Request for Tender for the provision of Maintenance Services for the Lifts and Escalators at Shannon Airport

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Shannon Airport Authority DAC ran this procurement for “Request for Tender for the provision of Maintenance Services for the Lifts and Escalators at Shannon Airport” 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 Tender for the provision of Maintenance Services for the Lifts and Escalators at Shannon Airport
• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability €6
• n Airport Authority DAC 56 SCHEDULE 3: Insurance requirements Required? Type of insurance Minimum cover for any one claim Period Yes Product liability for any Services, including consequences of defective workmanship €6,500,000 From date of Agreement and for a period
• The contractor shall carry out a minimum of four service inspections per year on each Lift and
• service intervals and instructions detailed below are to be taken as a minimum requirement –
• 1 Within 7 days of service of the notice, the contract
• [RFT for Lifts and escalators maintenance at Shannon Airport.pdf] 1
• REQUEST FOR TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACT FOR
• RFT for Lifts and Escalators Maintenance Service for Shannon Airport
• Contact for Queries: by email ONLY through the etenders portal messaging service
• Appendix 6: Draft Services Agreement 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.

• While every effort has been made to provide comprehensive and accurate background
• to the information provided and to stipulate any assumptions that impact on this policy when
• by the incumbent provider of the Service sought under this R
• by the incumbent provider of the Service sought under this RFT.

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.; e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability €6; n Airport Authority DAC 56 SCHEDULE 3: Insurance requirements Required? Type of insurance Minimum cover for any one claim Period Yes Product liability for any Services, including consequences of defective workmanship €6,500,000 From date of Agreement and for a period
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — n Airport Authority DAC 56 SCHEDULE 3: Insurance requirements Required? Type of insurance Minimum cover for any one claim Period Yes Product liability for any Services, including consequences of defective workmanship €6,500,000 From date of Agreement and for a period 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.
• e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability €6
• n Airport Authority DAC 56 SCHEDULE 3: Insurance requirements Required? Type of insurance Minimum cover for any one claim Period Yes Product liability for any Services, including consequences of defective workmanship €6,500,000 From date of Agreement and for a period
• Yes Public liability for death, personal injury, loss of and damage to property €6,500,000 From date of Agreement until completion
• Yes Employer’s liability for sickness, injury and death of employees €13,000,000 From date of Agreement until completion

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)
• Declaration on Financial Capacity – Minimum Turnover of €250,000 per annum
• [RFT for Lifts and escalators maintenance at Shannon Airport.pdf] 1
• Contact for Queries: by email ONLY through the etenders portal messaging service
• Upload submissions to: www.etenders.gov.ie
• Appendix 1: Requirements and Specification

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)
• e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability €6
• n Airport Authority DAC 56 SCHEDULE 3: Insurance requirements Required? Type of insurance Minimum cover for any one claim Period Yes Product liability for any Services, including consequences of defective workmanship €6,500,000 From date of Agreement and for a period
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €5 (the receipt of which is hereby
• to 12 months with 2 such extensions on the same term
• document at any time up to 10 days before the final date for receipt of te
• This contract shall run for a period of 36 months but can be terminated before this perio
• Payment shall be made within 30 days of receipt of a correct and valid invoi

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: RFT for Lifts and escalators maintenance at Shannon Airport.pdf, SCHEDULE 3: Insurance requirements Required? Type of insurance Minimum cover for any one, RFT for Lifts and escalators maintenance at Shannon Airport.pdf] 1.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: RFT for Lifts and Escalators Maintenance Service for Shannon Airport, Appendix 1: Requirements and Specification, Appendix 2: Pricing Schedule.