Mórthionscadal Taighde ar Dhearcadh an Phobail i leith na Gaeilge ar son Fhoras na Gaeilge

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Foras na Gaeilge ran this procurement for “Mórthionscadal Taighde ar Dhearcadh an Phobail i leith na Gaeilge ar son Fhoras na Gaeilge Major Research Project On Public Attitudes to the Irish Language for Foras na Gaeilge” 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:

• ms that the provider shall supply a tax clearance access number and a tax reference number to Foras na Gaeilge on request Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The extract showed a structured PQQ-to-ITT sequence intended to shortlist capable bidders before full award-stage submission. Programme and policy framing was only partially visible, but continuity and modernisation drivers were evident in the procurement design.

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.; 7m Public Liability Insurance €6.5m Professional Indemnity €2; llowing forms and levels of insurance, and I shall provide insurance certificates as evidence of the fact promptly on request from Foras na Gaeilge: Public Liability Insurance €6.5m Employer Liability Insurance €12
• Certifications — llowing forms and levels of insurance, and I shall provide insurance certificates as evidence of the fact promptly on request from Foras na Gaeilge: Public Liability Insurance €6.5m Employer Liability Insurance €12
• 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.
• 7m Public Liability Insurance €6.5m Professional Indemnity €2
• llowing forms and levels of insurance, and I shall provide insurance certificates as evidence of the fact promptly on request from Foras na Gaeilge: Public Liability Insurance €6.5m Employer Liability Insurance €12
• 7m Professional Indemnity €2.6m OR I promise that the

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:
• The Self Declaration Form confirms that you are in possession of the appropriate evidence showing a turnover of €400,000 in any of the three previous years
• Seoltar gach fiosrú maidir leis an tairiscint seo chuig John Walsh ag [email protected]. Níor cheart fiosruithe a sheoladh tríd an ardán www.etenders.gov.ie. Ina dhiaidh sin féin, postálfar freagraí ar gach fiosrú ar an ardán www.etenders.gov.ie lena chinntiú nach mbeadh buntáiste éagórach ag páirtí ar bith ar a chéile. N
• [IAT Dearcadh FV Glan.docx] h sin féin, postálfar freagraí ar gach fiosrú ar an ardán www.etenders.gov.ie lena chinntiú nach mbeadh buntáiste éagórach ag páirtí ar bith ar a chéile. Ní thabharfar sonraí an té atá i mbun fiosraithe nuair a scaipfear an freagra.
• Ba cheart gach tairiscint a chur isteach go leictreonach tríd an ardán www.etenders.gov.ie.

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)
• The planned length of the contract is 12 months, but there may be a time extension de
• [IAT Dearcadh FV Glan.docx] h sin féin, postálfar freagraí ar gach fiosrú ar an ardán www.etenders.gov.ie lena chinntiú nach mbeadh buntáiste éagórach ag páirtí ar bith ar a chéile. Ní thabharfar sonraí an té atá i mbun fiosraithe nuair a scaipfear an freagra.
• Ní bhreithneofar tairiscintí a chuirfear isteach mar chóip chrua, ríomhphoist nó facs agus seolfar ar ais iad. Ní bhreithneofar tairiscintí déanacha.
• Is den riachtanas é go gcaithfidh forthairgeoirí go príobháideach agus faoi rún le sonraí na gcáipéisí uile a chuirtear ar fáil maidir leis an bpróiseas tairisceana. Ar a shamhail sin, gabhann Foras na Gaeilge de láimh go ndéanfaí gach iarracht réasúnta gan aon fhaisnéis faoi rún a fuarthas ó fhorthairgeoirí a nochtadh, faoi réir na n-oibleagáidí dlíthiúla air
• Má thairg nó má thug nó má d’aontaigh an forthairgeoir bronntanas nó comaoin d’aon chineál a thabhairt d’aon duine mar aslach nó cúiteamh ar ghníomh a dhéanamh, nó ar staonadh ó ghníomh a dhéanamh, maidir le haon ghníomh a bhainfeadh leis an nós imeachta conartha seo a ghnóthú nó a chur i bhfeidhm, nó fabhar a léiriú nó staonadh ó fhabhar a léiriú d’aon duine maidir leis an nós imeachta dámhachtana conartha seo nó aon nós imeachta dámhachtana conartha eile le Foras na Gaeilge, nó
• [IAT Dearcadh FV Glan.docx] le dámhachtain an chonartha seo. Cé go bhféadfaidh aon pháirtí leasmhar tairiscint a chur isteach, ní bhreithneofar ach na forthairgeoirí úd a léireoidh go gcomhlíonfaidh siad na leibhéil sonraithe acmhainneachta eacnamaíche, airgeadais agus teicniúla. Ní mór do na tairiscintí uile dul i ngleic go hiomlán leis na critéir incháilitheachta thíos, chun go bhféadfaidh Foras na Gaeilge acmhainneacht eacnamaíoch, airgeadais agus theicniúil a chinntiú. Déanfar measúnú ar na critéir seo ar bhonn pas/teip. Díchuirfear an forthairgeoir ón gcomórtas mura gcomhlíontar aon riail agus dá réir sin mura gcomhlíontar an critéar.
• Deimhníonn an Fhoirm Féindearbhaithe cibé acu (a) go bhfuiltear i seilbh na bhfoirmeacha agus leibhéal sonraithe árachais nó (b) go gcuirfear na foirmeacha agus leibhéil riachtanacha i ngníomh má bhítear rathúil sa chomórtas. Maidir le (a), beidh cóipeanna de theastais árachais ag teastáil ó Fhoras na Gaeilge ar iarratas. Maidir le (b), beidh litir bróicéara ag teastáil ó Fhoras na Gaeilge ar iarratas, ina ndeimhnítear acmhainneacht an fhorthairgeora na foirmeacha agus leibhéil shonraithe árachais a chur i ngníomh má éiríonn leis sa chomórtas.

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 — not clearly specified in extract.
• 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: IAT Dearcadh FV Glan.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix/Schedule documents referenced in the source pack.