEs are encouraged to explore the possibilities of forming relationships with other SMEs or
• Tenderers may include individuals, partnerships, limited companies, groupings or any
• exports. To support our Irish meat producers in developing closer and longer-term
• relationships with their retail customers, we wish to understand how shoppers engage with the

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: ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf, ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] the basis of a, ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] via third parties..
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] However, a grouping if, ITT - Meat Shopper Monitor.pdf] drink industry. Bord Bia, Appendix A.