Single Party Framework Agreement for the Collection and Processing of Textiles for Reuse and Recycling for Dublin City Council

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Dublin City Council ran this procurement for “Single Party Framework Agreement for the Collection and Processing of Textiles for Reuse and Recycling for Dublin City Council” 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:

• 1 The Framework Member accepts its appointment as the sole economic operator to provide Services/Supplie
• as part of the monthly report as per section 2.3.5. Day to day operations, including on street
• reuse or recycling. This service requires providers to collect textiles from 5
• The Council provides a wide and diverse range of services to the citizens of Dublin City
• out in both the physical works area (e.g. provision and maintenance of housing, roads) and in
• the areas of arts, sports, recreation and social services (e.g. libraries, sports facilities parks,
• community development and housing welfare services). The City Council also provides
• emergency services through Dublin Fire Brigade.
• development of the city. The range of services provided by Dublin City Council could best be
• Recycling Services.’ In addition to the technical requirements of the RFT, tenderers must
• ‘economic operators whose mission is the social and professional integration of
• Recycling Services’, we are therefore seeking submissions from economic operators that 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 2025 to 2027 amounts to €3.348 billion
• Programme 2025 to 2027 amounts to €3.348 billion.
• summarised by listing the programme group structure used by central government to classify
• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium

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 Confirmation of the following insurances being in place:  Employer’s Liability - €13 million  Public Liability - €6.5 million  Product Liability - € 6; 5 million]  Professional Indemnity - € N/A  Environmental Liability Impairment (EIL) (where there is a risk of gradual pollution or contamination) - € N/A  Cyber Liability - € N/A]  €6.5 million in respect of motor insurance to have 3
• 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 Confirmation of the following insurances being in place:  Employer’s Liability - €13 million  Public Liability - €6.5 million  Product Liability - € 6
• 5 million]  Professional Indemnity - € N/A  Environmental Liability Impairment (EIL) (where there is a risk of gradual pollution or contamination) - € N/A  Cyber Liability - € N/A]  €6.5 million in respect of motor insurance to have 3
• 5 million in respect of motor insurance to have 3rd party property damage limit of €6.5 million  ] Insurances provided by vendors
• n place Insurance Type Level required if successful Level in Place Details of Any Excess Renewal Date Employers Liability €13,000,000 € Public Liability €6,500,000 € Product Liability €6,500,000 € Other €6.5 million in respect of motor insurance to have 3

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:
• [SPFWA RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf] Request for Tender (RFT) Single-Operator Framework Agreement
• [SPFWA RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf] ..................................................................... 22
• [SPFWA RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf] Safety
• [SPFWA RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf] consortium must appoint a single point of contact who will assume overall responsibility for
• (Please refer to Appendix A (Lot 1)
• [SPFWA RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf] 12 tonnes of materials per month was recovered in

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)
• e entitled to terminate the appointment of the Framework Member forthwith and without liability by giving notice at any time if:
• 1 The Member commits a material breach of any term or condition of this Framework Agreement, o
• 2 shall not relieve or discharge the Framework Member from any obligations which may have accrued prior to such termination
• may terminate at 14 days written notice
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of Te
• Small and Medium Enterprise Participation
• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium

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: SPFWA RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf, SPFWA Term and Conditions.docx, Appendix A – Lot 1 Locations.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix B – Lot 2 Locations, RFT for Collection and processing of textiles.pdf] Request for Tender (RFT) Single, RFT) Single-Operator Framework Agreement.