St Joseph's National School Proposed Prefab

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St. Joseph's National School (Tullamore) ran this procurement for “St Joseph's National School Proposed Prefab” 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:

• 1 are as follows: Category of Specialist Date for warranty Amount withheld Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance Maximum excess for professional indemnity insurance Mechanical & Electrical Equipment 10% €1m €50,000.00 Platform Lift 10% €1m
• 6 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• 4 Location of Existing Services – water, electrici
• Universal Accessible WC, 2 No. Stairs and Platform lift together with all
• successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access
• status by the Contracting 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 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.

• 4 Location of Existing Services – water, electrici
• associated siteworks all located to the Rear South of the existing School at St
• 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.; INSURANCES Tender Schedule Allow for insurances of the Tender Schedule 2/134D minimum indemnity limit for public liability insurance: €6,500,000 Item - 2/134E minimum indemnity limit for Employer's Liability Insurance: €13,000,000 Item; 2/134F minimum indemnity limit for Professional Indemnity Insurance: €2,000,000.00 Item
• Certifications — Project Supervisor Constriction Stage (PSCS) Provide for the following Project Supervisor Construction Stage 2/137A It is intended that limit for Professional Indemnity Insurance: €2,000,000.00 Item
• Past experience — Project Supervisor Constriction Stage (PSCS) Provide for the following Project Supervisor Construction Stage 2/137A It is intended that limit for Professional Indemnity Insurance: €2,000,000.00 Item
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — Employer’s Liability Insurance Requirements 21 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) 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.
• INSURANCES Tender Schedule Allow for insurances of the Tender Schedule 2/134D minimum indemnity limit for public liability insurance: €6,500,000 Item - 2/134E minimum indemnity limit for Employer's Liability Insurance: €13,000,000 Item
• 2/134F minimum indemnity limit for Professional Indemnity Insurance: €2,000,000.00 Item
• Project Supervisor Constriction Stage (PSCS) Provide for the following Project Supervisor Construction Stage 2/137A It is intended that limit for Professional Indemnity Insurance: €2,000,000.00 Item
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € 2,000,000.0019 The excess as stated here: The professi
• onal insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € 2,000,000.0019 The excess as stated here: Maximum perm

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:
• [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf] ITT-W2 v 2.5 01/08/2023
• [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf] The Contracting Authority is making these documents available to
• [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf] These Instructions do not create a contract or legal
• [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf] should be clearly stated and clear and substantive
• [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf] the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 and the Standards in Public Office Act
• [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf] arising from or in connection with these

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 5 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)
• 1 are as follows: Category of Specialist Date for warranty Amount withheld Minimum indemnity limit for professional indemnity insurance Maximum excess for professional indemnity insurance Mechanical & Electrical Equipment 10% €1m €50,000.00 Platform Lift 10% €1m
• 11 CA Note: Where an IPI Measure is in place and works are greater than €15m in value, the CA must select “Yes”
• number and description of craftsmen, labourers and other persons employed on or in
• Pipes; uPVC; pipe, joints and fittings to comply with IS EN 1401 Part 1 and BS 4660; ring
• Pipes; watermain; polyethylene pipe complying with IS EN 12201; laid and jointed in
• Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as

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: not later than 5 days after the date agreed between the
• Within 14 days of receipt of the payment claim notice
• pay the amount due on the invoice within 21 days after receiving the invoice

TENDER DOCUMENTS [2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf, 2241.St Joseph's NS.ITT-W2-v2.5-01-08-2023-1 (1).pdf, 2241.St Joseph's NS FTS-5-v2.6-17-07-2023-1.pdf.

• 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: 2241.St Joseph's NS.Preliminary Health & Safety Plan.pdf, Schedule Allow for insurances of the Tender Schedule 2/134D minimum indemnity limit for, Schedule and.