Coastal Erosion Risk Management Study for Seabank to Kilmichael Point, Arklow, County Wicklow (WCC102024)

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Wicklow County Council ran this procurement for “Coastal Erosion Risk Management Study for Seabank to Kilmichael Point, Arklow, County Wicklow (WCC102024)” 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:

• cialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € t Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liabili
• Maximum level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• um level of excess in any one claim below which the Specialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest
• Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000
• 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and six years
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the Services
• CE - A Coastal Erosion Expert with minimum of 15 years experience in the area of assessing Coastal Erosion Processes, is required as part of the service provisionProvide Documentary evidence
• Technician – appropriately qualified with a minimum of 5 years experience of drafting, surveying and other relevant support functions
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• Anticipated Service Contract Period (months/years): 12 months 12 months
• provide a number of milestones reports in line with the Stage Services as outlined within the Tender 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.

• Arklow North Beach is approximately a 2 km stretch made up of existing rock revetments and a
• Risk Management Measures and Funding Applications under the Minor Works Scheme. The study
• objectives are to undertake a detailed coastal erosion risk management investigation and to develop
• residential areas and town areas as shown in figure 2. The existing Rock Revetments require a

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.; Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: € 6,500,000 € 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess in any one; cialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € t Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liabili
• 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.
• Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: € 6,500,000 € 6,500,000 Maximum level of excess in any one
• cialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichever is greatest Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € t Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liabili
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic
• Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13,000,000 None From start to completion of the

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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• and meeting any other minimum requirements in the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire criterion
• Tenderers are required to submit examples a minimum of two (2) similarly executed projects in the past seven (7) years which when taken as a whole demonstrate experience in the following areas
• The hourly rates submitted for each Team Member Appendix A table A
• Number and type of Electronic Copies of Tender: PDF Format
• [Consultants Brief Coastal Erosion Feb 2024.pdf] dunes.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 15 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)
• Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Servic
• eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6,500,000 € 10,000 From start to completion of the Services
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• Steering Group comments, which shall be issued within 3 weeks of receipt of draft
• Anticipated Service Contract Period (months/years): 12 months 12 months
• the applicant’s current principal banker dated within past 6 months, stating that, to the best of its knowl
• expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender

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: Consultants Brief Coastal Erosion Feb 2024.pdf, Instruction to Tenders ITT-S2b-v1.6-09-02-2022.docx, Appendix A table A.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule for Wicklow County Council as outlined below:, Schedule of Meetings, RFT. This document should be completed and returned as part of the.