Provision of School Meals for Primary school Cuan na Gaillimhe CNS, Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board_92189 ran this procurement for “Provision of School Meals for Primary school Cuan na Gaillimhe CNS, Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB)” 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:

• The School shall provide a minimum of 24 hours notice to the Service Provider of any Special
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• sion of the service on the premises during the school year (37 weeks)
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] taken to ensure that the information set out in the Document is accurate and up
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] (financial and technical capacity)
• education and training for employment, and services ancillary thereto in its functional
• v. facilities maintained by other public service bodies
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] thereto in its functional
• v. facilities maintained by other public service bodies,
• enter into arrangements with, and provide support services to, education or training
• support the provision, co-ordination, administration and assessment of youth work
• services in its functional area and provide such information as may be requested by 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.

• Organisations in receipt of School Meals funding in excess of €10,000 must, at the
• 3 Funding in excess of €10,000 per annum, paid to the Organisation on foot of
• 1 School Meals Programme, Department of Social P
• 5.1 School Meals funding is subject to compliance

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 Type Minimum Indemnity limit Employers Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability €6
• 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 Type Minimum Indemnity limit Employers Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability €6

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:
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] taken to ensure that the information set out in the Document is accurate and up
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] (financial and technical capacity)
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] thereto in its functional
• • Mandatory Site visits undertaken to the relevant school(s) by
• [Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf] common.etb.ie for more information.
• • Mandatory Site visits undertaken to the relevant school(s) by prospective tenderers.

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)
• Organisations in receipt of School Meals funding in excess of €10,000 must, at the
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• The number and duration of extensions will be (3) three by (12)
• terms of employment for the relevant staff for a period of 6 months prior to the
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of Te
• of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ

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 — 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: Invitation to Tender Document - Provision of School Meals Service to Cuan na Gaillimhe .pdf, Appendix 2., schedule to be agreed with school management..
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: schedule for the payment of utility fees will be agreed at contract stage. Payment must, APPENDIX 2 – TENDER RESPONSE DOCUMENT, APPENDIX 3 – Service Level Agreement (DSP).