Upgrade works to Local Authority Housing in Athy, Co. Kildare for Kildare County Council

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kildare County Council_385 ran this procurement for “Upgrade works to Local Authority Housing in Athy, Co. Kildare for Kildare County Council” 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:

• System to be designed to accommodate a minimum of no radiators and a single cylinder
• System to be designed to accommodate a minimum of no
• timber fence panels with pre-cast concrete supports Q8
• 10.3 Minimum indemnity limit for public liability insurance. €6,500,000 for any one event. (Limit may be on an annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports and sudden and accidental pollution.)
• [3. Tender and Schedule_ Version 1.5 07-01-2022.docx] , subsidence, removal and weakening of supports and sudden and accidental pollution.)
• The Contractor is responsible for the safety and stability of the Works, and of all operations on
• access routes to and through the Site, and any required maintenance and upgrading of them,
• responsible for obtaining and providing all facilities, power, water, and other services it
• supply under this Contract in addition to the Price. 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.

• Remove existing side boundary and replace with new timber fences Q8 (block text is reference to KCC Spec’ for building refurbishment works)

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.; 3 Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10; 4 public liability (property damage) €6,500 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.
• 3 Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10
• 4 public liability (property damage) €6,500 10
• 4 employer’s liability €6,500 12

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:
• Pricing Document/ Schedule Of Works
• [5. Short Form Contract conditions_PW-CF6-v1.14-19-07-2023.pdf] PW-CF6 v1.14 19/07/2023
• [5. Short Form Contract conditions_PW-CF6-v1.14-19-07-2023.pdf] 16
• [5. Short Form Contract conditions_PW-CF6-v1.14-19-07-2023.pdf] Data shall have the meaning set out in the General Data Protection Regulation
• [5. Short Form Contract conditions_PW-CF6-v1.14-19-07-2023.pdf] complete and substantial completion mean that
• Conditions prevail. If there is a pricing document in this Contract, and there is a discrepancy

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 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)
• tall non-return valves on the following pipes: wherever plumber deems necessary
• lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative will give the above certificate to
• the Works within 12 months after the termination, the Contractor’s payment under this clause
• e Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer sends
• When a payment is to be made, not later than 5 days after the date agreed between the
• Within 14 days of receiving the payment claim notice,
• n to put in place arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s R

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 — 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: 3. Tender and Schedule_ Version 1.5 07-01-2022.docx, 5. Short Form Contract conditions_PW-CF6-v1.14-19-07-2023.pdf, Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule_ Version 1.5 07-01-2022.docx] Tender and Schedule, Schedule. We offer to complete the Works on the terms of and in conformity with that con, Schedule or elsewhere in the attached documents, we also offer to accept appointment as.