Army Equitation School, Stable Refurbishment, Blocks 1, 2 and 3, McKee Barracks, Dublin 7

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Department of Defence ran this procurement for “Army Equitation School, Stable Refurbishment, Blocks 1, 2 and 3, McKee Barracks, Dublin 7” 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:

• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: The minimum requirement is that the tenderer has had at least 5 persons employed in a full time capacity delivering construction services on-site in each of the 3 years preceding the closing date for tender receipt
• Steel Supports to timber double Doors
• Provide for supply and replacement of all rotted
• Supply and fit new galvanised steel door trim.
• Allow for shall supply and fix new 175mm larch
• matting). Supply and fit 35mm wall capping strip
• Supply and install internal timber stable,
• Supply and install rubber wall matting, (to inside
• Supply and install new floor resin covering, (to
• Tenderer Specialist (Applicable to PW-CF2 or PW-CF4 where the Tenderer is required to propose Specialists to be named in the Contract). An entity proposed by the Tenderer to undertake specialist areas of works or services described in Section 2.6.1 of the Project Particulars. Note: a Tenderer Specialist may be the Tenderer itself (or an any member of an Tenderer), or a subcontractor to the Tenderer. Tenderer Specialists must always complete the relevant Specialist Questionnaires issued by the Contracting Authority with this Questionnaire.
• International Procurement Instrument (IPI) Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2022 on the access of third-country economic operators, goods and 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 public procurement and concession markets of third countries (International Procurement Instrument – “IPI”). 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.

• Carefully remove existing external windows in
• bolted in a similar manner to the existing quarter
• steel, in similar style and shape to existing.
• Splicing new timber into existing door and

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.; ofessional Indemnity Insurance required for € [17] The excess as stated 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
• 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.
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Construction Work [15] € 1.5 million CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: W
• ofessional Indemnity Insurance required for € [17] The excess as stated 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
• CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS The minimum standard is proof that the contractor has public liability insurance cover for €6,500,000 in place for any one event
• 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) — 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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €200,000 must be advertised on eTenders
• [Volume C - Pricing Doc.pdf] VOLUME C
• [Volume C - Pricing Doc.pdf] Total Tender Amount)
• [Volume C - Pricing Doc.pdf] CONTRACTOR.
• [Volume C - Pricing Doc.pdf] = 05 number.

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)
• The minimum standard is the person proposed to fulfil this role must have at least 5 years' experience in the Building Trade and must have either a Degree/Diploma or other equivalent H&S training or must have at least 3 years acting in the capacity of Health and Safety Manager on b
• The minimum standard is that the person proposed to fulfil this role must have at least 5 years’ experience in the Building Trade and must have either a Degree/diploma or other equivalent H&S training or must have at least 3 years acting in the capacity of Site Safety Officer on buildin
• Trade and must have either a Degree/diploma or other equivalent H&S training or must have at least 3 years acting in the capacity of Site Safety Officer on building construction projects
• CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: The minimum requirement is that the tenderer has had at least 5 persons employed in a full time capacity delivering construction services on-site in each of the 3 years preceding the closing date for tender receipt
• e Tenderer’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months stating the duration of the relationshi
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• below, payment of the excess amount shall be the responsibility of the Contractor.

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 — 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: Volume C - Pricing Doc.pdf, QW 2 Part 1_Eq Sch Stables.docx, Public Works Contract for Building Works

[QW 2 Part 1_Eq Sch Stables.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: OJEU Official Journal of the European Union. .
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: SCHEDULE OF TENDER ITEMS CARRYING 23% VAT LIABILITY, schedule (PDE, schedule and drawings)..