Trinity Wharf Development Works Ground Investigations Contract No.1

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Wexford County Council ran this procurement for “Trinity Wharf Development Works Ground Investigations Contract No.1” 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:

• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• otechnical Engineer / Professional Engineering Geologist or equivalent having a minimum of 10 years experience in ground investigation and geotechnical works, in both field operations and reporting
• he Project and will be devised according to the criteria of ISO 14001:2004 – Environmental Management Systems and be prepared in accordance with the NRA “
• hall operate a quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001
• he Project and will be devised according to the criteria of ISO 14001:2004 – Environmental Management Systems and be prepared in accordance with the NRA ‘
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of its tax status by t
• from Underground Services; Second Edition February 2010’* and ‘A Guide to Safety in Excavations, 2007’ published by the Health and Sa
• Opening, if necessary, has a required maintenance period of 24 months (from date of the Maintenance Period Co
• It will be a condition of the award of the Contract that the successful Tenderer shall, for the term of the contract, comply with all applicable EU and domestic tax laws. Prior to the award of the Contract arising out of this Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of its tax status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer acknowledges and agrees that the Contracting Authority has the permission of the successful Tenderer to verify its tax cleared position online. Tenderers may obtain information regarding their obligations
• [ITT-W3-v1.3-01-08-2023.docx] Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of its tax status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer acknowledges and agrees that the Contracting Authority has the permission of the successful Tenderer to verify its tax cleared position online. Tenderers may obtain information regarding their obligations concerning: * taxation from the Revenue Commissioners (www.revenue.ie) * environmental protection from the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.ie) * employment protection and working conditions from the Workplace Relations Commission (www.workplacerelations.ie).
• Tenderers must not make any assumptions that the Contracting Authority has prior knowledge of their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will only be evaluated on the information contained in their Tender (as may be clarified in accordance with these Instructions).
• [ITT-W3-v1.3-01-08-2023.docx] website for the purposes of the participation of the Tenderer in this Competition or that the Tenderer otherwise has a legal basis for providing such personal data to the Contracting Authority for the purposes of its participation in this Competition. Where such personal data is provided, the relevant controller is the Contracting Authority. If there are any questions about the Contracting Authority’s use of such personal data, please contact the Contracting Authority’s Data Protection Officer whose details are available upon request from the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority may process the following personal data as part of this Competition: * name; * contact details; * CV details (including but not limited to qualifications, education, experience, previous roles and responsibilities); * details of proposed role(s) and responsibilities on this contract; * referee details; and * any other data provided by the Tenderer. The Contracting Authority collects personal data from the Tenderer directly, and from the following sources: * Tenderer’s organisation; * other members of the Tenderer’s consortium (if applicable); and * Referees. Any personal data provided will be processed for the purposes of the Competition, the administration of any contract awarded on foot of this Competition, reporting to any regulators or oversight bodies and/or any disputes relating to the Competition or the Contract. In connection with the above, the Contracting Authority may disclose personal data to various recipients including: * Tenderer’s organisation; * other members of the Tenderer’s consortium (if applicable); * the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as financial, legal and technical advisors; and * regulators or oversight bodies. If the Tenderer is unsuccessful as part of the Tender process, such personal data will be retained until three years after the conclusion of the Tender process or the award of the Contract to the successful Tenderer, whichever is later. If the Tenderer is successful, and a Contract is awarded to the Tenderer at the end of the Tender 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.

• The Contractor is to provide the Harbour Master at least 3 days’ notice ahead of the programme of works
• ntractor is required to pay the bond which will be refunded 24 months after sign-off
• [ITT-W3-v1.3-01-08-2023.docx] part of the Tender process, such personal data will be retained until three years after the conclusion of the Tender process or the award of the Contract to the successful Tenderer, whichever is later. If the Tenderer is successful, and a Contract is awarded to the Tenderer at the end of the Tender process, such personal data will be retained in accordance with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Contracting Authority upon request. Any data subjects in respect of which the Contracting Authority holds or processes personal data have rights in relation to their personal data, including the right to request access to their data and, in certain circumstances, to request rectification, erasure or restriction of the processing of their personal data. All such data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish supervisory authority, the Data Protection Commission.

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 employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event ; 4 Professional Indemnity Insurance required Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance annual aggregate €6,500,000
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Investigation Works [17] € 1,000,000 ex VAT per annum averaged over 3 years
• 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 employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event
• 4 Professional Indemnity Insurance required Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance annual aggregate €6,500,000
• 5 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of Investigation €10,000[10] * public liability €6,500[11] * employer’s liability €6,500[12] * professional indemnity €70,000[13] 13
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Investigation Works [17] € 1,000,000 ex VAT per annum averaged over 3 years
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 6,500,000[19] *CA Note: state

5. Award criteria & scoring

• The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Profess 2% not stated not stated | e in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2 | 2% | not stated | not stated | The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract.

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)
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1
• Number and type of Electronic Copies of Tender Type: One via eTenders website only No
• This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
• shall be submitted to the Employer’s Representative within 21 days of completion of the site works
• hard copies of the report shall be submitted within 7 days

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)
• The maximum liability of the Surety under this Bond will not exceed € . This amount will be reduced by half on issue of the certificate of the date the
• CA Note: Where an IPI Measure is in place and works are greater than €15m in value, the CA must select “Yes”
• nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the construction stage for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
• it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clauses 12
• insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clauses 12
• within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative must give the above
• ntractor is required to pay the bond which will be refunded 24 months after sign-off

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: ITT-W3-v1.3-01-08-2023.docx, [

[FTS7-v1.6-19-07-2023.docx, FTS7-v1.6-19-07-2023.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Investigation to eTenders and where appropriate a s.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: schedule – whichever is reached first, with the exception of any boreholes as stated in, schedule which are to extend to full depth regardless, schedule –.