Electrical Services Upgrade Works

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St. Declan's National School (Ashbourne) ran this procurement for “Electrical Services Upgrade 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:

• Title: Electrical Services Upgrade Works
• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
• It shall be, fixed within 1 metre of the fitting and in an accessible position for future maintenance
• , fixed within 1 metre of the fitting and in an accessible position for future maintenance
• volves mainly the upgrade of the electrical services to the 2050m² main school building,
• Electrical Services Upgrade Works at St. Declan's National School,
• 1 As a result of the introduction of the new electronic Relevant Contracts tax (e-RCT) system by the
• existing services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions attached thereto.
• not construction operations subject to Relevant Contracts
• not construction operations subject to Relevant Contracts Tax (and therefore 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 services or working hours, statutory consents and conditions attached thereto.
• refundable to all tenderers that submit bona fide tenders that are not

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; ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10
• 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
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10

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)
• with a value of less than €250,000. Projects in excess of €50,000 must be advertised on etenders
• certificate shall be submitted to the Engineer within 14 days of completion of the tests
• [Instructions_to_tender - Open Procedure.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers
• [Instructions_to_tender - Open Procedure.pdf] representation purportedly made on the
• [Instructions_to_tender - Open Procedure.pdf] been filed, registered, or approved in any jurisdiction. Possession or

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)
• stating the circuit reference number and the item of equipment to be served
• via a separate industrial type plug and socket outlet to IS/EN 60309 from a dedicated MCB so as to eliminate the risk of nuisance tripping
• label stating the circuit reference number and the item of equipment being served e
• They shall contact the School Principal prior at least 7 days before the tender
• ory application, we expect that a bond can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• For the attention of1 School Principal - Cian Kearns
• expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender

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: Instructions_to_tender - Open Procedure.pdf, ITTW4 v1.2 27/01/2014, ITT-W4 V1.2.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to etenders.2.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule (Volume B), Appendix 3 to these Instructions, Appendix 2 to these Instructions.