Endoscopy Expansion Project and associated support accommodation to 1st Floor Sheares Street Block at Mercy University Hospital, Cork.

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Mercy University Hospital ran this procurement for “Endoscopy Expansion Project and associated support accommodation to 1st Floor Sheares Street Block at Mercy University Hospital, Cork.” 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: Endoscopy Expansion Project and associated support accommodation to 1st Floor Sheares Street Block at Mercy University Hospital, Cork.
• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• 7 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• The proposed M&E Services Coordinator is required to have a relevant engineering degree (Mechanical or Electrical related) or be a member of a relevant Trade or Professional Body
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• [Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx] Provide a list of completed projects below for which select as appropriate: Works/Works and PSCS Services/Specialist Works/Specialist Works with Design Input were provided by the Applicant over the time period stated in the relevant Qualification Criterion stated above that are similar in nature and complexity to the Works required for this Competition.
• The evidence required to pass this criterion is details of the relevant technicians or technical bodies upon whom the Applicant can call on in order to carry out the work or whom the Applicant can use in regards to quality control. Applicants must also provide evidence of a safety management system.
• For Type 3 projects Applicants should supply names of any group, body and organisation that the Applicant is a member of and which promotes and has involvement in Health and Safety matters. It should also provide details of any external resource or expertise relevant to this project that are available to the Applicant's business.
• Evidence in support of the declarations in Appendix 1 and any requirements set out above must be provided when requested by the Contracting Authority. In place of documentary evidence, Applicants may provide third party certification that their safety management system is in accordance with OHSAS 18001 or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion. 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.

• Health and Safety Policy and Organisation;
• a copy of our current general health and safety policy; a general Health and Safety policy document appropriate to a Health and Safety led Construction Management role;

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.; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € 1.5m26 The excess as stated here: M; aximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Applicant’s annual turnover, or €5,000. 26 Refer to GN 1
• 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.
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Minimum Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction24 € 3.00m CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS:
• The minimum average yearly turnover must meet or exceed €3.00million
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € 1.5m26 The excess as stated here: M
• aximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Applicant’s annual turnover, or €5,000. 26 Refer to GN 1
• Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6.5m28 Maximum level of excess for property

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)
• Applicants are required to achieve a minimum of 50% of the marks allocated for each CV in
• Applicants are required to achieve a minimum of 50% of the marks allocated for each CV in section (3
• dated within the past 3 months in the format set out at Appendix C Ban
• Applicant’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months in the format set out at Appendix C Ban
• [Appendix H CV 3.4b.docx] APPENDIX M 3.4b Evidence of Professional Qualifications and Experience

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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)
• ty only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13m The amount of the Performance Bond
• 13 CA Note: Where an IPI Measure is in place and works are greater than €15m in value, the CA must select “Yes”
• The minimum average turnover will be determined
• The minimum average turnover will be determined by calculating the combined construction turnover of
• The minimum average turnover will be determined by calculating the combined construction turnover of all members of a consortium for 2020, 2021 and 2022 and then dividing by 3
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• ory application, we expect that a bond can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap

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: Appendix H CV 3.4b.docx, Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx, Appendix-C-Bankers-Letter.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix G CV 3.4a.docx, Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx, 3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023.docx.