Cúrsaí Oiliúna i réimse na Forbartha Gnó agus Forbartha Pobail/Áitiúil a dhearadh agus a sheachadadh do Chomharchumainn, Fiontair Shóisialta agus Struchtúir Forbartha Pobail

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Údarás Na Gaeltachta_289 ran this procurement for “Cúrsaí Oiliúna i réimse na Forbartha Gnó agus Forbartha Pobail/Áitiúil a dhearadh agus a sheachadadh do Chomharchumainn, Fiontair Shóisialta agus Struchtúir Forbartha Pobail” 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:

• cessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability €6
• ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status 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 extract showed a structured PQQ-to-ITT sequence intended to shortlist capable bidders before full award-stage submission. Programme and policy framing was only partially visible, but continuity and modernisation drivers were evident in the procurement design.

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.; cessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability €6; ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability
• 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.
• cessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability €6
• ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability

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) — not specified in extract.
• 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:
• [IAT Réimse na Forbartha Pobail (leagan Gaeilge).pdf] Cuireadh chun Tairisceana
• [IAT Réimse na Forbartha Pobail (leagan Gaeilge).pdf] Dáta Eisiúna
• Gach ceist le haighniú trí eTenders
• na hÉireann ag an suíomh (www.etenders.gov.ie). Tá clárú saor in aisce agus níl aon táille i
• [IAT Réimse na Forbartha Pobail (leagan Gaeilge).pdf] soláthair phoiblí seo (“an tÚdarás Conarthach”).
• [IAT Réimse na Forbartha Pobail (leagan Gaeilge).pdf] áin

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)
• cessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability €6
• ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million (any one claim) Public Liability
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the Contractor) as follows:
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of one such extension or
• right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of one such extension
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of te

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.

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: IAT Réimse na Forbartha Pobail (leagan Gaeilge).pdf, RFT - Réimse na Forbartha Pobail Béarla Foirfe.docx, RFT - Réimse na Forbartha Pobail Béarla Foirfe.docx] ers’ Aide-Memoire 37](#_Toc198.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 5: Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer as Per Art. 57 of Direc, Appendix 6: Confidentiality Agreement 41](#_Toc198803951).