CMETB - 2025 604 - Request for Tenders for the provision of Energy Consultancy Services for 16 Education and Training Boards

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board ran this procurement for “CMETB - 2025 604 - Request for Tenders for the provision of Energy Consultancy Services for 16 Education and Training Boards” 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: CMETB - 2025 604 - Request for Tenders for the provision of Energy Consultancy Services for 16 Education and Training Boards
• e 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 €13m limit for any one claim or series of claims out of a single occurence Public Liability €6.5m limit for any one claim or series of c
• Tenderers must have a minimum annual average turnover over the past two years of €250,000. Tenderers must provide the supporting do
• Minimum Requirements for service delivery
• BER and DEC Assessors, Energy Auditors and Energy Efficiency Designers meet the minimum requirements included within the scope of services and are registered (certified) with SEAI
• systems, including ISO 50001: 2018 (Energy Management) and/or ISO 14001, or an
• member delivers on the requirements set out in their Services Contract
• rating and maintaining energy management systems, including ISO 50001: 2018 (Energy Management) and/or ISO 140
• rating and maintaining energy management systems, including ISO 50001: 2018 (Energy Management) and/or ISO 14001, or an equivalent
• 2.A.12 If applicable, is the economic operator registered on an official list of approved economic operators or does it have an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system)? Yes [ ] No [ ] Not Applicable [ ]
• 1. It has not been guilty of serious misinterpretation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the selection criteria, 1. Yes [ ] No [ ]
• 1. It has been able, without delay, to submit the supporting documents required by a contracting authority or contracting entity, and 1. Yes [ ] No [ ] 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.A.10 Only in case the procurement is reserved ([6]), is the economic operator a sheltered workshop, a ‘social business’([7]), or will it provide for the performance of the contract in the context of sheltered employment programmes? Yes [ ] No [ ]
• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by

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.; e 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 €13m limit for any one claim or series of claims out of a single occurence Public Liability €6.5m limit for any one claim or series of c; laims out of a single occurence Product Liability N/A Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 for any one claim/any one period exclud
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — Tenderers must have a minimum annual average turnover over the past two years of €250,000. Tenderers must provide the supporting do
• 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.
• e 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 €13m limit for any one claim or series of claims out of a single occurence Public Liability €6.5m limit for any one claim or series of c
• laims out of a single occurence Product Liability N/A Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 for any one claim/any one period exclud
• Tenderers must have a minimum annual average turnover over the past two years of €250,000. Tenderers must provide the supporting do

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:
• [ESPD.docx] Part I: Information concerning the procurement procedure and the contracting authority
• All other information in all sections of the ESPD to be filled in by the economic operator.
• [ESPD.docx] [Click here and insert details]
• [ESPD.docx] .A.10 is yes, please complete (a) and (b) below:
• [ESPD.docx] , and, where applicable, the classification obtained in the official list ([8]) [Click here and insert details]
• If the answer to 2.A.14 is yes, please ensure that the others concerned provide a separate ESPD form.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 24 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 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 €13m limit for any one claim or series of claims out of a single occurence Public Liability €6.5m limit for any one claim or series of c
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• include specialist sub-contractors, including BER and DEC assessors, Energy Auditors, Energy
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 24 months
• are capable 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
• 1.A.3 Short description of the competition ([2]) [Click here and insert details]

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: [3
• name, title, telephone number, postal address, facsimile number and e-mail address of the nominated
• its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their
• systems, including ISO 50001: 2018 (Energy Management) and/or ISO 14001, or an
• energy projects and implementing/maintaining ISO 50001
• The BER and DEC assessors, Energy Auditors and Energy Efficiency Designers must be
• works to protect, promote, and enhance the interests of member ETBs and education and training
• include specialist sub-contractors, including BER and DEC assessors, Energy Auditors, Energy
• It is a requirement for all BER auditors to be on SEAI register of approved auditors/certifiers
• Conduct of a BER assessment in compliance with prevailing guidance
• See attached NEAP BER Guidance Document for Non-domestic Buildings and Survey Guide
• member delivers on the requirements set out in their Services Contract
• BER Assessment
• , prioritising energy projects and implementing/maintaining ISO 50001
• The proposed BER and DEC Assessors, Energy Auditors and Energy Efficiency Designers meet the minim
• rating and maintaining energy management systems, including ISO 50001: 2018 (Energy Management) and/or ISO 140
• rating and maintaining energy management systems, including ISO 50001: 2018 (Energy Management) and/or ISO 14001, or an equivalent
• 4 File reference number attributed by the contracting authority or
• 4 File reference number attributed by the contracting authority or contracting entity (if applicable)()
• more than one role, for example if proposed for BER and are qualified to act as
• Yes, an individual can act in more than one role, however BER and DEC

Deadline phrases

• t be received not later than 12:00 noon on 12th May 2025 (the “Tender
• noon on 25th April 2025 unless otherwise published by the Contracting Authority
• 00 noon on 12th May 2025

Scale / volume phrases

• over 117,000 students throughout the country
• education through Irish (48 schools) and represent 40% of the multi-denomin
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 24 months
• said 14 day period the invoice shall be deemed acce
• 14 days notice
• are capable 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

TENDER DOCUMENTS [ESPD.docx, ESPD.docx, Click

[ESPD.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice point III.1.5* ↑.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ↑

[ESPD.docx, RFT for Energy Consultancy Services.pdf, RFT and have an annual average turnover over €250,000 over the last two years.