N59 Derradda to Newport Road Project – Main Construction Contract

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Mayo County Council_1127 ran this procurement for “N59 Derradda to Newport Road Project – Main Construction Contract” 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:

• SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS CThe Contractor shall operate an ISO 9001 certified quality management system or equivalent
• SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS The Contractor shall operate an ISO 9001 certified quality management system or equivalent
• successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access
• status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the
• [Invitation to Tender, Instructions to Tenderers Rev3.pdf] Authority. By supplying these numbers the
• prior knowledge of their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will only be
• the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as
• platform. The Contracting Authority may under section 2.2 still issue any
• information it considers appropriate on the eTenders platform following
• to the eTenders platform, Candidates are advised to ensure that they give
• purpose. Candidates should ensure that their operating system has
• Schedule and Standing Conciliator services (if required) at Part 1N of the 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.

• and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Contracting

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.; s/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Road and Bridge Construction Works € 6 million per annum excluding VAT Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 2,500,000 Maximum permissible excess on Profe; Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liabili
• 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.
• s/Work: Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Road and Bridge Construction Works € 6 million per annum excluding VAT Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € 2,500,000 Maximum permissible excess on Profe
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liabili
• Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liabili

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:
• The Applicant shall submit a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 reference projects where the Applicant has acted as PSCS in construction of Road Projects
• The Applicant shall submit a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 reference projects where the Applicant has acted as Main Contractor responsible for Health and Safety of Road Projects
• CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS The Tenderer shall submit details of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 reference projects, where the Tenderer acted as main contractor, whether as the sole main contractor, or as part of a joint venture in Civil Engineering works projects, using the
• CA REQUIREMENT: The Tenderer shall submit details of a minimum of 2 reference projects, where the Tenderer acted as main contractor, whether as the sole main contractor, or as part of a joint venture in Civil Engineering works projects, outlining how the Tenderer a
• CA REQUIREMENT: The Tenderer shall submit details of a minimum of 2 reference projects, where the Tenderer acted as main contractor, whether as the sole main contractor, or as part of a joint venture in Civil Engineering works projects, outlining how the Tenderer m
• [Invitation to Tender, Instructions to Tenderers Rev3.pdf] NRA Project Code:

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.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• ory application, we expect that a bond can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• we respectfully request an extension to the tender date of 4 weeks from the 16th May 2024 to the 13th June
• e Tenderer’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months stating the duration of the relationshi
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• e Tenderer’s current principal banker dated within the past 3 months
• procurement process or any part of it and may terminate the process or any
• [Invitation to Tender, Instructions to Tenderers Rev3.pdf] or any part of it and may terminate the process or any

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: Invitation to Tender, Instructions to Tenderers Rev3.pdf, ITT-W2 v 2.5 01/08/2023, ITT-W2 V2.5.
• 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, Appendix 3 to these Instructions, Schedule (Volume B).