FIRE DOOR UPGRADE for Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear ran this procurement for “FIRE DOOR UPGRADE for Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital” 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:

• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• onents and sections of AHUs) states “if a single stage filter system is used, a minimum of filter class F7
• Internal Timber Door hardware systems
• expected of properly qualified persons providing works, services or supply comparable in value, size,
• [4. MF1_12_Collateral Warranties.pdf] properly qualified persons providing works, services or supply comparable in value, size,
• The Specialist shall pay and indemnify the Employer against all royalties and other sums for the supply
• the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access
• status by the Employer. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer
• 2B submitted with its Tender that the parent company will supply a parent 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.

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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.; 1b are left in or deleted the default text for the sub-clause is “The Specialist shall maintain professional indemnity insurance in the amount of at least €6,500,000.00 on an annual aggregate limit until a dat; 9 Provision of Public Liability Insurance (€13.5M
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[17] € 3.00m CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS:; 0 28/07/2023 Area of Business/Work: Minimum Average Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category17 € 3.00m CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS:
• 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.
• 1b are left in or deleted the default text for the sub-clause is “The Specialist shall maintain professional indemnity insurance in the amount of at least €6,500,000.00 on an annual aggregate limit until a dat
• 9 Provision of Public Liability Insurance (€13.5M
• 10 Provision of Employers Liability Insurance (€13.5M
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[17] € 3.00m CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS:
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 1.50m[19] The excess as st

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) — not specified in extract.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• Appendix H: ISO 16890 - Air Filters for General Ventilation
• [Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond (1).docx] [On Surety’s letterhead]
• 4. we meet any other requirements set out in criterion 3.3h of the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire issued in connection with the above contract.
• We have bond facilities in place which would enable us to act as sureties on your behalf in relation to the above contract, the amount of the performance bond to be not more than _____% of the eventual contract sum and meeting any supplementary requirements set out in criterion 3.3h of the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire as required by the contract.
• [Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond (1).docx] Contracting Authority]*
• [4. MF1_12_Collateral Warranties.pdf] MF 1.12 02/06/10

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 15 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)
• IT IS AGREED as follows in consideration of the payment of €1 by the Employer to the Specialist (receipt of
• CA Note: Where an IPI Measure is in place and works are greater than €15m in value, the CA must select “Yes”
• short time span, thus multiple samples will be required weekly for a minimum of four weeks in order
• short time span, thus multiple samples will be required weekly for a minimum of four weeks in order to establish a true
• cluded on each B2 form (a combination of smaller works contracts to satisfy the minimum requirements in terms of value, nature and complexity cannot be used as evidence and will not be acceptable)
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s

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: Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond (1).docx, Name of Surety

[Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond (1).docx, 4. MF1_12_Collateral Warranties.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to etenders and where.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: DW22165_Instructions To Tenderers.pdf, RVHFDS-RAU-HC-B1-DR-AR-05.0510.pdf, Schedule and.