Skillnet ICT Support Services CfT

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Skillnet Ireland ran this procurement for “Skillnet ICT Support Services CfT” 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:

• Title: Skillnet ICT Support Services CfT
• 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 €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Full back-up and business resilience to ISO 27001 standards and recovery service when

• Role Number employed Providing services that the CA requires

• support service promptly, ideally by September 2024
• [Skillnet ICT Support Services CFT final.pdf] ServicesCfT150124
• Tenders (“CfT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as
• described in Appendix 1 to this CfT (the “Services”).
• In summary, the Services comprise the support and management of the Contracting
• Authority’s ICT services, initially based on on-premise servers but, as part of this contract,
• moving these services to be hosted in the cloud.
• that may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term 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.

• Policy to be on a “claims occurring” basis Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Policy to be on a “claims made” basis Cyber Insurance €2 million limit in the aggregate per insurance ye
• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by
• Policy to be on a “claims occurring” basis

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 €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl; Policy to be on a “claims occurring” basis Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• 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 €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Policy to be on a “claims occurring” basis Public Liability €6.5 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• Product Liability (Not applicable) Professional Indemnity €2.5 million limit in the aggregate per insurance ye
• Policy to be on a “claims made” basis Cyber Insurance €2 million limit in the aggregate per insurance ye
• 15 Tenderers must have achieved a minimum annual turnover of at least €440,000 for each of the past three financial ye

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:
• [Skillnet ICT Support Services CFT final.pdf] ServicesCfT150124
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• described in Appendix 1 to this CfT (the “Services”).
• [Skillnet ICT Support Services CFT final.pdf] with the open procedure under the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts)
• [Skillnet ICT Support Services CFT final.pdf] to maximise the social and economic
• [Skillnet ICT Support Services CFT final.pdf] of the Contracting Authority.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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 €12.7 million limit for any one claim or series of cl
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• Payment will be made within 30 days
• are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ
• that may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term
• that may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of

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: Skillnet ICT Support Services CFT final.pdf, Appendix 1:, Appendix 2:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule, Appendix 3:, Appendix 4:.