Provision of Procurement Consultancy Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Environmental Protection Agency ran this procurement for “Provision of Procurement Consultancy 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: Provision of Procurement Consultancy Services
• Services comprised of knowledge or skill (including but not limited to the provision of advice, design, specifications, IT consultancy and similar), professional indemnity insurance (including for breach of intellectual property rights, breach of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• The EPA is a multi-disciplinary and multi-functional organisation currently employing approximately 520 staff who perform both administrative and technical field based functions. An organisational structure is available on the EPA website. The EPA managed work locations, spread regionally over eight locations, outlined below include both office & laboratory environments. Off-site operations include inspection and/or monitoring of a broad range of sites and facilities, for example, water bodies, landfill sites, industrial sites, medical facilities, drinking water and wastewater facilities, waste treatment plants, intensive agriculture, and off shore activities. Laboratory and sampling activities include chemical, biological and radiological.
• The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract for procurement consultancy services incorporating the (a) development, design and delivery of an innovative and comprehensive inhouse procurement training programme tailored to the needs of the organisation and (b) procurement advisory services.
• The EPA is committed to enhancing the procurement knowledge and skills its staff. To achieve this the EPA proposes proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract for procurement consultancy services with emphasis on the development, design and delivery of an innovative and comprehensive inhouse procurement training programme tailored to the needs of the organisation and the provision of procurement advisory services where the need arises.
• [1 RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] with emphasis on the development, design and delivery of an innovative and comprehensive inhouse procurement training programme tailored to the needs of the organisation and the provision of procurement advisory services where the need arises.
• If, following the award of a contract, the successful tenderer cannot, for whatever reason, deliver the required services to the satisfaction of the Contracting Authority; the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer emerging from the process at any time during the contract tender validity period.
• The EPA currently operates a decentralised procurement function where each office manages its own procurement competitions for goods, services, and works while utilising resources provided
• The EPA currently operates a decentralised procurement function where each office manages its own procurement competitions for goods, services, and works while utilising resources provided by the EPA’s Procurement Officer.
• Suggested Training Content: Basic procurement fundamentals, introduction to procurement legislation, organisational procurement policies, the eTenders Platform, and basic use of procurement tools.
• Expected Outcomes: Participants will be able to handle more complex procurement tasks, manage supplier relationships, contribute to procurement strategy development, and effectively use and manage framework agreements/contracts and eTendering systems.
• Pre-recorded training modules accessible through an online learning platform. 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.

• It is the policy of the Contracting Authority to promote participation by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on a fair and equal basis.
• The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract for procurement consultancy services incorporating the (a) development, design and delivery of an innovative and comprehensive inhouse procurement training programme tailored to the needs of the organisation and (b) procurement advisory services.
• The EPA is committed to enhancing the procurement knowledge and skills its staff. To achieve this the EPA proposes proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract for procurement consultancy services with emphasis on the development, design and delivery of an innovative and comprehensive inhouse procurement training programme tailored to the needs of the organisation and the provision of procurement advisory services where the need arises.
• [1 RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] with emphasis on the development, design and delivery of an innovative and comprehensive inhouse procurement training programme tailored to the needs of the organisation and the provision of procurement advisory services where the need arises.

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.; Insurance Type Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability Public Liability €6.5 million Professional Indemnity Professio; Services comprised of knowledge or skill (including but not limited to the provision of advice, design, specifications, IT consultancy and similar), professional indemnity insurance (including for breach of intellectual property rights, breach of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• 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.
• Insurance Type Insurance Type Required Level Employer’s Liability Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability Public Liability €6.5 million Professional Indemnity Professio
• Services comprised of knowledge or skill (including but not limited to the provision of advice, design, specifications, IT consultancy and similar), professional indemnity insurance (including for breach of intellectual property rights, breach of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• regate arising in any twelve period; and IT consultancy and similar), professional indemnity insurance (including for breach of intellectual property rights, breach of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• regate arising in any twelve period; and in relation to all Contracts: public/product liability insurance with the minimum liability cover of €6.5M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• regate arising in any 12 month period; employer's liability insurance with the minimum liability cover of €13M in respect of any and all claims in agg

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:
• Please note that information relating to this Request for Tender, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents. Please note that the Contracting Authority accepts no responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
• [1 RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents. Please note that the Contracting Authority accepts no responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
• Award of contract will be conditional upon acceptance of the Contracting Authority’s Terms and Conditions as appended at the relevant Appendix.
• Tenderers are required to review these terms and conditions and indicate their acceptance thereof as part of their tender submission. Any reservation with regard to these terms should be submitted as a query in accordance with the procedure described in the Instructions to Tenderers (Section 6) of this document.
• Suggested Training Content: Basic procurement fundamentals, introduction to procurement legislation, organisational procurement policies, the eTenders Platform, and basic use of procurement tools.
• Suggested Training Content: Intermediate procurement strategies, advanced use of procurement tools, and introduction to supplier management/contract management, establishing framework agreements/contracts, and advanced eTenders.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 month. 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)
• Services comprised of knowledge or skill (including but not limited to the provision of advice, design, specifications, IT consultancy and similar), professional indemnity insurance (including for breach of intellectual property rights, breach of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• regate arising in any twelve period; and IT consultancy and similar), professional indemnity insurance (including for breach of intellectual property rights, breach of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in agg
• h of data protection, libel and slander, contractual liability and non-performance) with the minimum liability cover of €1M in respect of any and all claims in aggregate arising in any twelve period; and
• The number and duration of extensions will be three (3) periods of twelve (12) months durati
• nt of the invoice, the EPA will pay any such invoice within 30 days following the date of receipt of the in
• d for any reason, without penalty, by serving not less than 30 days’ written notice on the Supplier, in whi
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of Te

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: 1 RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx, RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] REQUEST FOR TENDER, RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] changes, will be published on the I.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] Further information is available at, RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] SMEs or with larger enterprises to, RFT - Request for Tender (EPA-EU-0000011).docx] with emphasis on the development, d.