AG2930C RFT for the Provision of a Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme for the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Education Procurement Service (EPS) ran this procurement for “AG2930C RFT for the Provision of a Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme for the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM)” 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:

• Buyer: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
• 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 €13,000,000 Used 2
• 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 €13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 2
• The tenderer must ensure that sampling personnel have the capacity to take a minimum of 5,000 samples per week and carry out all the other field operations involved
• similar suitable cryopreservation system at -80⁰C for up to 18 months post
• (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the
• In summary, the Services comprise: A Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme.
• that may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a
• The Contracting Authority estimates that the expenditure on the Services to be covered by
• successful implementation of any Services Contract that may result from this Competition
• benefits of any Services Contracts that may result from this Competition.
• This RFT does not constitute an offer or commitment to enter into a Services Contract. 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.

• Title: AG2930C RFT for the Provision of a Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme for the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM)
• A Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme for The
• In summary, the Services comprise: A Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme.
• 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 €13,000,000 Used 2; 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 €13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 2
• 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 €13,000,000 Used 2
• 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 €13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 2
• 1 Insurance Employer Liability Employer Liability Public Liability Professional Indemnity Professional Indemnity Minimum Limit of Indemnity required Minimum Limit of Indemnity required €13,000,000 €13,000,000 €6,500,000 €1,000,000 €1,000,000 Please confirm below the levels of

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:
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the
• [Amended AG2930C RFT .pdf] Part 2: Instructions to Tenderers
• [Amended AG2930C RFT .pdf] national and EU data
• supplier of the etenders.gov.ie website, for the purposes of the participation of the
• [Amended AG2930C RFT .pdf] to the provisions of

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 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 €13,000,000 Used 2
• 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 €13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 2
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• In line with current legislation where a company has an annual turnover of less than €12 Million then audited accounts are not necessary
• ng Authority MUST have the equipment and staff in place to analyse samples at a minimum of 5,000 samples per week from the start of contract
• tenders MUST have the equipment and staff in place to analyse samples at a minimum of
• minimum duration of 12 months (“the Term”)

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: Amended AG2930C RFT .pdf, AG2930C Appendix 8 Soil Sample Application Programming Interface.pdf, AG2930C Appendix 10 Test Elements Parameters Units and Range.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: OJEU) Procedure for the provision of.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: RFT for the Provision of a Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme for the Department, RFT, the contract duration will be a minimum of 12 months, RFT .pdf] AG2930C.