Design / Consultancy Services for The Society of St Vincent de Paul, Community Drop-In Centre

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

The Society of St Vincent De Paul ran this procurement for “Design / Consultancy Services for The Society of St Vincent de Paul, Community Drop-In Centre” 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: Design / Consultancy Services for The Society of St Vincent de Paul, Community Drop-In Centre
• (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 € 2,500,000[12] € 3,000,000[13] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[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
• (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 € 2,500,000[[12]](#footnote
• (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 € 2,500.000[12] € 3,000,000[[13]]
• 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
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and twelve yea
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the Services
• The minimum turnover in one of these years must meet or exceed the required minimum turnover for the stated service 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.

• What is the area of the existing building?
• Consortium An association or combination of businesses or individuals who combine with the purpose of delivering a single objective.
• [QC2-Part-1 - Quantity Surveyor.docx] objective.

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.; (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 € 2,500,000[12] € 3,000,000[13] Maximum level o; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[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
• 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.
• (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 € 2,500,000[12] € 3,000,000[13] Maximum level o
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000[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
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000[15] Entitles issuing
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the

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:
• and meeting any other minimum requirements in the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire criterion[1]
• specification for the installation of the timber floors be submitted
• 9. Monthly PSDP site visit and as required
• [Schedule of Queries 17.07.24.pdf] 1
• provided there is evidence in the managerial and personnel CVs.
• [Schedule of Queries 17.07.24.pdf] Would this be a reasonable and acceptable dispensation for the

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 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)
• (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 € 2,500,000[12] € 3,000,000[13] Maximum level o
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic
• (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 € 2,500,000[[12]](#footnote
• (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 € 2,500.000[12] € 3,000,000[[13]]
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• The minimum turnover will be determined by the turnover for the last three years i
• The minimum turnover will be determined by the

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: Schedule of Queries 17.07.24.pdf, QC2-Part-1 - Quantity Surveyor.docx, ESPD.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: OJEU Official Journal of the European Union. .
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule of Queries 17.07.24.pdf] 1, SCHEDULE OF TENDER QUERIES, Schedule of Queries 17.07.24.pdf] Would this be a reasonable and acceptable dispensation.