Social Houses Cnoc Na hAbhainn, Boyle, Co. Roscommon

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Roscommon County Council_424 ran this procurement for “Social Houses Cnoc Na hAbhainn, Boyle, Co. Roscommon” 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:

• 6 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• 1850 372 999 (24 HOUR/7 DAY SERVICE)
• For Faults/Emergencies (24 hours/7days service) Ring 1850 372 999 or
• mergencies (24 hours/7days service) Ring 1850 372 999 or
• services at Cnoc na hAbhainn, Boyle, Roscommon
• successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access
• status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the
• prior knowledge of their organisation or service provision. Tenderers will only be
• the Contracting Authority’s third party service providers, such as
• platform. The Contracting Authority may under section 2.2 still issue any 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.

• om Terrorism or occurring offshore (if applicable) or arising out of exposure to Asbestos Public Liability Limit of Indemnity €13,000,000 but in the aggregate in the Period of Insurance in respect of Products Pollution Liability Limit of Indemnity €13,000,000 Endorsements As per policy
• and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Contracting

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.; The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € CA Entry19 CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m); The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate cl
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € CA Entry19 CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m); nstruction Projects € 2,500,000 Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for € CA Entry Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Minimum level of Public Liability I
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: DECLARATION REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 21 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) 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.
• The professional insurance indemnity requirements are as follows: The level of cover as stated here: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required for Works Contractor and as PSCS € CA Entry19 CA Note: state the minimum cover proportionate to the size of the project (default level is €1.5m)
• The excess as stated here: Maximum permissible excess on Professional Indemnity Insurance in any one claim below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost is the greater amount of 2% of the Tenderer’s annual turnover, or €5,000. Cover provided on an annual aggregate cl
• Public Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 6,500,00021 Maximum level of excess for property only* for any one incident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: € 10,000 *No excess is permitted in respect of de
• 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: DECLARATION REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 21 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
• Employer’s Liability Insurance Requirements Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,00022 Entitles issuing employer’s liability in

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:
• 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: DECLARATION REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 21 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
• [Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] CONSTRUCTION OF 16 NEW SOCIAL HOUSES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
• [Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] -W2 v 2.5 01/08/2023
• [Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] advisers
• [Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] If a
• [Instructions to Tenderers.pdf] The terms 'registrable interest' and 'relatives' shall be interpreted in line with

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 7 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)
• y only* for any one incident below which the will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000 The amount of the Performance Bond
• 11 CA Note: Where an IPI Measure is in place and works are greater than €15m in value, the CA must select “Yes”
• ory application, we expect that a bond can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• Anticipated within 2 weeks from date set for
• be 14 days from receipt of pro-forma invoice
• procurement process or any part of it and may terminate the process or any

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 — 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: Instructions to Tenderers.pdf, Invitation to Tender.pdf, schedule Insurers Tokio Marine HCC Period of Cover 28th March 2021 to 27th March 2022 Em.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to etenders and.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT, ITT-W2 v 2.5 01/08/2023, ITT-W2 V2.5.