Seaview Coastal Protection Works 2024

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Wexford County Council ran this procurement for “Seaview Coastal Protection Works 2024” 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:

• 6 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 AIA comprised systematic visual inspection and sample metal-detection of the
• Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage (DHLGH).
• Differential Geographic Positioning System
• present-day, with road/trackways and surrounding field-systems retaining a similar layout
• Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) files, maintained by the National Monuments Service at
• shipwreck events recorded in Ireland since records began to be made systematically since c.
• 1750 AD.3 It does not claim to represent a systematic record of wrecking prior to this date.
• [ADCO_AIA_SeaviewCoastalProtectionProject_FinalReport_20122023.pdf] not claim to represent a systematic record of wrecking prior to this date. 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.

• existing cliff-face and safeguard a series of properties that are situated close to the shoreline
• East-facing view along existing rock-armour protection at Seaview, placed
• the existing cliff-face to prevent further erosion to the upper foreshore; ITM 502547E, 652177N
• 300m section of rock-armour revetment, installed to protect the existing access-road to a

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.; fessional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € N/A18 The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate cl; Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00020 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — Employer’s Liability Insurance Requirements 20 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) 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.
• fessional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € N/A18 The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate cl
• Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00020 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• Employer’s Liability Insurance Requirements 20 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
• 0 28/07/2023 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00021 Entitles issuing employer’s liability in
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be

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) — 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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• CVs are to include details of experience for a minimum of three projects of a similar nature and
• CVs are to include of experience for a minimum of three projects of a similar nature and complexity
• [ADCO_AIA_SeaviewCoastalProtectionProject_FinalReport_20122023.pdf] Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA)
• [ADCO_AIA_SeaviewCoastalProtectionProject_FinalReport_20122023.pdf] Conclusion
• [ADCO_AIA_SeaviewCoastalProtectionProject_FinalReport_20122023.pdf] measures undertaken in 2017, comprising

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 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)
• 10 CA Note: Where an IPI Measure is in place and works are greater than €15m in value, the CA must select “Yes”
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as
• the date 10 days before the last day for receipt of the
• (east terminus) to ITM 504292E 651252N (west terminus) (Figure 2). A rock-armour faced
• [ADCO_AIA_SeaviewCoastalProtectionProject_FinalReport_20122023.pdf] (east terminus) to ITM 504292E 651252N (west terminus) (Figure 2). A rock-armour faced

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 — 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: ADCO_AIA_SeaviewCoastalProtectionProject_FinalReport_20122023.pdf, 22643-MWP-XX-XX-DR-C-1104-P01-Proposed Works-Works Area 02-Sheet 2 of 2.pdf, Schedule and.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix/Schedule documents referenced in the source pack.