2024PR069 Request for Tenders (RFT) for the provision of Business Support Services to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI).

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) ran this procurement for “2024PR069 Request for Tenders (RFT) for the provision of Business Support Services to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI).” 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: 2024PR069 Request for Tenders (RFT) for the provision of Business Support Services to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI).
• insurances requested must apply to the Republic of Ireland and must continue to do so for the duration of the Services and beyond in 6,500,000 • Professional Indemnity € 1,000,000 The Territorial and Jurisdiction limits
• confidentiality, operate as an NTMA staff member and as per section 2 of Schedule 4 (The Services)
• edule 4 (The Services) to at least three clients within the 36 months prior to the tender deadline
• [2024PR069 RFT for Business Support Services to the SBCI.pdf] SBCI was formed and registered under the Companies Acts. The issued share capital of
• support in prudently accessing appropriate forms of finance.
• and support services, and is entitled to procure such services, as agent of the SBCI, where
• This RFT includes the attached schedules and all supporting and supplemental
• [2024PR069 RFT for Business Support Services to the SBCI.pdf] .
• an economic operator (the “Service Provider”) to provide business support services to
• the Authority as and when instructed by the Authority (referred herein as the “Services”),
• as more particularly described in Schedule 4 (The Services). 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.

• access to stable, lower-cost, long-term funding options. To deliver on its mandate, the SBCI
• The primary objective of the SBCI is to provide flexible lower cost funding in Ireland, in

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.; professional indemnity insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €1,000,000; 7; employer’s liability insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €12,700,000; 7
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — e The successful Tenderer will be required to have in place for the duration of the contract awarded (and for six years thereafter in the case of Professional Indemnity insurance) the following insurances covering each and every claim, unlimited in the period (save for Professional Indemnity insurance, which shall be maintained with an aggregate limit that is not less than €1,000,000): • Employer’s Liability € 12,70; 2 Minimum Turnover Tenderers must have achieved a minimum annual turnover level of €1,500,000 averaged over the course of the previous 3 financial years, or, where the date of establishment of the Tenderer is more recent, a minimum annual turnover level of €1,500,000 averaged for each financial year the ent; ance The successful Tenderer will be required to have in place for the duration of the contract awarded (and for six years thereafter in the case of Professional Indemnity insurance) the following insurances covering each and every claim, unlimited in the period (save for Professional Indemnity insurance, which shall be maintained with an aggregate limit that is not less than €1,000,000): Employer’s Liability € 12,700,000
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — aims arising from the same originating cause, unlimited in the period (and in the case of professional indemnity insurance with an annual aggregate limit that is not less than €1,000,000 (euro)), for the duration of this Agreem; insurances requested must apply to the Republic of Ireland and must continue to do so for the duration of the Services and beyond in 6,500,000 • Professional Indemnity € 1,000,000 The Territorial and Jurisdiction limits 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.
• professional indemnity insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €1,000,000; 7
• employer’s liability insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €12,700,000; 7
• public liability insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000, for each and every claim or series of cl
• aims arising from the same originating cause, unlimited in the period (and in the case of professional indemnity insurance with an annual aggregate limit that is not less than €1,000,000 (euro)), for the duration of this Agreem
• e The successful Tenderer will be required to have in place for the duration of the contract awarded (and for six years thereafter in the case of Professional Indemnity insurance) the following insurances covering each and every claim, unlimited in the period (save for Professional Indemnity insurance, which shall be maintained with an aggregate limit that is not less than €1,000,000): • Employer’s Liability € 12,70

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)
• 2 of Schedule 1 (Minimum Requirements) and submit it with
• [2024PR069 RFT for Business Support Services to the SBCI.pdf] SBCI was formed and registered under the Companies Acts. The issued share capital of
• [2024PR069 RFT for Business Support Services to the SBCI.pdf] .
• Tenderers should submit their responses to the RFT in full compliance with Schedule 3
• (Form of Tender). Tenderers may only submit one tender. If a Tenderer participates in a

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)
• due within 30 days following receipt of an invoice from th
• access to stable, lower-cost, long-term funding options. To deliver on its mandate, the SBCI
• provides wholesale finance and guarantees through its on-lending partners to SMEs that need
• (Form of Tender). Tenderers may only submit one tender. If a Tenderer participates in a
• the most economically advantageous tender, determined using the award criteria
• Tenderer shall be governed by the terms set out in a contract substantially in the form
• Award of the Contract does not constitute a commitment or guarantee by the Authority

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: 2024PR069 RFT for Business Support Services to the SBCI.pdf, RFT) for the provision of Business Support Services to the Strategic Banking Corpor, Schedule 1 (Minimum Requirements) may be permitted to.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule 1 (Minimum Requirements), the Tenderer, Schedule 1 (Minimum Requirements) will be eligible to be, Schedule 1 (Minimum Requirements) continue to apply;.