Construction of Single House at Ballygar, Co. Galway

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Galway County Council ran this procurement for “Construction of Single House at Ballygar, Co. Galway” 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:

• 5 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• PIPEWORK SHALL BE ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED WITH TIMBER BACKING &
• operations: Explosives must not be used within 400 metres of gas transmission pipelines (30
• operations: Explosives must not be used within 400 metres of a gas transmission pipeline (30 metres
• = 100x100 TIMBER PURLIN SUPPORT POST
• SUPPORTED OFF BLOCKWORK WALL BELOW.
• TWO COURSES ABOVE PC, RC AND STEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS.
• JOISTS TO BE SUPPORTED OFF PARTY WALL USING PROPRIETARY
• JOISTS TO BE SUPPORTED OFF TRIMMERS USING PROPRI
• JOISTS TO BE SUPPORTED OFF TRIMMERS USING PROPRIETARY JOIST
• ALL SUPPORT POSTS TO BE SUPPORTED ON EITHER LOAD BEARING
• Contract arising out of this Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax 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.

• CHAMBER EXISTING WATER MAIN (IW ASSET)
• within 15 metres of an existing gas pipeline
• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions
• with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be

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.; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor € 17 The excess as stated here: Maximum perm; issible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate cl
• Certifications — Entitles issuing public liability insurance cover must have been granted an authorisation as an insurance undertaking by the Central Bank incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Minimum Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category15 € 1,750,000; Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[15] € 1,750,000 *
• 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.
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Minimum Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category15 € 1,750,000
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor € 17 The excess as stated here: Maximum perm
• issible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate cl
• Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000019 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• Entitles issuing public liability insurance cover must have been granted an authorisation as an insurance undertaking by the Central Bank incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de

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:
• less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €200,000 must be advertised on eTenders
• [G2314BU0103 (B02) - GA Roof Level Plan.pdf] Legend:
• [G2314BU0103 (B02) - GA Roof Level Plan.pdf] HANGERS OR EQUAL & APPROVED. IF JOISTS BUILT INTO CAVITY
• [G2314BU0103 (B02) - GA Roof Level Plan.pdf] STEEL L-STRAPS TO BE FIXED TO MINIMUM
• [G2314BU0103 (B02) - GA Roof Level Plan.pdf] Galway Office:
• [G2314BU0103 (B02) - GA Roof Level Plan.pdf] PANCIES SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 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)
• The liability of the Surety under this Bond will not exceed € . This amount will be reduced by half on issue of the Certificate of Substantial
• Hardcore filling used under the slab and thickening should be a minimum of 225mm
• A minimum of 10 days shall be allowed for review and comment by the Project Engineer from receipt of
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clause 10
• the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clause 10
• PIPEWORK SHALL BE ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED WITH TIMBER BACKING &

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: G2314BU0103 (B02) - GA Roof Level Plan.pdf, G2314DG0002 (B02) - Proposed Site Layout.pdf, ITTW4 Instruction to Tender.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to eTenders.1.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: QW2-Part-1-v2.1-18-11-2024-09-01-2025.docx, ITTW4 Instruction to Tender.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers Open Procedure for Works, ITT-W4 v2.0 18/11/2024.