Greyhound Racing Ireland Wi-Fi Tender 2024

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Rásaíocht Con Éireann ran this procurement for “Greyhound Racing Ireland Wi-Fi Tender 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:

• Please note that RCÉ is under no obligation to commit to any level of business with regard to the provision of this service.
• Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) invites tender submissions from suitable qualified person(s) for the provision of the Services as described in Section A, paragraph 2
• Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) invites tender submissions from suitable qualified person(s) for the provision of the Services as described in Section A, paragraph 2 and its sub paragraphs of this invitation To Tender Document.
• The winning bidder would need to supply at each site a fully managed solution.
• The managed service should include:
• 1. Managed service with up to 4 SSID’s are each site plus Wi-fi for the public.
• 3. Alerts to nominated Greyhound Racing Ireland staff relating to service status and issues.
• Please supply a proposed SLA for monitoring and support.
• Please supply manufacturer warranties on supplied points/switches/firewalls including estimated lifespan of points/switches/firewalls.
• Please supply a list in tabular form of all equipment to be used in the proposed solution for each site.
• A number of private, password protected channels will be required. Our partner Kappture have implemented a new tills EPOS system at all sites. The tills are currently wired to the GRI network. New Kappture handhelds are required to be installed at each site that will operate on the new Wi-Fi network. These handhelds will need to send restaurant bookings to networked printers. The winning bidder will need to liaise with EPOS provider to ensure technical requirements are met.
• A channel may be required for our Tote partners handhelds and for a ticketing system also.

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. Fibre or other connection (The solution will be independent of the existing GRI network).
• Any new ethernet cabling needed at each stadium (to be run from the existing central com
• Any new ethernet cabling needed at each stadium (to be run from the existing central comms room to each location where a Wi-Fi Access Point will be located) will be carried out by GRI’s cabling partner Netcore and is not to be priced in this bid. However, any patching cables required for switches etc much be priced into the bid and will not be covered by Netcore.
• As part of their tender submission, Tenderers should comprehensively detail a proposed strategy for the delivery of RCÉ requirements in a timely manner as outlined in the scope & specification in Section A, paragraph 2 , including but not limited to:

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — not specified for this tender
• Insurance — not specified for this tender
• 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

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:
• Where a tender is submitted jointly, whether by a number another tenderer who has produced a valid tax free certificate in circumstances w
• Appendix 2 – Attendance in the last 12 months
• Appendices: Appendix I – RCÉ Stadia names and Addresses
• This Invitation to Tender (ITT) forms part of a tender process. Interested Tenderers are advised to read this Invitation to Tender Document thoroughly and to respond fully to all information required in submitting a proposed tender.
• Please see Appendix 1 for full addresses and Eircodes for each location.
• Public Wi-fi will need to be made available for GRI patrons. Please see attached Appendix 2 which displays peak attendance at each site over the last 12 months.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 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)
• easonably practicable, and in any event within 2 months of the closing date for receipt of Tenders as set out in this document
• as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 2 months of the closing date for receipt of Tend
• ment of the Tenderer’s ability to meet delivery deadline of 12 weeks after receipt of order for WIFI and Con
• [Wifi tender 2024 CFT Final.docx]
• In the event of Contract Award to more then one Operator (Panel), Admission to the Approved Panel does not guarantee the award of any project to any economic operator, nor does it give members the right to be consulted in respect of any project.
• Admission to the Approved Panels will be conditional upon acceptance of the Rásaíocht Con Éireanns terms and conditions
• Please supply a proposed SLA for monitoring and support.

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Numeric qualification gates were only partially visible, so eligibility certainty required full pack review.
• 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 — specialist operator with compliant procurement governance and evidencable experience.
• 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: Wifi tender 2024 CFT Final.docx, ~$fi tender 2024 CFT Final.docx, Appendix 2 – Attendance in the last 12 months.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix I – RCÉ Stadia names and Addresses, Appendix 3 – Curraheen Park, Cork, Appendix 4 – Galway.