Pump Station Control Panel Replacement, Blackstone, Co Wexford

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Office of Public Works (OPW) ran this procurement for “Pump Station Control Panel Replacement, Blackstone, Co Wexford” 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:

• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• (Additional supporting documentation will be required prior to award or upon request by the Contracting Authority, as
• Aftersales Support - over and above minimum outlined in the Compliance to
• the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods”).
• 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 the
• follow the necessary steps on the eTenders platform to ensure that their tender has been
• 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 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.

• 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.; The 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 €12,700,000 for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurence Public Liability €6,500,000 for any one claim or series of claims a; rising out of a single occurence Product Liability €6,500,000 for any one claim or series of claims a
• 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.
• The 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 €12,700,000 for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurence Public Liability €6,500,000 for any one claim or series of claims a
• rising out of a single occurence Product Liability €6,500,000 for any one claim or series of claims a

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:
• Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• For reporting of foreign financial contributions which are of a value between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• Appendix 3A: Schedule D – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• For reporting of foreign financial contributions which are of a value between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration, to include all non-notif

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 year. 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)
• The 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 €12,700,000 for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurence Public Liability €6,500,000 for any one claim or series of claims a
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• etition (the “Goods Contract”) will be issued for a term of 12 months
• ontinues for 14 calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days notice

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: Document_Checklist_Pump_Station.pdf, RFT_Pump_Station_Control_Panel_Replacement_Blackstone.pdf, Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 3A: Schedule D – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions, RFT document., RFT Appendix 2 –.