2023-1046 Bellevue House Refurbishment

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Clare County Council ran this procurement for “2023-1046 Bellevue House Refurbishment” 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:

• € 4. Amount for new water services pipework
• € 9. Amount for installation of sanitary ware & connecting services to same
• MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS EN ISO 9001:2008 AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
• 6. Location of all electrical services to be agreed
• 8. Location of all electrical services to be agreed
• RESTRICTED PROFILE MASTER KEY SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED
• system RAL 9006 with 12mm toughened gla
• any form or stored in any retrieval system of any nature
• installation of services and production of working drawings.
• systems. Minor containment routes and drops shall be
• prior to the installation of any containment system.
• be used to support containment.Containment shall be 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.

• Remove existing gravel (38sqm) and install 200 x 100
• Remove existing damaged flagstones (10sqm) and
• REMOVE EXISTING IRONMONGERY, FILL ALL HOLES/DEPRESSIONS,
• INSTALL NEW IRONMONGERY TO REPLACE EXISTING

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 professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 0[17] The excess as st; ated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 750,000 CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: Cl
• 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.
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 750,000 CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: Cl
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 0[17] The excess as st
• ated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[19] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000[20] Entitles issuing

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — Appendix 1 questionnaire/PQQ response was required.
• 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:
• te draft copy of the manual must be submitted not less than 2 weeks before the
• raft copies of the drawings must be submitted not less than 2 weeks before the date of
• [23-1046-T-05.pdf] EXISTING INTERNAL DOORS:
• Questionnaire and itemised Pricing Schedule must be returned via the Etenders portal.
• Contractors shall ensure the Grand Summary sheet is included within their returned pricing
• [25.2942 E401_Containment-Frst-A1.pdf] DP

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 10 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)
• € 4. Amount for new water services pipework
• € 5. Amount for new pipework fittings
• € 6. Amount for new pipework insulation
• Pipes should be fixed within 300mm either side of a 90⁰ bend
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative will give the above certificate to
• the Works within 12 months after the termination, the Contractor’s payment under this clause
• Exact areas of flooring required to be determined on site

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: Survey-Sheet 05.pdf, 23-1046-T-05.pdf, Cover Letter.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: 25.2942 E401_Containment-Frst-A1.pdf, 25.2942 E100_Gen Lighting-Grnd-A1.pdf, 2023-1046 Sanitaryware Schedule.pdf.