Boiler upgrade IBTS V2

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Irish Blood Transfusion Service ran this procurement for “Boiler upgrade IBTS V2” 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:

• Buyer: Irish Blood Transfusion Service
• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• Wiring looms, cable ways and trunking shall be sized to allow for a minimum of 25% spare space for future expansion to the specified system
• These shall be presented a minimum of eight weeks in advance of the respective equipment, services being required for services co-ordination purposes
• Minimum Requirements 24-055-MS-03 (T1) IRISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
• Minimum Requirements 24-055-MS-04 (T1) IRISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
• • BS EN 50085-2-1: 2006 + A1:2011 Cable Trunking Systems and Cable Ducting Systems for Electr
• • BS EN 50086 Specification for Conduit Systems
• mney and flue installation shall be a proprietary system to BS EN 1859 and BS EN 1856-1, complete with boiler adaptors, wall supports, intermediate su
• Supports on hot pipes shall be without rubber caps
• [24-055-MS-04 - Award Criteria (Final).docx] The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) expect to issue a purchase order for the Scope of
• Quotations that The Irish Blood Transfusion Service consider are not in compliance with the 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.

• mmissioning schedule and programme to the Engineer at least 6 weeks before commencement of commissioning
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• [24-055-Invitation to Tender ITT (Final).docx] The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) wishes to invite suitably qualified mechanical contractors to tender for the upgrade of the Existing Gas Boiler central heating plant to their facility at the National Blood Centre, James’s Street, Dublin 8, D08 NH5R
• The works include the replacement and upgrade of the existing Central Heating Gas Boiler cascade on site to meet the space heating and domestic hot water demands at the facility. The upgrade will include new modifications to existing pipework, new pumps, controls, electrical attendances etc., along with the commissioning and hand over of the new gas boiler cascaded system. The Irish blood transfusion service will also request on successful install of tender project works that a 7 year maintenance contract will be agreed with the successful contractor.

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 contractor is required to hold all such insurances as required by prevailing legislation and, in particular, the following: * Employers Liability Cover for a limit of not less than €13,000,000 for any one occurrence unlimited to any
• 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 contractor is required to hold all such insurances as required by prevailing legislation and, in particular, the following: * Employers Liability Cover for a limit of not less than €13,000,000 for any one occurrence unlimited to any

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• submit the items listed below which are detailed further in MS-03 Minimum Requirements
• ent of this ITT to the Contractor that submits a valid quotation that meets the minimum requirements and is ranked highest in accordance with the award criteria
• eadline for submitting Requests for Clarifications shall be 10 days prior to the closing date for the tende
• Requirement of this ITT to the contractor that submits a valid quotation that meets the minimum
• P is the Comparative Cost (exclusive of VAT), as indicated in the Pricing Document

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 month. 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 contractor is required to hold all such insurances as required by prevailing legislation and, in particular, the following: * Employers Liability Cover for a limit of not less than €13,000,000 for any one occurrence unlimited to any
• Measuring devices shall be installed with a minimum of ten diameters of straight pipe upstream and five diameters downstream
• These shall be presented a minimum of eight weeks in advance of the respective equipment, services being required for services co-ordination purposes
• • Ensure proposed equipment meets the minimum requirements in relation to efficiency, performance and turndown, GPP criteria (as outlined in specification and schedules)
• mney and flue installation shall be a proprietary system to BS EN 1859 and BS EN 1856-1, complete with boiler adaptors, wall supports, intermediate su
• • Pipework 200mm to 450mm shall be to ISEN 10216 Part 1 and 10217 Part 1 and be of hot finished electric resistance welded const
• • Fittings shall be to IS EN 10253 or equivalent, though in locations where LTHW and CHW pipework up to and includ

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.
• Contract value was not disclosed in metadata, creating uncertainty on margin, resourcing, and financing assumptions.
• 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: 24-055-MS-04 - Award Criteria (Final).docx, 24-055-Invitation to Tender ITT (Final).docx, schedules shall be provided for each time schedule.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: schedules), ITT to the Contractor that submits a valid quotation that meets the minimum require, schedule and programme to the Engineer at least 6 weeks before commencement of commissio.