Request for Tender for Website Redesign, Implementation, Hosting, Maintenance and Support Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Grangegorman Development Agency_564 ran this procurement for “Request for Tender for Website Redesign, Implementation, Hosting, Maintenance and Support 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: Request for Tender for Website Redesign, Implementation, Hosting, Maintenance and Support Services
• ccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6
• erer’s Statement in the Response Document, Tenderers confirm that, if awarded a Services Contract under this Competition, (i) they will, million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6
• required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate
• upport and maintenance service – the tenderer should assume 15 days per year for evaluation purposes (not g
• extend hosting services beyond this period for up to 12 months
• Request for Tenders for Website redesign, implementation,
• Hosting, maintenance and support services
• (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT
• Summary description of services required:
• build the new website on a user-friendly content management system for easy content
• The economic operator must be able to demonstrate suitable maintenance and support 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.

• GDA requires a redesign of the existing www.ggda.ie website providing a fresh, modern
• updates for the GDA team and manage the transition from the existing website.
• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis

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.; Confirmation to upgrade to level if successful Confirmation to upgrade to level if successful Confirmation to upgrade to level if successful Employers Liability €13,000,000 Yes No Public Liability €6,500,000 Yes No Product Liability €6,500,000 Yes No Tenderers must; ccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — have achieved a minimum annual turnover of at least €120,000 for each of the past two financial years; Tenderers must have achieved a minimum annual turnover of at least €120,000 for each of the past two financial 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.
• Confirmation to upgrade to level if successful Confirmation to upgrade to level if successful Confirmation to upgrade to level if successful Employers Liability €13,000,000 Yes No Public Liability €6,500,000 Yes No Product Liability €6,500,000 Yes No Tenderers must
• have achieved a minimum annual turnover of at least €120,000 for each of the past two financial years
• Tenderers must have achieved a minimum annual turnover of at least €120,000 for each of the past two financial years
• ccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6
• erer’s Statement in the Response Document, Tenderers confirm that, if awarded a Services Contract under this Competition, (i) they will, million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6

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:
• [00PROC-GDA-1054-RP-K-XX-0000-RFT.pdf] Gníomhaireacht Forbartha Ghráinseach Ghormáin Grangegorman Development Agency
• (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT
• [00PROC-GDA-1054-RP-K-XX-0000-RFT.pdf] and security features. The economic operator will
• A full overview of requirements is outlined in Appendix 1, Sections B and C
• [00PROC-GDA-1054-RP-K-XX-0000-RFT.pdf] based on current and
• [00PROC-GDA-1054-RP-K-XX-0000-RFT.pdf] ing Authority will exist unless and until a

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 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)
• ccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Product Liability €6
• €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the Contractor) as follows:
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of qu
• breach(es) is capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ
• Summary description of services required:
• and engaging website in line with universal design principles, current accessibility

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: 00PROC-GDA-1054-RP-K-XX-0000-RFT.pdf, RFT.pdf] Gníomhaireacht Forbartha Ghráinseach Ghormáin Grangegorman Development A, Appendix 1:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 2:, Appendix 3:, RFT”) from economic operators.