JTF Failte Ireland and Laois County Council Rock of Dunamase Car Park Archaeological Services for Investigative Works

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Laois County Council ran this procurement for “JTF Failte Ireland and Laois County Council Rock of Dunamase Car Park Archaeological Services for Investigative Works” 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: JTF Failte Ireland and Laois County Council Rock of Dunamase Car Park Archaeological Services for Investigative Works
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the Services
• Consultant’s tender for the Services, or, if there was none 10 days before the Client
• Standard Conditions of Engagement for Archaeological Services
• Tender and Schedules for Archaeological Services
• Tender and Schedule for Archaeological Services
• Contract For the provision of Archaeological Services
• We have examined and understand the Conditions of Engagement for Archaeological Services,
• [FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.pdf] We have examined and understand the Conditions of Engagement for Archaeological Services,
• and complete the Archaeological Services required on the terms of and in conformity with the
• required and, where the Archaeological Services include acting as Project Supervisor for the 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.

• Policy and Guidelines in Archaeological Excavation,
• Community and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
• Issue of Defects Certificate & Final Account Submitted programmes to be in Microsoft Project and pdf format
• Progress Reports Progress on a weekly basis Reports to be completed with accompanying photos on microsoft word. Report dates to be agreed with client. Reports to include actual progress against programme, cost reporting, quality compliance report including schedules tracking receipt of and responses to the following: Requests for Information, Confirmation of verbal instructions Material Acceptance Requests Non conformance reports Claims change orders

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.; 7 16/09/2024 8 COVER Minimum cover Permitted deductible Period Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion of; Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the
• 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.
• 7 16/09/2024 8 COVER Minimum cover Permitted deductible Period Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion of
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of the
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion o
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13 million None From start to completion of th

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:
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1
• [FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.pdf] Tender and Schedule
• [FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.pdf] We have examined and understand the Conditions of Engagement for Archaeological Services,
• We submit with this tender a detailed breakdown of the tender price (if requested). We offer to provide
• [FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.pdf] the Increased Premium Rates) but better

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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)
• 7 16/09/2024 8 COVER Minimum cover Permitted deductible Period Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion of
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion o
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5 million € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
•  expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• s termination at will [under 10] is at least 14 and at most 28 days after the
• he Client’s termination under 2-9 is at least 1 and at most 48 days after the notice
• • expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender

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: FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.pdf, FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.docx, including any steps proposed to manage the conflict or potential

[FTS10-v1.7-16-09-2024.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx, COE-2-v1.5-30-09-2024.pdf, COE-2-v1.5-30-09-2024.docx.