Request for Tenders for the provision of Website Development and Hosting Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

An Coimisiún Toghcháin, The Electoral Commission ran this procurement for “Request for Tenders for the provision of Website Development and Hosting Services” 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: Request for Tenders for the provision of Website Development and Hosting Services
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• er insurance year Service Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Cyber Insurance €1,500,000 in the aggregate per insurance year, wit
• proposed Services Contract may amount to some €130,000 (excl
• ISO 27001, ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000) to ensure that a quality service will be delivered
• ISO 27001, ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000) to ensure that a quality service will be
• [Services Request for Tender Website Development and Hosting ELC.pdf] ServicesRFT160125
• Website Development and Hosting Services
• operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT
• In summary, the Services comprise: Delivery of a hosting service for An Coimisiún Toghcháin,
• Ireland’s independent electoral commission websites, ongoing support and maintenance of An 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.

• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by Small

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 Type An Coimisiún Toghcháin Requirement Levels held by Tenderer Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 € Public Liability €6,500,000 € Product Liability €6,500,000 € Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 € Cyber Liability €1,500,000 € Data Protection ,500,000 ; € Product Liability €6,500,000 € Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 € Cyber Liability €1,500,000 € Data Protection Demonstrate
• 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 Type An Coimisiún Toghcháin Requirement Levels held by Tenderer Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 € Public Liability €6,500,000 € Product Liability €6,500,000 € Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 € Cyber Liability €1,500,000 € Data Protection ,500,000
• € Product Liability €6,500,000 € Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 € Cyber Liability €1,500,000 € Data Protection Demonstrate
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• er insurance year Service Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Professional Indemnity €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Cyber Insurance €1,500,000 in the aggregate per insurance year, wit

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) — 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:
• between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration, to include all non-notif

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)
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000 limit for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence, per insurance year Public Liability €6,500,000 limit for any one claim or series of cla
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ
• result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of two (2) years
• The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to

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: Services Request for Tender Website Development and Hosting ELC.pdf, Appendix 1:, Appendix 2:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule, Appendix 3:, Appendix 4:.