SCC 2024 Redevelopment of Ballyfree and Cloonamahon Halting Sites Wastewater Treatment. Ground Investigation Works Contract.

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Sligo County Council ran this procurement for “SCC 2024 Redevelopment of Ballyfree and Cloonamahon Halting Sites Wastewater Treatment. Ground Investigation Works Contract.” 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:

• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of its tax status by t
• Service identification number and “zero datum” of trench to be shown in plan
• 7.1.1 Location of existing services
• Furthermore, I will provide the required evidence within seven calendar days to support this declaration when requested to do so durning tender evaluation stage.
• Furthermore, I will provide the required evidence within seven calendar days to support this declaration when requested to do so during tender evaluation stage.
• all available existing services. These existing services include the following:
• All existing services drawings are to be maintained onsite and should be referred to by the PSCS before any
• known utility services are shown on the SI Works drawings.
• scanned by a competent person. Service drawings should only be used as guide and all onsite services
• should be identified by the PSCS prior to any excavation works commencing. Service providers should
• A list of known existing services is shown on the drawings. The Contractor shall be responsible for the
• identification, protection, diversion and relocation of all existing services, both over and underground, within 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.

• 7.1.1 Location of existing services
• the project and the anticipated time for completion of the work. In addition, the plan identifies existing on-site
• constructed between Ballyfree Halting site and a manhole on the existing Caltragh wastewater network. The
• all available existing services. These existing services include the following:

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.; ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 12; 4 Professional Indemnity Insurance is required Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance annual aggregate €6,500,000 12
• 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.
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 12
• 4 Professional Indemnity Insurance is required Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance annual aggregate €6,500,000 12
• 5 Maximum levels of excess for  insurance of Investigation €10,00010  public liability €6,50011  employer’s liability €6,50012  professional indemnity €70,00013 7 If no percentage specified, 10% applie

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)
• [QW2_Appendix_G.docx] On letter-headed paper of Contractor
• APPENDIX G: Declaration that Applicant can meet Minimum Health and Safety Standards in regard to Educational and Professional Qualifications in Supplement 3.4.1 to Suitability Questionnaire
• I declare that as an applicant interested in being assessed for suitability for Redevelopment of Ballyfree & Cloonamahon Halting Sites - Wastewater Treatment - Ground Investigation Works Contract. I declare that I can meet the minimum health and safety standard for the Educational and Professional Qualifications criteria in Supplement 3.4.1 attached to Suitability Questionnaire QW2
• Furthermore, I will provide the required evidence within seven calendar days to support this declaration when requested to do so durning tender evaluation stage.
• [QW2_Appendix_D.docx] On letter-headed paper of Contractor

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)
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• ite Investigation is anticipated to take approximately 2 to 3 months
• is anticipated to take approximately 2 to 3 months
• 3. Latest date for queries dd-mm-yyyy (14 days before latest time for receipt of Tende
• plemental information or responses to queries dd-mm-yyyy (8 days before latest time for receipt of Tende
• 2.1 Location and Description of Sites
• within 15 days of receipt by the Contractor of the lab

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: QW2_Appendix_G.docx, QW2_Appendix_D.docx, 6370-601_SI_ITT_App3_Annex 1_PS&HP_v1.0.pdf.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: APPENDIX G: Declaration that Applicant can meet Minimum Health and Safety Standards in r, APPENDIX D: Declaration that Applicant can meet Minimum Standard for Economic and Financ, ITT.zip] [ZIP containing 2 files].