N72 Fossa Traffic Calming and Enhanced Cyclist and Pedestrian Improvement Scheme

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kerry County Council_1204 ran this procurement for “N72 Fossa Traffic Calming and Enhanced Cyclist and Pedestrian Improvement Scheme” 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:

• annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports
•  Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured
•  Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured.
•  Effecting or maintenance of insurance of or in connection with the provision of finance or advice on financial
• (b) Existing Services - ESB, Telecommunications & Gas Networks Ireland
• steam, air, or other services, and associated apparatus and structures.
• Works and Construction Services Contracts (AR1) published on http://constructionprocurement.gov.ie/arbitration
• The Contractor’s agent18 in the Republic of Ireland for service of legal process is:
• contributions, death in service contributions, sick pay contributions; and 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.

• EN 1461 and powder coated RAL 6005 to match existing
• Specification to replace existing Eir Chamber covers and frames
•  Property of the insured or in the insured’s custody or control other than existing premises and their contents
• The Employer shall not have the risk of loss of and damage to its existing facilities and parts of the Works it uses or

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.;  Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0006 for any one event, but this limit may be;  Minimum indemnity limit for Employ Public liability insurance: €6,500,0006 for any one event, but this limit may be
• 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.
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0006 for any one event, but this limit may be
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Employ Public liability insurance: €6,500,0006 for any one event, but this limit may be
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0007 for any one event
•  Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,0009 in respect of property damage only
• Minimum Turnover Area of Work / Business: Overall Average Turnover to include other areas of business Minimum Average Turnover: Maximum Average Turnover: Pavement Rehabilitation Schemes Not Applicable €2.75 Million Not Applicable Suitability Assessment

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) — not specified in extract.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• the Pricing Document is more than €500
• the Pricing Document is more than €500.
• The submission must include six number certificates of satisfactory execution (Appendix B3) of projects that
• [FTS-5 Tender and Schedule.pdf] Tender and Schedule for Public Works Contract for MINOR Building or Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer
• Designed by the Employer, the Works Requirements, the Pricing Document, all as amended by any supplemental
• We submit with this Tender the completed Pricing Document and Schedule and Works Proposals which form part of

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 15 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)
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 10,000.00 14
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 10,000
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• the date 10 days before the last day for receipt of the
• 2 shall be final and binding on the Parties unless, within 28 days after receiving notice of the determina

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: not later than 5 days after the date agreed between the

TENDER DOCUMENTS [FTS-5 Tender and Schedule.pdf, FTS-5 Tender and Schedule.pdf, Where Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement 3 is selected from the drop down menu above it shall be the 3rd Edition as amended in accordance with Section

[FTS-5 Tender and Schedule.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule and, Schedule, part 3D is, Appendix B3) of projects that.