CFT 3617 - Tender for the Supply of Maintenance, Retrofit, New Works and Associated Services for Traffic Control Equipments

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

South Dublin County Council ran this procurement for “CFT 3617 - TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF MAINTENANCE, RETROFIT, NEW WORKS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENTS” 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: CFT 3617 - TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF MAINTENANCE, RETROFIT, NEW WORKS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENTS
• ority estimates that the expenditure on the Services to be covered by the proposed Services Contract may amount to some €6,000,000 (excl
• Supply and install 3 aspect red/amber/amber arrow (RAFA) to
• Supply and install 200mm amber bicycle or Pegasus lens
• 112 Supply and install 3 aspect red/amber/amber arrow (RAFA) to TR2206A including backing boards, brackets and hoods with 12v/50w
• 124 Supply and install 3 aspect red/amber/amber arrow (RAFA) to TR2206A including backing boards, brackets and hoods with 48V DC
• 133 Supply and install 3 aspect red/amber/amber arrow (RAFA) to TR2206A including backing boards, brackets and hoods with 230V AC
• 145 Supply and install 3 aspect red/amber/amber arrow (RAFA) to TR2206A including backing boards, brackets
• 145 Supply and install 3 aspect red/amber/amber arrow (RAFA) to TR2206A including backing boards, brackets and hoods with 230V AC
• 204 Supply and install 200mm amber bicycle or Pegasus lens
• Supply and install backing boards to 5 aspect red/amber boards to 4 aspect red/amber /green
• Technical Support and Training Rate for on-site (3 days per year) 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.

• 5.1 If applicable, notifying parties should list and substantiate any possible positive effects on the development of the relevant subsidised economic activity on the internal market. Notifying parties should also list and substantiate any other positive effects of the foreign subsidies, such as broader positive effects in relation to the relevant policy objectives, in particular those of the Union, and specify when and where those effects have or are expected to take place. Notifying parties should provide a description of each of those positive effects.

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — not specified for this tender
• Insurance — not specified for this tender
• 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

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) — 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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• Appendix 3A: Schedule C – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• For reporting of foreign financial contributions which are of a value between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• Appendix 3A: Schedule D – Declaration of non-notifiable foreign financial contributions (valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three years preceding the declaration)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration

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.

• Title: CFT 3617 - TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF MAINTENANCE, RETROFIT, NEW WORKS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENTS
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €200,000 and €999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• 2022/2560 and where the notifying party has been in receipt of foreign financial contributions which are valued between €1,000,000 and €3,999,000 in the last three (3) years preceding the declaration
• Please upload your response to this tender as a ZIP FILE to protect the integrity of the file names.
• Where a group of undertakings (in whatever form and regardless of the legal relationship between them) come together to submit a Tender in response to this RFT, the Contracting Authority will deal with all matters relating to this Competition through a single nominated entity authorised to represent all members of the group of undertakings. The Tenderer must provide details of all members of the group of undertakings and their role in the Tender and clearly set out the contact details including name, title, telephone number, postal address, facsimile number and e-mail address of the nominated entity authorised to represent the Tenderer and to whom all communications shall be directed and accepted until this Competition has been completed or terminated. Correspondence from any other person will NOT be accepted, acknowledged or responded to.
• [1. Volume A Request for Tender .docx] or terminated. Correspondence from any other person will NOT be accepted, acknowledged or responded to.
• The terms “Registrable Interest” and “Relative” shall be interpreted as per Section 2 of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001, copies of which are available at www.irishstatutebook.ie. The Contracting Authority will, at its absolute discretion, decide on the appropriate course of action, which may in appropriate circumstances include eliminating a Tenderer from this Competition or terminating any Services Contract entered into by a Tenderer.

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Numeric qualification gates were only partially visible, so eligibility certainty required full pack review.
• 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 — specialist operator with compliant procurement governance and evidencable experience.
• 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: SDCC Invitation to Tender memo.pdf, 1. Volume A Request for Tender .docx, To be completed by notifying parties where the value of the

[1. Volume A Request for Tender .docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedules (% on €20,000), Schedules (% on €20,000) 100000 % 0 0 , Schedules (% on €20,000) 100000 % NaN 0 .