Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: Local Road Pavement Surfacing Works 2025 – Contract 1

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Monaghan County Council ran this procurement for “Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: Local Road Pavement Surfacing Works 2025 – Contract 1” 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:

• drainage and kerb systems Combined drainage and kerb systems Load test A minimum of 1 test per
• age systems Linear drainage systems Linear drainage systems Load test A minimum of 1 test per
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• 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
• ction Sweeper to clean all Public Roads within 500m of his operations
• Technical Submission sub-folder * Completed and signed QW-Part-2-v1.1 * Completed and signed Appendix 1 Forms of Letters of Undertaking Declarations * Completed and signed Appendix-A-Applicants-Self-Declaration-re-Regulation-57 * Completed and signed QW2_Appendix J_Quarry Compliance Declaration * Evidence of Managerial Educational and Professional Qualification – A CV for the proposed managing director/project director, senior manager and health and safety manager in as outlined in QW2 Part 1, Section 3.4.a. * Evidence of Professional Educational and Professional Qualification – A CV for the proposed project manager, site foreman and health and safety manager in as outlined in QW2 Part 1, Section 3.4.b. * A list of 5 to 10 similar projects carried out over the past 5 years as outlined in QW2 Part 1, Section 3.4.c. * The Proposed Organizational management arrangement and proposed onsite works personnel as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT * A Type-Test Report in line with IS EN 13108 – 20, completed after 31 March 2020, for the proposed AC 20 dense bin 70/100 des Warm-mix Asphalt (WMA) material to Clause 906 the contractor intends to supply and place as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT. * A Type-Test Report in line with IS EN 13108 – 20, completed after 31 March 2020, for the proposed AC 10 close surf 70/100 des material to Clause 912 the contractor intends to supply and place as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT. * A Type-Test Report in line
• [Cover Letter Contract 1.docx] 20, completed after 31 March 2020, for the proposed AC 10 close surf 70/100 des material to Clause 912 the contractor intends to supply and place as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT. * A Type-Test Report in line with IS EN 13108 – 20, completed after 31 March 2020, for the proposed HRA 35/14 f SURF 40/60 des material to Clause 911 the contractor intends to supply and place as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT. * A Type-Test Report in line with IS EN 13108 – 20, completed after 31 March 2020, for the proposed SMA 10 surf PMB 65/105-60 des material to Clause 942 the contractor intends to supply and place as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT. * A Type-Test Report in line with IS EN 13108 – 20, completed after 31 March 2020, for the proposed SMA 14 surf PMB 65/105-60 des material to Clause 942 the contractor intends to supply and place as specified in Appendix 1 (Works Proposals) of the ITT. * A proposed projecty methodology, specific to the works set out, in Gantt chart format, prepared STRICTLY in accordance with the requirements of the Works Requirements, part 4 - specification, Appendix 1/13, - maximum 2 sides A3. * A proposed site waste management plan, specific to the works set out, prepared STRICTLY in accordance with the requirements of the Statutory Consents and in accordance with the requirements of the Works Requirements, parts 1-3 – section 6.1.2, * A proposed Public Liaison Action Plan, specific to the works set out, prepared STRICTLY in accordance with the requirements of the Works
• For the attention of: Gareth McMahon A/Director of Services
• Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000[7] for any one event, but this limit may be on an annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports and sudden and accidental pollution.
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured. 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.

• The programme must also be itemised to show, where required, a minimum of the following items:
• within 15 metres of an existing gas pipeline
• The Employers Representive may increase or decrease the scope of the Works Requirements depending on the funding available for the project. By submitting a valid tender, the tenderer is deemed to have accepted this condition and to have the necessary resources available.
• Property of the insured or in the insured’s custody or control other than existing premises and their contents temporarily occupied for the purposes of the Works

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.; Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000[7] for any one event, bu; Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000[8] for any one event
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Civil Engineering category[15] € 3,000,000 *CA Note: if stating a minimum yearly
• 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.
• Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000[7] for any one event, bu
• Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000[8] for any one event
• Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,000~~[10]~~ in respect of p
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Civil Engineering category[15] € 3,000,000 *CA Note: if stating a minimum yearly
• ofessional Indemnity Insurance required for € [17] The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the 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

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• ect item description and the difference for an item in, or that should have been in, the Pricing Document is more than €500. No Yes
• • Tenderers are requested to submit one .zip file. This .zip file should be split into sub-folders entitled- “technical submission” and “commercial submission”. Can all tenderers ensure that the completed Form of Tender and Schedule and the completed pricing document are uploaded into the commercial submission folder. All other documents per tender submission shall be submitted into the technical submission folder. Due care must be taken to upload all response documents into the correct response .zip file.
• Appendix 1 Forms of Letters of Undertaking Declarations
• Appendix-A-Applicants-Self-Declaration-re-Regulation-57
• QW2_Appendix J_Quarry Compliance Declaration

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 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)
• ect item description and the difference for an item in, or that should have been in, the Pricing Document is more than €500. No Yes
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0.00 [14]
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0
• Failure to meet the minimum requirements under this quality submission will result in termination from the competition
• d in steel pipes, or a covering of tiles, bricks, slabs, timber boards or
• Transmission gas pipelines are generally between 150mm and 1000mm in diameter and coated in yellow
• operations: Explosives must not be used within 400 metres of gas transmission pipelines (30

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.
• Contract value was not disclosed in metadata, creating uncertainty on margin, resourcing, and financing assumptions.
• 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: Cover Letter Contract 1.docx, Information Booklet cover.docx, FTS-5-v2.7-09-01-2025.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Where Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be as amended by Supplement 1, Issue 2. Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 4: Revised is selected from the drop down menu above it

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[FTS-5-v2.7-09-01-2025.docx, Schedule, part 2D) .