Call for tenders for the supply and delivery of Science Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph's College, Lucan (60263V)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St. Joseph's College (Lucan) ran this procurement for “Call for tenders for the supply and delivery of Science Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph's College, Lucan (60263V)” 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: Call for tenders for the supply and delivery of Science Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph's College, Lucan (60263V)
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• [CFT Science Lab St Joseph's Lucan 65630B OJEU.docx] Call for tenders for the supply and delivery of Science Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph's College, Lucan (60263V)
• Proposals from Tenderers are being sought to provide a Provision of supply and delivery of Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph’s College, Lucan . This CFT is designed as two (2) Lots. Tenderers must be able to supply each
• Proposals from Tenderers are being sought to provide a Provision of supply and delivery of Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph’s College, Lucan . This CFT is designed as two (2) Lots. Tenderers must be able to supply each item on the specification list provided for the Lot being applied for. An incomplete Lot will not be considered.
• The School requires a high quality, flexible and responsive service evolving towards green sustainable options, for the draw-down of the goods over an extended period with agreed timelines for delivery of goods with the successful tenderer(s).
• 1.5 Supply, Delivery and/or Installation of Goods
• Be required to supply and provide delivery of the first contingent of items required by St. Joseph’s College, Lucan as soon as is practicable. The school principal or named nominee must be notified in advance to facilitate the delivery of the goods during the hours of
• Be required to supply and provide delivery of the first contingent of items required by St. Joseph’s College, Lucan as soon as is practicable. The school principal or named nominee must be notified in advance to facilitate the delivery of the goods during the hours of 08:45 – 15:00.
• The successful tenderer is required to provide The Board of Management of St. Joseph’s College, Lucan with a nominated, dedicated account manager who will act as the main point of contact for the duration of the contract. This person shall have the authority to deal with all matters in relation to the contract and be responsible for the satisfactory delivery, installation, maintenance, spare-parts and warranty of the goods required for example.
• [CFT Science Lab St Joseph's Lucan 65630B OJEU.docx] – which is attached as separate excel spreadsheet documents. All prices should be given in Euro and should be exclusive of VAT. Prices must be all inclusive (i.e., including but not being limited to packaging, delivery, installation, removal and proper disposal of all packaging by the successful tenderer(s) and all other costs/expenses). Where a tenderer is a framework member on an equivalent Office of Government Procurement (OGP) / Education Procurement Service (EPS) framework, please quote us the framework price where applicable if that price is lower than what you would otherwise quote.
• Note: The Contracting Authority has the option to procure school goods and services, equipment and Loose Furniture from suitable frameworks produced by the (OGP), (EPS) & or (DE). 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.

• The requirements are subject to approval and funding from the Department of Education. Equipment wholly or partly funded from public funds is subject to inspection by officers from the Department of Education.
• Tenderers must provide full details of their policy regarding returns where items that are delivered may have been damaged and / or faulty. Tenderers must provide full details of their policy where an item can be repaired rather than discarded and examples of the same. The Successful Tenderer will have in place systems for accepting returns, for a full refund of purchase price or replace or substitute, of any Goods found to be faulty, or any Goods incorrectly supplied. The Successful Tenderer will have in place systems for accepting items for repair where applicable. It is a requirement that that the successful Tenderer provides instruction that will help with the safe collection and disposal of hazardous chemical waste when required.

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.; 7 million in respect of employer’s liability €6.5 million Part 2 – Economic and Financial Stan; 7 million in respect of employer’s liability €6.5 million in respect of public liability €6
• 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.
• 7 million in respect of employer’s liability €6.5 million Part 2 – Economic and Financial Stan
• 7 million in respect of employer’s liability €6.5 million in respect of public liability €6

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:
• Warranties: Please note that we require a minimum of those stated in the specifications/pricing schedules
• Appendix 1: Requirements and Specifications
• Appendix 4: Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• Appendix 6: Confidentiality Agreement
• Each Tenderer is required to accept the provisions of this CFT. ALL TENDERERS MUST RETURN, with their Tender, a scanned signed copy of the Tenderer’s Statement, as set out in Appendix 3, printed on the Tenderer’s letterhead. The Contracting Authority must be able to read the scanned signature of the Tenderer. If possible, please sign documents using blue ink. If the Contracting Authority cannot read the scanned signature, Tenderers may be requested to re-submit. Tenderers may not amend the Tenderer’s Statement.
• 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 CFT the Contracting Authority will deal with all matters relating to this public procurement competition through the entity who will carry overall responsibility for the performance of the Goods Contract only (“

7. Key dates & process

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.

• Title: Call for tenders for the supply and delivery of Science Laboratory Equipment to St. Joseph's College, Lucan (60263V)
• Sector: Scientific Equipment & Laboratory
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the Contractor) as follows:
• ure on the Goods to be covered by the proposed Goods Contracts may amount to some two hundred and ninety thousand euro (€290,000) exclusive of vat over the Term
• for 30 (thirty) calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days’ notice
• breach(es) (if the breach(es) 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

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: CFT Science Lab St Joseph's Lucan 65630B OJEU.docx, schedules, Appendix 1: Requirements and Specifications.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: OJEU.docx] Call for tenders for the supply and delivery.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 2: Pricing Schedule, Appendix 3: Tenderer’s Statement, Appendix 4: Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer.