N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road - Archaeological Services (Stage i-iv)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Wexford County Council ran this procurement for “N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road - Archaeological Services (Stage i-iv)” 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:

• Title: N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road - Archaeological Services (Stage i-iv)
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 450,00012 € 1,000,00013 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• SECTION 3: SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Mott MacDonald Restricted Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000014 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 € 6,500 From start to completion of the Service
• 0-09-02-2022-rev-03-03-22 15 Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000014 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
• It is a Minimum Requirement that Tenderers supply a Quality Statement (max 1,000 words)
• number application forms to the National Monuments Service and the National Museum of
• Consultant’s tender for the Services, or, if there was none 10 days before the Client
• lowing completion of Stage (i) services and are to conclude 2 weeks thereafter
• completion of Stage (iii) services and are to conclude 52 weeks thereafter
• An enquiry of the National Monuments Service database of known site and monuments, using the
• All mitigation measures are recommendations only and the final decision on implementation, amendments, etc. rests 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.

• programme of test trenching and geophysical survey discovered three, probably pre-historic, ring
• the new road scheme, a programme of advanced archaeological investigation be carried out.
• trenching should be carried out. Wexford County Council can be advised on this programme of
• Projects to introduce new infrastructure, or to renew or upgrade existing infrastructure, where

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.; (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 450,00012 € 1,000,00013 Maximum level of excess in any one claim; SECTION 3: SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Mott MacDonald Restricted Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000014 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
• 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.
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 450,00012 € 1,000,00013 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• SECTION 3: SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Mott MacDonald Restricted Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000014 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
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00015 Note: No Excess is permitted on Employer
• 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 € 6 of cover for any exceptional increases i
• 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 € 6,500 From start to completion of the Service

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• and meeting any other minimum requirements in the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire
• If audited accounts are greater than 6 months old, the tenderer shall submit current
• [Archaeological Monitoring REAR Attendance to GI – Test Pits 118-123, Unpublished Report, D Noonan Archaeological Consultancy.pdf] Test Pit 123 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
• [Archaeological Monitoring REAR Attendance to GI – Test Pits 118-123, Unpublished Report, D Noonan Archaeological Consultancy.pdf] excavated in 2004,
• [Archaeological Monitoring REAR Attendance to GI – Test Pits 118-123, Unpublished Report, D Noonan Archaeological Consultancy.pdf] port Access Road – GI TP118-123

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• Title: N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road - Archaeological Services (Stage i-iv)
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 450,00012 € 1,000,00013 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• 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 € 6 of cover for any exceptional increases i
• 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 € 6,500 From start to completion of the Service
• to turnaround draft Stage (iv) Reports within 2 months of receipt with any
• the applicant’s current principal banker dated within past 6 months, stating
•  expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender

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: Archaeological Monitoring REAR Attendance to GI – Test Pits 118-123, Unpublished Report, D Noonan Archaeological Consultancy.pdf, Iarnród Éireann - IM-SMS-023 Implementation of the Construction Regulations V1.0.pdf, Appendix 2 of this standard. The geographical boundaries of each of these sites is set o.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix/Schedule documents referenced in the source pack.