EWS 2024 Electrical upgrade works to Scoil Realt na Mara, Balbriggan Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin, K34 VW10.

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Scoil Réalt na Mara ran this procurement for “EWS 2024 Electrical upgrade works to Scoil Realt na Mara, Balbriggan Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin, K34 VW10.” 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:

• € 2.8 Maintenance of existing buildings, facilities, roads and
• Galileo Energy Services, Unit A6, M4 Business Park, Maynooth Road,
• Client of Galileo Energy Services before the tender return timeline will not
• • Upgrade the existing ESB supply for the school building.
• • Decommissioning and replacing of the existing power & general services
• • Supply and installation of a new cable carrier system throughout the school
• • Supply and installation of 12no Photovoltaic (PV) panels on the existing roof
• • The existing ICT system installation, intruder alarm system installation, PA
• system and CCTV system installation shall be retained throughout the
• outlined in this specification and for the supply and erection of all necessary or
• maintenance of the installation for twelve months after completion.
• out in the contract documents and the services drawings as listed. 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.

• € 2.8 Maintenance of existing buildings, facilities, roads and
• majority of the existing electrical installation throughout the building. Refer to the
• • Decommissioning and removal from site of the existing electrical boards
• throughout the building. All existing electrical boards shall be replaced with

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.; Insurance Insurance of the Works: minimum amount insured for professional fees 15% of the Contract Sum Minimum indemnity limits for public liability and employers’ liability insurance: • public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event, but this limit may b; • employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000 for any one event
• 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.
• Insurance Insurance of the Works: minimum amount insured for professional fees 15% of the Contract Sum Minimum indemnity limits for public liability and employers’ liability insurance: • public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event, but this limit may b
• • employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000 for any one event
• Maximum excess for Insurance: • insurance of Works and other Risk Items (€10,000) • public liability: (€6,500)
• • employers’ liability: (€6,500)
• 3g Public Liability Insurance and Employer’s Liability Insurance I declare that the above named Contractor has, or (if successful in this tender competition) will take out (prior to appointment), Public Liability Insurance (with a minimum level of cover of €6,500,000) and Employer’s Liability Insurance (w

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
• [PW-CF6 RoP and CoE Cert.pdf] SHORT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT
• [24-020 Volume A1 (General Contract Conditions and Prelims).pdf] works commence on site
• Appendix 5: Health & Safety Plan ................................................................................... 45
• [24-020 Volume A1 (General Contract Conditions and Prelims).pdf] ‘PROJECT SUPERVISOR DESIGN PROCESS (PSDP)’

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 months. 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)
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, €5,000
• Welding equipment is required to have flame arrest
• he Employer appoints another Contractor within 12 months after the termination to complete the Works, the percentage of the
• 12 months after the termination to complete the W
• • Expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• Terms defined in the Conditions of the Contract have the same meaning in this certificate.
•  all wages and other money due to each work person have been paid in accordance with the Payment of

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: PW-CF6 RoP and CoE Cert.pdf, 24-020 Volume A1 (General Contract Conditions and Prelims).pdf, 24-020 Document Register (Scoil Realt na Mara).pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 5: Health & Safety Plan ......................................................., Schedules, SCHEDULE OF RATES’.