Bagenalstown Public Realm Improvement Works

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Carlow County Council ran this procurement for “Bagenalstown Public Realm Improvement Works” 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:

• Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax
• verification of their tax status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying
• has prior knowledge of their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will
• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and
• the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as
• electronic submission to the eTenders platform, Tenderers are advised to
• system has sufficient capacity to execute the upload of all the documents
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• electronic submission (including to the eTenders platform), Candidates must
• are not construction operations subject to Relevant Contracts Tax (and 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.

• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and
• and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Contracting
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or

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 level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €6500000 Tenderer Entry: Check the appropriate bo; Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €13000000 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire – W
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — Minimum Turnover Area of Work / Business: Overall Average Turnover to include other areas of business Minimum Average Turnover: Maximum Average Turnover: Civil engineering N/A €1.0m N/A Suitability Assessment Questionna
• 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 Turnover Area of Work / Business: Overall Average Turnover to include other areas of business Minimum Average Turnover: Maximum Average Turnover: Civil engineering N/A €1.0m N/A Suitability Assessment Questionna
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €6500000 Tenderer Entry: Check the appropriate bo
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €13000000 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire – W
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10000 * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10]

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:
• Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €13000000 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire – W
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] Applicants should not rely on any representation purportedly made on the
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] conditions precedent to its effectiveness have been met. The
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] view and will take such steps as it considers necessary to comply
• [202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] (but is not limited to) excluding the Applicant

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 7 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)
• 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 clause 10
• the same terms as the insurances the Contractor is required to have under clause 10
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative will give the above certificate to
• the Works within 12 months after the termination, the Contractor’s payment under this clause
• h the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and have not been more than 1 month in arrears or unpaid
• e Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer sends

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: 202202 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf, FTS-6-v1.6-19-07-2023-1.docx, ~$2202 ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send, ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers, ITT-W4 v1.5.