Request for Tenders for the provision of ID Issuer services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Office of the Revenue Commissioners_366 ran this procurement for “Request for Tenders for the provision of ID Issuer services” 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: Request for Tenders for the provision of ID Issuer services
• Services Concession Contract may amount to some €1.75million (excl
• provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 of this RFT, “Requirements and
• Specifications”, (“the Services”). The Revenue Commissioners is the Contracting Authority
• 2. The title of this RFT is Request for Tender for the provision of ID Issuer services.
• 3. This public procurement competition relates to the provision of ID Issuer services, as
• establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products.
• 7. The Contracting Authority estimates that the expenditure on the Services covered by the
• Services Concession Contract may amount to some €1.75million (excl. VAT) over the Term
• successful implementation of any Services Contracts that may result from this Competition
• included in their proposals to maximise the social and economic benefits of any Services
• written Services Concession Contract has been executed by or on behalf of the Contracting 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.

• 8. Government policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by Small and
• Tenderers should note that in accordance with Government policy, Purchase Orders for Services

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.; successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Framework Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million 12 For any one claim or a serie; s of claims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million For any one claim or a series of clai
• 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.
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Framework Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million 12 For any one claim or a serie
• s of claims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million For any one claim or a series of clai
• ms arising out of a single occurrence Product Liability €6.5 million For any one occurrence and in the agg

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:
• submit a report by 21 May 2021, and when necessary thereafter, in order to assess whether amendments to this
• containers already placed on the market on 20 May 2016, the notification shall be submitted within
• [ID issuer RFT Final 2025.pdf] ...... 40
• Appendix 6: Confidentiality Agreement ............................................................................................ 64
• Appendix 7: Declaration as to Independence of Tenderer ............................................................ 71
• provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 of this RFT, “Requirements and

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)
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Framework Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €12.7 million 12 For any one claim or a serie
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ
• a term of three (3) years, which may be extended at the request of the Contracting
• 6. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of
• up to one (1) year with a maximum of three (3) such extensions on the same terms and

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: ID issuer RFT Final 2025.pdf, RFT Final 2025.pdf] ...... 40, Appendix 6: Confidentiality Agreement ...................................................
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 7: Declaration as to Independence of Tenderer ................................., RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for, Appendix 1 of this RFT, “Requirements and.