Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Update, Maintenance and Development/ Re-development of Websites, Related Infrastructure and Associated Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

National Transport Authority_1149 ran this procurement for “Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Update, Maintenance and Development/ Re-development of Websites, Related Infrastructure and Associated 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: Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Update, Maintenance and Development/ Re-development of Websites, Related Infrastructure and Associated Services
• The Service Provider shall regularly (minimum annually) demonstrate adherence to
• o Section 4 of EN 301 549 ‘Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services’
• o European Standard EN 17478 "Transport Services - Customer Communications for
• the number of individuals providing the services during the 6 month period
• Maintenance and Development/ Re-development of
• SPECIFICATIONS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
• Specifications of Service Requirements
• Accessibility & Supported Languages
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and KPIs
• services described therein to be provided to the National Transport Authority (the “Authority”).
• the ultimate decision of the Authority in relation to the award of the contract for 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.

• is Agreement the levels and types of insurance set out below under forms of policy which are acceptable to the Authority, acting reasonably: (a) Professional Indemnity: €5,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate (b) Employer's Liability: €13,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate (c) Public Liability: €6,500,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate
• comprehensive, nor any substitute for the underlying documentation (whether existing or to be
• ➢ Manage the Rural Transport Programme and the successor structure of Transport
• ➢ Planning and funding of sustainable transport projects in the regional cities of Cork,

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.; is Agreement the levels and types of insurance set out below under forms of policy which are acceptable to the Authority, acting reasonably: (a) Professional Indemnity: €5,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate (b) Employer's Liability: €13,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate (c) Public Liability: €6,500,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate; (d) Cyber Liability: €1,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate
• 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.
• is Agreement the levels and types of insurance set out below under forms of policy which are acceptable to the Authority, acting reasonably: (a) Professional Indemnity: €5,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate (b) Employer's Liability: €13,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate (c) Public Liability: €6,500,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate
• (d) Cyber Liability: €1,000,000 per claim and unlimited in the aggregate

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:
• [Request for Tenders Websites RFT.pdf] - 1
• [Request for Tenders Websites RFT.pdf] 27
• Corrections to Pricing Submission and abnormal tenders
• APPENDIX III – ARTICLE 57 DECLARATION
• APPENDIX IV – DATA PROTECTION NOTICE
• [Request for Tenders Websites RFT.pdf] APPENDICES

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)
• 6 months from the closing date for receipt of te
• expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this tender
• ) years and may be renewed for a period of 12 months with one such extension permitted
• ication of invoice payment terms, to specift payment within 30 days of date of
• Termination for convenience by authority – 3 months’ notice
• nt may be terminated by the Authority at any time on giving 3 months’
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and KPIs

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: Request for Tenders Websites RFT.pdf, RFT.pdf] - 1, RFT.pdf] 27.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: APPENDIX I – PRICING SUBMISSION, APPENDIX II – FORM OF TENDER, APPENDIX III – ARTICLE 57 DECLARATION.