2024-2027 ITT Security Services IDA Drogheda Business Technology Park

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

IDA Ireland ran this procurement for “2024-2027 ITT Security Services IDA Drogheda Business Technology Park” 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: 2024-2027 ITT Security Services IDA Drogheda Business Technology Park
• Employer’s Liability Insurance for not less than €13m (thirteen million euro) from the date hereof until the expiry of the Services
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• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] Invitation to Tender for the
• Security Services Specification 23
• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] 1. Introduction
• 1. IDA Ireland (the “Contracting Authority” or “IDA”) invites tenders from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in PART 5 and PART 6 (the “Services”) in accordance with this invitation to tender (“ITT”).
• 2. In summary the Services comprise the provision of security cover 7 days a week, 365 days a year at IDA Drogheda Business & Technology Park (including the common areas, entrance, estate roads, open areas, boundaries/site extremities vacant lands and security lodge), (the “Site”). 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.

• 1. In the first instance, tenders will be subject to a check for completeness to ensure that all Tenderers have provided a complete and compliant response. Any Tenderer failing to satisfy all of the requirements of the ITT may be excluded from further consideration if the Contracting Authority deems that any particular failure is so serious as to prevent any objective comparison to be made with other tenders.
• 1. Public Liability Insurance for not less than €6,5m (six and a half million euro) for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of the one event from the date hereof until the expiry of the Services Contract. The Contractor shall produce evidence of such cover when requested to do so by the Employer. The Contractor’s Public Liability policy shall include provisions by which, in the event of any claim in respect of which the Contractor would be entitled to receive indemnity under the policy being brought and made against the Employer and its servants, the Insurer will indemnify the Employer and its servants against such claims and any costs, charges and expenses in respect thereof.
• 2. Employer’s Liability Insurance for not less than €13m (thirteen million euro) from the date hereof until the expiry of the Services Contract. The Contractor shall produce evidence of such cover when requested to do so by the Employer. The Contractor’s Employer’s Liability policy shall include provisions by which, in the event of any claim in respect of which the Contractor would be entitled to receive indemnity under the policy being brought and made against the Employer and its servants, the Insurer will indemnify the Employer and its servants against such claims and any costs, charges and expenses in respect thereof.

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.; Tenderers must provide evidence of the required insurance levels set out below: Insurance Type Required Levels Public Liability €6.5 million each and every claim Employers’ Lia; Public Liability Insurance for not less than €6,5m (six and a half million euro) for any
• Certifications — Employer’s Liability Insurance for not less than €13m (thirteen million euro) from the date
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — Public Liability Insurance for not less than €6,5m (six and a half million euro) for any; Employer’s Liability Insurance for not less than €13m (thirteen million euro) from the date 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.
• Tenderers must provide evidence of the required insurance levels set out below: Insurance Type Required Levels Public Liability €6.5 million each and every claim Employers’ Lia
• Public Liability Insurance for not less than €6,5m (six and a half million euro) for any
• Employer’s Liability Insurance for not less than €13m (thirteen million euro) from the date

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:
• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] Invitation to Tender for the
• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] 1. Introduction
• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] to the accuracy or the completeness of any information contained in the ITT or otherwise provided by or on behalf of the Contracting Authority (in writing or otherwise) to any interested party or its advisers.
• 4. Submitting a tender does not guarantee that the tender will be evaluated. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to terminate or suspend this tender process at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority.
• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] 1. Completion of Tender
• 2. Tenders shall submit the Form of Tender supplied at PART 7 as part of their tender, which the Tenderer is required to sign (scan and submit as attachment to email submission). Tenderers are not permitted to amend the Form of Tender.

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)
• Payment will be made monthly within 30 days of receipt of such invoices, subject to
• Job Description Security Officer 28
• 4. Submitting a tender does not guarantee that the tender will be evaluated. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to terminate or suspend this tender process at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority.
• Closing Date for Receipt of Tender (See specific submission instructions above) Thursday, 27 March – 12h00
• 1. The successful Tenderer will enter into the Services Contract with the Contracting Authority on the basis of the Conditions of Contract included at PART 4 of this ITT. Tenderers are not permitted to amend the Conditions of Contract. No general terms and conditions of any Tenderer or any terms and conditions referenced elsewhere other than in this ITT shall apply, unless expressly agreed in writing.
• 1. The Contracting Authority is not responsible for and will not pay for any expense or cost incurred or loss suffered by a Tenderer in the preparation or submission of tenders or otherwise. Each Tenderer is fully responsible for the entirety of all expenses and/or costs it incurs in the submission of a tender and in participating in this ITT.
• [2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] a Tenderer in the preparation or submission of tenders or otherwise. Each Tenderer is fully responsible for the entirety of all expenses and/or costs it incurs in the submission of a tender and in participating in this ITT.

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: 2025-2028 ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx, ITT Security Services IDA Drogheda Business Technology Park, ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] Invitation to Tender for th.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT-eTenders-Security Services-Drogheda BT Park.docx] 1. Introduction, ITT”)., ITT is for information only and does not constitute, and shall not be interpreted a.