Clare County Regional and Local Road Pavement Overlay Scheme 2025

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Clare County Council ran this procurement for “Clare County Regional and Local Road Pavement Overlay Scheme 2025” 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)
• 8. Payment for the Project Supervisor’s service is provided for under the Contract. Accordingly, the Client is not liable under this Agreement for the Project Supervisor’s fees or expenses.
• VALUE Construction contract value at award stage (including cost of services where applicable): Applicant Entry Construction contract value at completion (including cost of services where applicable: Applicant Entry Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The extract showed a structured PQQ-to-ITT sequence intended to shortlist capable bidders before full award-stage submission. Programme and policy framing was only partially visible, but continuity and modernisation drivers were evident in the procurement design.

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 € CA Entry[17] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m); * 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
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € CA Entry[17] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m)
• Personnel — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 5,000,000 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] € 5,000,000 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 € CA Entry[17] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m)
• • 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
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000[20] Entitles issuing

5. Award criteria & scoring

• The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Profess 2% not stated not stated | e in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2 | 2% | not stated | not stated | The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract.

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:
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• 11. This Agreement is governed by and construed according to Irish law. The parties submit to the jurisdiction of the Irish courts in relation to all matters concerning it.
• [Appendix-B2-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Project-Execution.docx] APPENDIX B2: CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTORY PROJECT EXECUTION[1]
• [Appendix-B2-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Project-Execution.docx] Applicant in delivery of Project: Applicant Entry
• 1. A separate certificate must be provided for each project listed in Appendix B1: List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certificate of Satisfactory Certificate. ↑

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 5 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)
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clauses 3
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 100,000 [14]
• recipe to IS EN13108-1, Clause 906 (March
• Asphalt Concrete recipe to IS EN13108-1,
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as

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 — 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: MF-1.10-09-04-2020.docx, Appendix-B2-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Project-Execution.docx, 25-010-002 KMD ROADS - LISBAREEN.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix-D2-QW2-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx, MDE 25-03-01 Location Plan.pdf, 2025 Regional Overlay Layout Drawing-25-03-02 - Gort Road R458.pdf.