Multi-Party Framework to supply School Stationary Packs for Post Primary Pupils

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kerry Education and Training Board ran this procurement for “Multi-Party Framework to supply School Stationary Packs (Core Class Resources) for Post Primary Pupils for Kerry Education and Training Board” 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: Multi-Party Framework to supply School Stationary Packs (Core Class Resources) for Post Primary Pupils for Kerry Education and Training Board
• Where the Framework Member ceases to supply a product or if a product is discontinued from
• anagement systems standards that they have in place such as ISO 14001 or ISO 50001 or
• the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods”).
• 1. The supply of school stationery required by post primary pupils at KERRY ETB
• supply. Prospective Tenderers should note that the TRD document also provides a complete
• list of all the information that tenderers will have to supply and sets out the structure they must
• Framework Members awarded Goods Contracts shall provide the Services in accordance
• successful implementation of any Goods Contract that may result from this Competition and
• services to the Union’s public procurement and concession markets and procedures supporting
• negotiations on access of Union economic operators, goods and services to the public
• the supply of samples for purposes of tendering and their return after evaluation or participation 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

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.; sful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurance Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of c; laims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of c
• 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.
• sful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurance Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of c
• laims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of c
• laims arising out of a single occurrence Product Liability €1,000,000 2
• I confirm that we have the following insurances in place Insurance Type Level in Place Details of Any Excess Expiry Date Employers Liability €12.7m € Public Liability €6
• 5m € Product Liability €1m € AND

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:
• valued between €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
• €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration, to include all non-notif
• [RTT Core Class Resources Final.pdf] Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer ...................................... 54
• Appendix 5: Goods Contract .................................................................................................... 57
• Appendix 6: Framework Agreement ...................................................................................... 82

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 years. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• Sector: Office Supplies & Equipment
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• sful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Goods Contract the following insurance Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of c
• In consideration of payment by the Contracting Authority of the sum of €2.00, the
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is
• Member does not guarantee the award of any Goods Contract
• the first ranked Framework Member as determined by the procedure set
• Agreement”) will be issued for an initial term of 12 Months

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: RTT Core Class Resources Final.pdf, this Competition as set out in part 3.2 below (the “Selection Criteria”),

15 will be evaluated in accordance with the Award Criteria at part 3.3 below.

However, please note that the Contracting Authority also reserves the right to exclude from evaluation a Tenderer to whom a discretionary ground for exclusion pursuant to Regulation 57 of the Regulations applies.

Tenderers should note that where a Tenderer is relying on the capacity of other entities (for

[RTT Core Class Resources Final.pdf, Appendix 5: Goods Contract ..............................................................

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 6: Framework Agreement ......................................................., Appendix 7: Confidentiality Agreement .................................................., RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for.