Provision of Regulation of Lobbying Online Register Development, Maintenance and Support Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Office of the Ombudsman ran this procurement for “Provision of Regulation of Lobbying Online Register Development, Maintenance and Support 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: Provision of Regulation of Lobbying Online Register Development, Maintenance and Support Services
• required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate
• system, the administration and member forms, admin reporting, bespoke workflows, etc
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• 1 - 21 September Extended support will be required around these date periods as there should be no
• ed payments notifications system, the administration and member forms, admin reporting, bespoke workflows, etc were custom development based on r
• notifications system, the administration and member forms, admin reporting, bespoke
• [OMB025-ICT-001-RegulationLobbyingSupportServices.pdf] 1
• a. OMB025-ICT-001-RegulationLobbyingSupportServices_PricingSchedule.xlsx,
• 6. Tenders must be submitted through eTenders platform (https://etenders.gov.ie).
• Online Register Development, Maintenance and Support 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.

• example, insufficient detail is provided, and the response has fundamental
• strategy for Regulation of Lobbying Online Register
• policy requirement as set out in the RFT.
• and election expenditure, the expenditure of state funding received by political parties

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 term of any contract awarded pursuant to this RFT insurances of the type and to the level specified below: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m For any one claim or series of claims; Public Liability €6.7m For any one claim or series of claims
• 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.
• e term of any contract awarded pursuant to this RFT insurances of the type and to the level specified below: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m For any one claim or series of claims
• Public Liability €6.7m For any one claim or series of claims
• Professional Indemnity €1m In the aggregate per insurance year Cyber Indemnity €2.5m In the aggregate per insurance year
• eTenders Contact Details: Company Registration Number: Date of RFT Submission: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m For any one claim or series of claims
• Public Liability €6.7m For any one claim or series of claims a

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:
• eTenders Contact Details: Company Registration Number: Date of RFT Submission: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m For any one claim or series of claims
• €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
• €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
• Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €200,000 and

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 term of any contract awarded pursuant to this RFT insurances of the type and to the level specified below: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7m For any one claim or series of claims
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is
• ed payments notifications system, the administration and member forms, admin reporting, bespoke workflows, etc were custom development based on r
• and shall expire on 30 April 2027, unless it is otherwise terminated in accordance
• Extension options: 12 months (x2)
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extensions per
• breach(es) are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in

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 — not clearly specified in extract.
• 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: OMB025-ICT-001-RegulationLobbyingSupportServices.pdf, RFT insurances of the type and to the level specified below: Type of Insurance Inde, RFT Submission: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions, Appendix 3A: Schedule D – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions, RFT”).