TEN2400267 - Architect led Design Team for proposed Construction Works Stages (ii) to (v) of the Cootehill Saint Michael's Hall, Cootehill, Co. Cavan

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Cavan County Council ran this procurement for “TEN2400267 - Architect led Design Team for proposed Construction Works Stages (ii) to (v) of the Cootehill Saint Michael's Hall, Cootehill, Co. Cavan for Cavan County Council.” 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:

• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[12] € 1,500,000[13] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[14] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,00012 € 1,500,00013 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 650000014 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 14 If no value is entered it shall read
• Maximum level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• um level of excess in any one claim below which the Specialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the Services
• schoolhouse. St. Michael’s Hall is now serviced with
• activities. These initiatives supported the church 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.

• made a minimum of one week before decision is required in accordance with the programme
• nergy Strategy is to be established in conjunction with the BER assessor and Cavan
• Energy Strategy must be established in conjunction with the BER assessor
• [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf] EP

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.; (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[12] € 1,500,000[13] Maximum level o; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[14] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• 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.
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[12] € 1,500,000[13] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[14] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000[15] Entitles issuing
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Se
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the

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:
• and meeting any other minimum requirements in the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire criterion[1]
• [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf] EP
• [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf] 91.71
• [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf] 90.25
• [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf] .95=TOW
• [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf] 91.06

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 years. 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)
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,000[12] € 1,500,000[13] Maximum level o
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Se
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 1,250,00012 € 1,500,00013 Maximum level of excess in any one claim
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED, in consideration of the payment of €5 (five Euro) from the Client to the Sub-Consultant, receipt and sufficiency of w
• Both an amount or amounts of money less than €10 million in total and an extension of
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € From start to completion of the Services
• sor Design Process- in accordance with legislation, team member Design/Assigned Certifier in accordance with legislation

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: [3
• nergy Strategy is to be established in conjunction with the BER assessor and Cavan
• EN ISO 19650 series as an international standard of good
• S EN ISO 19650-2:2018 a BIM Execution Plan must be agreed between the Design
• ystems generated during design and construction conforms to ISO 19650
• EN ISO 19650
• BIM (Building information modelling according to ISO 19650-2
• timber frame, glass balustrades etc
• Provide inputs and relevant data to the assigned BER and Energy assessor to
• Provide inputs and relevant data to the assigned BER and Energy assessor to carryout preliminary
• BER calculations
• Data applicable to BER determination must be shown on drawings
• Carryout inspections as required to complete BER assessments
• Make recommendations on the number and scope of
• and publishing of final BER certificates
• Energy Strategy must be established in conjunction with the BER assessor
• carbon impact and other environmental impacts according to EN 15978–2011 ie Life Cycle

Geographic constraints

• Within 3 months of receipt of the Contractors Final Statement, the Employer’s Representative must

Deadline phrases

• tion received by the planning authority on 20 November 2023 save as may be otherwise required by the following conditions

Scale / volume phrases

• rights of termination (and the like) will cease if, within 28 days from receipt of the Discontinuance Noti
• If the dispute has not been resolved within 21 days of the delivery of the notice of disput
• the chief executives of the parties prior to the expiry of 21 days of the delivery of the notice of the di
• the applicant’s current principal banker dated within past 6 months, stating that, to the best of its knowl
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• A party receiving a notice of arbitration must, within 21 days after receiving it, send a response
• If the arbitral tribunal has not been formed within 42 days after the notice of arbitration was sen
• The notice should be given within 14 days after the appointing body receives
• If notice is not given within 21 days after the appointing body receives the
• within 14 days after the invitation or notice of appoi
• Within 14 days after formation, the sole or presiding
• Within 21 days after the arbitral tribunal has been fo
• Within 28 days after the arbitral tribunal is formed,
• Each party receiving a statement of case must, within 42 days after receiving it, serve on each
• 1 is reduced to 2 days
• necessary to make an award on all matters except costs in 100 days
• Within 10 days after the appointment of the arbitrator
• The parties and the arbitral tribunal must, within 10 days after the direction, complete the
• statement of case within 21 days
• me for delivery of a statement of defence to be abridged to 28 days from receipt of
• within 28 days
• xperts to be completed and joint expert reports sent within 14 days after
• Any oral hearing to be completed within 86 days
• If a deposit requested is not paid in full within 14 days after receipt of the request, the arbit
• matters except costs and interest within 100 days after the date of formation of the arbi

TENDER DOCUMENTS [01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf, 01 EX 23-69 Existing Site Plan.pdf, St Michael's Hall, Cootehill - Architectural Assessment & Method Statement.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix-B1 SMH.docx, ~$ta Processing Declaration Form.docx, schedule of works is essential to bring the building back into.