Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge, Mullingar
Value
€3.5m
Deadline
19 Jul
19 Jul 2024
Value
€3.5m
Deadline
19 Jul
Construction of Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge in Mullingar over 10 years
Construction of Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge in Mullingar over 10 years
Bidder profile
Mid-sized to large firms with experience in public sector construction projects and strong health and safety compliance.
Risks & flags
- High turnover requirement
- Health and safety compliance
- Two-step qualification process
Briefing
AI-generated analysis of the documents. Check the official notice and any amendments for current submission details.
1. At a glance
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Buyer | Westmeath County Council |
| Title | Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge , Mullingar |
| CPV / category | works |
| Estimated value | 3500000.00 |
| Per-year (if multi-year) | not stated |
| Procedure type | not stated |
| Lots | not stated |
| Location | Ireland |
| Contract length | 10 years |
| Submission deadline | 2024-07-19T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Go-live / start | not stated |
2. Scope of Work
Westmeath County Council ran this procurement for “Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge , Mullingar” 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:
- The evidence required to pass this criterion is details of the relevant technicians or technical bodies upon whom the Applicant can call on in order to carry out the work or whom the Applicant can use in regards to quality control. Applicants must also provide evidence of a safety management system.
- For Type 3 projects Applicants should supply names of any group, body and organisation that the Applicant is a member of and which promotes and has involvement in Health and Safety matters. It should also provide details of any external resource or expertise relevant to this project that are available to the Applicant's business.
- [3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023 (Rev 2).docx] 3 projects Applicants should supply names of any group, body and organisation that the Applicant is a member of and which promotes and has involvement in Health and Safety matters. It should also provide details of any external resource or expertise relevant to this project that are available to the Applicant's business.
- Evidence in support of the declarations in Appendix 1 and any requirements set out above must be provided when requested by the Contracting Authority. In place of documentary evidence, Applicants may provide third party certification that their safety management system is in accordance with OHSAS 18001 or equivalent. Certified membership of Safe-T-Cert may be deemed equivalent for the purposes of this criterion. 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.
- Health and Safety Policy and Organisation;
- a copy of our current general health and safety policy; a general Health and Safety policy document appropriate to a Health and Safety led Construction
- a copy of our current general health and safety policy; a general Health and Safety policy document appropriate to a Health and Safety led Construction Management role;
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- all programmes as per Sub-clause 4.9 of the Contract, all Progress Reports as per Sub-clause 4.10 of the Contract and all minutes of meetings and objections thereto as per Sub-clause 4.16 of the Contract;
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 Public liability insurance: €12,000,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be; Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 for any one event
- Certifications — not specified for this tender
- Past experience — * The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € N/A[19] *CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m); The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor € N/A19 CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m)
- Personnel — Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category[17] € 10,000,000 Combined total turnover for all membe; 0 28/07/2023 Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Minimum Average Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: General Construction/Civil Engineering category17 € 10,000,000 Combined total turnover for all members
- 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 Public liability insurance: €12,000,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be
- Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 for any one event
- Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,00010 in respect of property damage only
- The Contractor is required to provide evidence of their Motor Insurance covering all their vehicles being used in connection with these Works with a third party property damage indemnity limit of not less than €2.6million
- If required, the minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance shall be €10000000 annual aggregate limit
5. Award criteria & scoring
| Criterion | Weight (%) | Sub-criteria | Pass/fail threshold |
|---|
- The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Profess 2% not stated not stated ed here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insu 2% not stated not stated | 0 28/07/2023 Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in a | 2% | not stated | not stated | The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract.
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:
- the Pricing Document is more than €500.
- This project number must correspond to the project number given in Appendix B1 List of Previous Works projects for which there is a Certifi
- submitted to Irish Rail (STSE Athlone) within 2 months of in
- A site visit was conducted on 17 May 2017 by JBA Consulting's
- A site visit was conducted on 17 May 2017 by JBA Consulting's ecologist Niamh Sweeney
- The criteria below mirror the structure in Section 3.4 (Technical Capability Criteria) of the Questionnaire for consistency, but should be answered specifically in relation to Health and Safety competence in the select as appropriate: Contractor/Reserved Specialist/Reserved Specialist with Design/Works Specialist/Works Specialist with Design Input role.
7. Key dates & process
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| RFT issued | not specified |
| Clarification deadline | not specified |
| Mandatory site visit | not specified |
| Tender deadline (date + time) | 2024-07-19T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Expected award | not specified |
| Contract start | not specified |
| Go-live / mobilisation | not stated |
| Date surfaced in documents | 2024-07-19T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Date surfaced in documents | 17 May 2017 |
| Date surfaced in documents | 27 March 2019 |
| Date surfaced in documents | Natura 2000 |
8. Contract terms that matter
Contract duration in the extract: 10 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)
- The liability of the Surety under this Bond will not exceed € .
- The liability of the Surety under this Bond will not exceed € . This amount will be reduced by half on issue of the Certificate of Substantial
- nt and continues for as long as, under the Construction Regulations, the Client is required to have a project supervisor for the for the Project, unless the appointment is terminated earlier
- it is insured by insurances in the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clauses 3
- 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
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: 3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023 (Rev 2).docx, ~$2_Suitability_Assessment_Open_Form (RC).doc, MF-1.18-28-06-2018-REV.docx.
- eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
- Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
- Key attachments to prioritise: 16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1010-P05.pdf, MF-1.14-09-04-2020.docx, MF-1.9-20-06-2011-REV.docx.
This tender has been awarded
- Murphy International Limited · 13 Jun 2025
- Murphy International Limited · 09 Jun 2025
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Required certifications
- OHSAS 18001
- Safe-T-Cert
Minimum turnover
€10,000,000
Public liability insurance
€12,000,000
Professional indemnity insurance
€10,000,000
Scoring
Most Economically Advantageous Tender
Lots (1)
Documents (104)
3.4.1-HS-Works-Contractor-v3.0-28-07-2023 (Rev 2).docx
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3.4.2-HS-PSCS-v3.0-28-07-2023 (Rev 2).docx
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16373-DID-03-01-RP-C-0001-P03.pdf
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16373-DID-A-01-SP-C-0001-P03.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1001-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1002-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1003-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1006-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1010-P05.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-DR-C-1012-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-RP-C-0002-P02.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-RP-C-0010-P02.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-RP-C-0402-P09.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-RP-C-0405-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-RP-C-0409-P04.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-SH-C-3001-P03.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-SH-C-3002-P03.pdf
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16373-DID-ZZ-XX-SH-C-3003-P02.pdf
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17-0539 Mullingar - SI Report 17.11.17.pdf
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2017s6072 - Saunders Bridge- CEMPv3.0.pdf
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2017s6072 AA Saunders Bridge v5.0.pdf
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2017s6072-EIAR Screening Report v3.0.pdf
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20231212 Mullingar Acceptance of Det. Design.pdf
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768911 28268.6SG2022INFENN20220994V01 SIGNED.pdf
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768911- NBC Saunders Pedestrian Cycle Bridge - ApBo File.pdf
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Appendix-A-Applicants-Self-Declaration-re-Regulation-57.docx
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Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx
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Appendix-B2-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Project-Execution.docx
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Appendix-B3-Certificate-of-Satisfactory-Delivery-of-Services.docx
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Appendix-C-Bankers-Letter.docx
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Appendix-D1-QW1-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx
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Appendix-D2-QW2-Letter-of-Undertaking-re.-Bond.docx
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Appendix-E-Declaration-in-relation-to-Russian-Sanctions.docx
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Appendix-F-Declaration-re-International-Procurement-Instrument.docx
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C22-02-TEK-02.tekla
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CIF-PSC-NN-Sub-Contract-v.1-2021.pdf
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DOC-0022454 WID Saunders Bridge LED Lighting System Schematic.pdf
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Draft Licence Waterways Ireland and WCC R1_Redacted.pdf
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EIR eMap - Saunders Bridge & Ardmore Road.pdf
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ESB Networks Map - Saunders Bridge & Ardmore Road (20240410-021_A3).pdf
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Executed Bridge Agreement R1.pdf
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FTS-5-v2.6-17-07-2023-1.docx
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FTS-5-v2.6-17-07-2023-1.pdf
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ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1.pdf
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MF-1.1-09-12-2019.docx
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MF-1.10-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.11-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.12-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.13-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.14-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.15-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.16-21-03-2016-REV.docx
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MF-1.17-09-12-2019-REV.docx
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MF-1.18-28-06-2018-REV.docx
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MF-1.19-09-12-2019-REV.docx
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MF-1.20-07-01-2022.docx
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MF-1.29-17-02-2022.docx
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MF-1.30-Reliance-Warranty-18-07-2022.docx
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MF-1.31-Site-Closure-Costs-Supplement-29-07-2021.docx
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MF-1.32-Declaration-re-Regulation-57-28-07-2023.docx
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MF-1.33-Declaration-Oath-still-Valid-28-07-2023.docx
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MF-1.4-03-08-2010-rev.docx
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MF-1.5-28-07-2009-rev.docx
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MF-1.6-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.8-09-04-2020.docx
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MF-1.9-20-06-2011-REV.docx
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MF1_4_Employers_Instructions.doc
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OP125656LD18550 Saunders Bridge, Mulingar Report.pdf
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Project Scheme Board.pdf
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Proposed Site Compound Location.pdf
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PW-CF5-v2.7-17-07-2023-2.pdf
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QW-Part-2-v1.0-28-07-2023-2.docx
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QW-Part-2-v1.0-28-07-2023-2.pdf
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QW2-Part-1-v2.0-28-07-2023-1.docx
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QW2-Part-1-v2.0-28-07-2023-1.pdf
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QW2_Supplement_3.4.1.doc
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QW2_Supplement_3.4.2.doc
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Saunders Bridge_US_Design intent 21032023.pdf
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Site Compound (Rev02).pdf
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Volume C - Bill of Quantities (Excel).xlsx
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Volume C - Bill of Quantities.pdf
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~$2_Suitability_Assessment_Open_Form (P03).doc
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~$2_Suitability_Assessment_Open_Form (RC).doc
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~$2_Suitability_Assessment_Open_Form.doc
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~$373-DID-03-01-RP-C-0001-P01.docx
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Original notice text
This tender involves the construction and operational management of the Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge in Mullingar, requiring compliance with health and safety standards and effective project execution.
AI analysis updated 4 months ago
Value
€3.5m
Deadline
19 Jul
Buyer
Westmeath County CouncilLocation
Construction site for the Saunders Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge located in Mullingar, Ireland.
Procedure
Open
Clarification
05 Jul 2024
eTenders ID
3685637
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