LCC North Leitrim Overlay Contract No. 3 Restoration Improvement Grants 2024

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Leitrim County Council_2136 ran this procurement for “LCC North Leitrim Overlay Contract No. 3 Restoration Improvement Grants 2024” 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:

• Hand dig within 500 mm of underground services
• 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 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.

• 1. Locations of existing paved areas which are requi

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.; ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10; 4 Maximum levels of excess for  insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000  public liability €6,5009  employer’s liability €6,50010 7 If no percentage specified, 10% applie
• 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.
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event 10
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for  insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000  public liability €6,5009  employer’s liability €6,50010 7 If no percentage specified, 10% applie

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [2.0 Volume B Tender and Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf] 1
• [2.0 Volume B Tender and Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf] and in conformity with that
• [2.0 Volume B Tender and Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf] on behalf of the Employer6
• [2.0 Volume B Tender and Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf] to the Site with title vested in the Employer to the
• [2.0 Volume B Tender and Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf] appointed as Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage.

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.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• IS EN1097-8 ANNEX A: Testing Aggregates : - Method of determination of aggregate
• 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
• given within 5 days of receipt of the notice
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• 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

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.
• 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 — 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: 2.0 Volume B Tender and Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf, 9.0 Short Public Works Contract.pdf, Schedule, provided that 5 days notice of the date and timing of these.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: APPENDIX 1/14 MONTHLY STATEMENTS, Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send, Schedule Contract No. 3.pdf] 1.