Mechanical upgrade works to St. Cronan's Junior National School, Brackenstown, Swords, Co. Dublin.

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St Cronan's Junior National School ran this procurement for “Mechanical upgrade works to St. Cronan's Junior National School, Brackenstown, Swords, Co. Dublin.” 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:

• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• € 2.8 Maintenance of existing buildings, facilities, roads and
• MCC controls schematic and water services works to be
• [24-073 Invitation Letter (St. Cronan's Junior National School).pdf] Galileo Energy Services
• boilerhouse, all associated heating services pipework, controls, heating plant, etc.
• the supply and installation of a new MCC controls panel in replacement for the new
• • Supply and installation of new gas condensing boilers in a cascade arrangement in
• • Supply and installation of new heating plant, pipework, pumps, etc. in the boilerhouse for
• • Supply and installation of new flues to suit the new gas condensing boilers.
• • Supply and installation of new gas detection system in the boilerhouse.
• • Supply and installation of a new pressurisation unit and expansion vessels in the
• • Supply and installation of new heating circulation pumps for the three heating circuits. 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.

• € 2.8 Maintenance of existing buildings, facilities, roads and
• decommissioning and replacing the existing boiler, heating plant, water cylinder, MCC controls,
• etc. in the existing boilerhouse. Refer to the drawings for further information on the works to be
• • Decommissioning and removal of the existing floor mounted gas boiler in the existing

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 employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10; 4 Maximum levels of excess for  insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000  public liability €6,5009  employer’s liability €6,50010 7 If no percentage specified, 10% applie
• 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.
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for  insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000  public liability €6,5009  employer’s liability €6,50010 7 If no percentage specified, 10% applie
• 3g Public Liability Insurance and Employer’s Liability Insurance I declare that the above named Contractor has, or (if successful in this tender competition) will take out (prior to appointment), Public Liability Insurance (with a minimum level of cover of €6,500,000) and Employer’s Liability Insurance (w
• ith a minimum level of cover of €13,000,000) in accordance with the conditions stat
• 3 Minimum indemnity limit for Public Liability Insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [24-073 Document Register (St. Cronan's JNS).pdf] Project:
• Declaration of Suitability for Contractors
• [24-073 Document Register (St. Cronan's JNS).pdf] nooth Road,
• [24-073 Invitation Letter (St. Cronan's Junior National School).pdf] Galileo Energy Services
• invited to submit a tender for the mechanical works to the above building as highlighted and

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)
• Welding equipment is required to have flame arrest
• Welding equipment is required to have
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, €5,000
• he Employer appoints another Contractor within 12 months after the termination to complete the Works, the percentage of the
• consists of the original main school building (2,200m²), a new extension building (850m²) whic
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• (2,200m²), a new extension building (850m²) which was built in 2005 and a

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 — 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: 24-073 Document Register (St. Cronan's JNS).pdf, 24-073 Invitation Letter (St. Cronan's Junior National School).pdf, 24-073 Volume B1 (Form of Tender).pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: PW-CF6-Rates-of-Pay-and-Conditions-of-Employment-Cert.pdf, 24-073 Volume D1 (Preliminary Health and Safety Plan).pdf, Schedule.