LCC North Leitrim Area Bituminous Macadam Pavement Schemes 2024 Contract 2

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Leitrim County Council_2136 ran this procurement for “LCC North Leitrim Area Bituminous Macadam Pavement Schemes 2024 Contract 2” 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:

• For the attention of[1] Senior Executive Officer Corporate Services Leitrim County Council Aras an Chontae Co. Leitrim. N41PF67
• 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.)
• Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax
• verification of their tax status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying
• has prior knowledge of their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will
• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and
• the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as
• electronic submission to the eTenders platform, Tenderers are advised to
• system has sufficient capacity to execute the upload of all the documents
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or
• [2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.pdf] , specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or 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.

• Programme duration 31st March 2024 to 28st March 2025
• information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or working hours, statutory consents and
• and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Contracting
• drawings, specifications, schedules, reports, information on the site location, any constraints such as existing services or

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 ; 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000 * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €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.
• ) Minimum indemnity limit for employer’s liability insurance €13,000,000 for any one event
• 4 Maximum levels of excess for * insurance of the Works and goods and materials for the Works €10,000 * public liability €6,500[9] * employer’s liability €6,500[10]

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers
• [2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.pdf] with these documents on its behalf, and
• [2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.pdf] issue of the Tender Acceptance
• [2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.pdf] not bound by the
• [2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.pdf] or perceived conflict of

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)
• 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
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• h the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and have not been more than 1 month in arrears or unpaid
• 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,

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 — 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: 3.0 FTS-6-v1.6-19-07-2023-1 (1) Tender & Schedule CONTRACT 2.docx, 10.0 MF-1.23-09-04-2020 (2) Rates of Pay CONTRACT 2.docx, 2.0 ITT-W4-v1.5-01-08-2023-2 Instruction to Tender CONTRACT 2.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: Schedule says that a performance bond is required, within 7 days after the Employer send, Schedule CONTRACT 2.docx] for, Schedule CONTRACT 2.docx] .