Single-Party Framework for Works-Related Technical Services: Employer’s Representative Consultancy Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Grangegorman Development Agency_564 ran this procurement for “Single-Party Framework for Works-Related Technical Services: Employer’s Representative Consultancy 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: Single-Party Framework for Works-Related Technical Services: Employer’s Representative Consultancy Services.
• (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 € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500.000[12] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 2,600,000[13] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• Maximum level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• um level of excess in any one claim below which the Specialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000
• Single-Party Framework for Works-Related Technical Services:
• Employer’s Representative Consultancy Services
• The GDA may require the Consultant to perform Services (as defined below) from time to
• The Consultant is engaged in the business of providing the Services and has the necessary
• perform the Services in accordance with the terms and conditions as set out in this
• “Additional Services” has the meaning given to it in Clause 15 (Additional Services); 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.; (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 € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500.000[12] Maximum level o; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 2,600,000[13] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• 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 € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500.000[12] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 2,600,000[13] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000[14] Entitles issuing
• ver with a well-established and reputable insurance office or underwriter of repute: To be completed in line with Contract/Procurement Documents a) Public Liability insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 million covering each and every claim or serie
• s of claims arising from the same originating cause, unlimited in the period, for the duration of the relevant Instruction; b) Employer’s Liability insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €13,000,000 million covering each and every claim or series

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) — 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:
• [00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf] 00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement
• [00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf] 50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement
• Instruction in the form as attached at Appendix D:
• [00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf] /EC (as amended) (the “ePrivacy Directive”);
• [00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf] “Intellectual Property” means all current and future legal and/or equitable interests in
• [00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf] be performed by the

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)
• (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 € 1,250,000[11] € 1,500.000[12] Maximum level o
• Within 3 months of receipt of the Contractors Final Statement, the Employers
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• 30 days of receipt of an invoice complying with
• Within 3 months of receipt of the Contractors Final Sta
• (the “Consultant”) having its principal place of business at [●].
• perform the Services in accordance with the terms and conditions as set out in this

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: [2
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• venture or otherwise), each consortium member comprising the Consultant is
• ommissioners, including (where applicable) tax reference number and Tax
• There will be a number accessible green roofs allocated to specific
• with the ISO 196501 suite of standards
• esponsibilities, both project specific and/or as set out in ISO 19650, are fully resourced and
• that GDA remain compliant with the requirements set out in ISO 19650
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Geographic constraints

• Within 3 months of receipt of the Contractors Final Statement, the Employers

Deadline phrases

• s were issued to shortlisted applicants on 10th February 2025

Scale / volume phrases

• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• current on the date 12 months prior to the date of the most recently
• 30 days of receipt of an invoice complying with
• If the GDA does not lift the suspension within 30 days of receiving the written
• of the 30 hectares of the former St
• The Project also includes the provision of around 15 hectares of connecting
• The duration of Work Stage 4 – construction will be 24 months with a 12 month defects
• Within 3 months of receipt of the Contractors Final Sta

TENDER DOCUMENTS [00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf, 00PROC-GDA-1079-XX-CC-K-PM_50_50_25-0001-FrameworkAgreement.pdf, Appendix D:.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedules;, Schedule G (Form of Collateral Agreement) or such other form agreed between the parties, Schedule C;.