Loughmacask Sustainable Links Project (Kilmanagh Road to Loughmacask Link Road) Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny.

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kilkenny County Council_1185 ran this procurement for “Loughmacask Sustainable Links Project (Kilmanagh Road to Loughmacask Link Road) Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny.” 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:

• e cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest (ii) Level of cover and excess as stated below for Specialist Skill Providers; Minimum level of Professional Indemnity level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest (ii) Level of
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00013 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respect of d
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 50,000 From start to completion of the Service
• "after" scheme implementation with images of a minimum of 3 of the short-listed
• In relation to Service Provider Entry: State Project Description [Project Title]
• We Service Provider Entry [Name of Service Providers Company]
• Appointed to act as Service Provider Entry [Professional service to be provided]
• Service Provider Entry: where Other is selected provide details here [Recognised professional body for required role, i.e. ACEI / EI / RIAI / SCSI / (Other)]
• Service Provider Entry [Name of person responsible]
• In particular we are aware of the general principles of prevention as enumerated below, and, where the professional service required is work related to the design of a project, will take those principles into account when carrying out design work associated with the project and undertake to liaise with, communicate and cooperate with the PSDP/HSC in his/her role.
• [MF_2.4.docx] ABLE TO DESIGNER The purpose of the General Principles of Prevention is to provide a framework within which design and detailing issues can be assessed. 1. The avoidance of risks 2. The evaluation of unavoidable risks 3. The combating of risks at source 4. The adaptation of work to the individual, especially as regards the design of places of work, the choice of work equipment and systems of work, with a view to alleviating monotonous work and work at a predetermined rate and to reduce their effect on health 5. The adaptation of the workplace to technical progress 6. The replacement of dangerous articles, substances or systems of work by non-dangerous articles, substances or systems of work. 7. The giving to collective protective measures priority over individual protective measure 8. The development of an adequate prevention policyin relation to safety, health and welfare at work, which takes account of technology, organisation of work, working conditions, social factors and the influence of factors related to the working environment. 9. The provision of appropriate training and instruction to employees.
• 1. We confirm that in our opinion our organisation is competent and adequately resourced to fulfil its obligations under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and will allocate adequate resources to provide the service to which we are appointed. 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.

• a programme of 15 months and completed in 2026
• The updated programme shall be issued to the Client 5 days following update
• Adaptation of existing statutory forms.
• [MF_2.4.docx] ABLE TO DESIGNER The purpose of the General Principles of Prevention is to provide a framework within which design and detailing issues can be assessed. 1. The avoidance of risks 2. The evaluation of unavoidable risks 3. The combating of risks at source 4. The adaptation of work to the individual, especially as regards the design of places of work, the choice of work equipment and systems of work, with a view to alleviating monotonous work and work at a predetermined rate and to reduce their effect on health 5. The adaptation of the workplace to technical progress 6. The replacement of dangerous articles, substances or systems of work by non-dangerous articles, substances or systems of work. 7. The giving to collective protective measures priority over individual protective measure 8. The development of an adequate prevention policyin relation to safety, health and welfare at work, which takes account of technology, organisation of work, working conditions, social factors and the influence of factors related to the working environment. 9. The provision of appropriate training and instruction to employees.

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 minimum levels of cover for each and every claim, unlimited in the period of insurance, shall be: Public Liability (PL) € 6,500,000 Employers Liability (EL) € 13,000,000 Professional Indemnity (PI) € 1,500,000 (Annual Aggregate Cover) It will be a; e cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest (ii) Level of cover and excess as stated below for Specialist Skill Providers; Minimum level of Professional Indemnity level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest (ii) Level of
• Certifications — ve been granted an authorisation as an insurance undertaking by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide Non-Life Insurance Class 13 General level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00014 Entitles issuing employers liability ins
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Response: DECLARATION REQUIRED Criterion Applicable: YES 13 If no value is entered it shall read as €2,600,000 (Two million and six hundred thousand Eu; ve been granted an authorisation as an insurance undertaking by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide Non-Life Insurance Class 13 General level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00014 Entitles issuing employers liability ins 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 minimum levels of cover for each and every claim, unlimited in the period of insurance, shall be: Public Liability (PL) € 6,500,000 Employers Liability (EL) € 13,000,000 Professional Indemnity (PI) € 1,500,000 (Annual Aggregate Cover) It will be a
• e cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest (ii) Level of cover and excess as stated below for Specialist Skill Providers; Minimum level of Professional Indemnity level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest (ii) Level of
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00013 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respect of d
• 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Response: DECLARATION REQUIRED Criterion Applicable: YES 13 If no value is entered it shall read as €2,600,000 (Two million and six hundred thousand Eu
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00014 Entitles issuing employers liability ins

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:
• 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Response: DECLARATION REQUIRED Criterion Applicable: YES 13 If no value is entered it shall read as €2,600,000 (Two million and six hundred thousand Eu
• [statutory declarations act 1938.pdf] Irish Statute Book 1922-2001. Copyright Government of Ireland.
• DECLARATIONS AND MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
• ( d ) a person authorised by law to take and receive statutory declarations,
• to take and receive the declaration in writing of any person making the same before him in the form
• (2) A declaration made under this section shall be known for all purposes as and is in this Act

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 5 years. 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)
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 50,000 From start to completion of the insuran
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 50,000 From start to completion of the Service
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED, in consideration of the payment of €5 (five Euro) from the Client to the Sub-Consultant, receipt and sufficiency of w
• rights of termination (and the like) will cease if, within 28 days from receipt of the Discontinuance Noti
• for Client’s termination at will is at least 14 and at most 28 days after the notice
• or Client’s termination under 2-9 is at least 1 and at most 48 days after the notice
• imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

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: statutory declarations act 1938.pdf, MF_2.4.docx, MF_2.5.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: MF-2.1-09-02-2022.docx, MF-2.3-v1.2-14-10-2024.docx, Appendix-A-QC1-and-QC2-09-02-2022.docx.