Pharmacy Services for Saint John of God Community Services clg - Community Mental Health Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St John of God Community Services clg ran this procurement for “Pharmacy Services for Saint John of God Community Services clg - Community Mental Health 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: Pharmacy Services for Saint John of God Community Services clg - Community Mental Health Services
• Buyer: St John of God Community Services clg
• e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million for any one claim or series of claims
• the proposed Services Contract may amount to some €5,400,000 (excl
• The Contractor shall provide a regular same day service, 7 days from 9am to 6pm
• actor shall provide the service within normal opening hours 7 days per week
• Provision of a regular same day service, 7 days from 9am to 6pm and must also be availa
• [RFT for Pharmacy Services_Rev1.0.pdf] Request for Tenders dated 05/07/2024
• Pharmacy Services for Saint John of God
• Community Services clg - Community Mental Health
• Saint John of God Community Services clg (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders
• the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”). 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.

• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by

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.; e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million for any one claim or series of claims; arising out of a single occurrence Product Liability €6.5 million for any one claim or series of claims
• 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.
• e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million for any one claim or series of claims
• arising out of a single occurrence Product Liability €6.5 million for any one claim or series of claims
• arising out of a single occurrence Professional Indemnity & Medical Malpractice Professional Indemnity: €6.5 million Any One Claim and in the Aggregate per
• 5 million Any One Claim and no less than out of a single occurrence Professional Indemnity & Medical Malpractice Professional Indemnity: €6.5 million Any One Claim and in the Aggregate per
• Cyber Liability €5 million Any One Claim and in the Aggregate per

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:
• Therefore, the relevant evidence to satisfy the minimum requirements stated below must be submitted promptly on request by SJOGCS
• Therefore, the relevant evidence to satisfy the minimum requirements stated below must be submitted promptly on request by
• [RFT for Pharmacy Services_Rev1.0.pdf] Request for Tenders dated 05/07/2024
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• [RFT for Pharmacy Services_Rev1.0.pdf] contract

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)
• e successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million for any one claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence Public Liability €6.5 million for any one claim or series of claims
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• response” description, then the evaluation panel may award a minimum of 60% of the
• prompt payment, all invoices must show a unique invoice number and a Purchase
• up to 12 months with a maximum of 3 such extension or e
• ontinues for 14 calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days notice
• are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f

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: RFT for Pharmacy Services_Rev1.0.pdf, RFT for Pharmacy Services_Rev1.0.pdf] Request for Tenders dated 05/07/2024, Appendix 1:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 2:, Schedule, Appendix 3:.