Provision of QS Services for Energy Retrofit Works at Áras an tSáile Government Offices, Renmore, Galway and Department of Social Protection, Pensions Service Office, Sligo

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Office of Public Works (OPW) ran this procurement for “Provision of QS Services for Energy Retrofit Works at Áras an tSáile Government Offices, Renmore, Galway and Department of Social Protection, Pensions Service Office, Sligo” 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 QS Services for Energy Retrofit Works at Áras an tSáile Government Offices, Renmore, Galway and Department of Social Protection, Pensions Service Office, Sligo
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 2,000,000[[12]](#
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[14] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5M € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13M None From start to completion of the Services
• Maximum level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• um level of excess in any one claim below which the Specialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000
• incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000
• Provide three (3) projects for the Service to include the following minimum requirements;
• provided services within the past 7 years which satisfy all of the above three minimum requirements the Applicant will be deemed to have failed this section (List Of Technical Services Provided Over The Past 7 Years) and will fail the prequalification 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.

• Statement of policy with regard to confidentiality and

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.; Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5M € 10,000 From start to completion o; Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13M None From start to completion of th
• 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.
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5M € 10,000 From start to completion o
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13M None From start to completion of th
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 2,000,000[[12]](#
• Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 2,000,000[12] € 2,500,000[13] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6500000[14] Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Providerwill bear the cost: € 10,000 * No excess is permitted in respec

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)
• and meeting any other minimum requirements in the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire criterion[1]
• Number and type of Electronic Copies of Tender: One - via e-tenders web portal ONLY
• [Appendix E - 03 Form G - FOI Statement.pdf] Version 2 September 2016
• [Appendix-A-QC1-and-QC2-09-02-2022.docx] Applicants must complete Tables A, B & C below.
• [Appendix-A-QC1-and-QC2-09-02-2022.docx] ([8]);* 3. Fraud([9]); 4. Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities ([10]); 5. Money laundering or terrorist financing ([11]); 6. Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings ([12]). Yes [ ] No [ ] [If the relevant documentation is available electronically, please indicate the web address, issuing authority or body, precise reference of the documentation. Click here and insert details] ([13]).

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 7 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)
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5M € 10,000 From start to completion o
• (i) Level of cover and excess as stated below for the Principal Service Provider: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis € 2,000,000[[12]](#
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5M € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• the other] by termination notified at least 14 and at most 28 days after the notice
• for Client’s termination at will is at least 14 and at most 28 days after the notice
• • expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• Anticipated Service Contract Period (months/years): 28 months

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: COE1-v.2i-31-03-2023-1.docx, Protection

[COE1-v.2i-31-03-2023-1.docx, Appendix E - 03 Form G - FOI Statement.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix-A-QC1-and-QC2-09-02-2022.docx, [

[Appendix-A-QC1-and-QC2-09-02-2022.docx, Click here and

[Appendix-A-QC1-and-QC2-09-02-2022.docx.