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Appointment of Architect and Design Team Research and Development Unit and Industrial Unit Development at Ballymurtagh in the SFZ Shannon Clare

Deadline

08 Dec

Appointment of architect and design team for R&D and industrial unit development in Shannon Clare

SME fit: Medium Bid effort: Medium 📍 Clare

Appointment of architect and design team for R&D and industrial unit development in Shannon Clare

Bidder profile

Mid-sized to large firms with experience in public sector projects and a strong compliance framework.

Risks & flags

  • Undisclosed contract value
  • Long contract duration
  • Qualification gate for turnover

Briefing

AI-generated analysis of the documents. Check the official notice and any amendments for current submission details.

1. At a glance

Field Detail
Buyer Shannon Commercial Enterprises DAC (SCE)
Title Appointment of Architect and Design Team Research and Development Unit and Industrial Unit Development at Ballymurtagh in the SFZ Shannon Clare
CPV / category services
Estimated value not disclosed
Per-year (if multi-year) not stated
Procedure type not stated
Lots not stated
Location Ireland
Contract length 12 years
Submission deadline 2023-12-08T13:00:00+00:00
Go-live / start not stated

2. Scope of Work

Shannon Commercial Enterprises DAC (SCE) ran this procurement for “Appointment of Architect and Design Team Research and Development Unit and Industrial Unit Development at Ballymurtagh in the SFZ Shannon Clare” 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: € 6500000 Maximum level of excess for propert
  • y only* for any one incident below which the Service Provider will bear the cost: € 10,000 Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident: € 13,000,000 3
  • 0% of gross fee turnover, or €5,000 whichever is greater From start to completion of the Services; and 12 years f
  • eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5m € 5,000 From start to completion of the Services
  • Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13m None From start to completion of the Services
  • 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
  • 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): 25 Months - Stages 1 to 5 excluding defects liabi
  • 3 If the dispute has not been resolved within 21 days of the service of the notice of dispute
  • If the dispute has not been resolved within 21 days of the service of the notice of dispute 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.

  • Nothing contained in these Instructions is, or shall be relied upon as, a representation of fact or promise as to the future. Any summaries or descriptions of documents or contractual arrangements contained in any part of these Instructions cannot be and are not intended to be comprehensive, nor any substitute for the underlying documentation (whether existing or to be concluded in the future), and are in all respects qualified in their entirety by reference to them.
  • If the Applicant is unsuccessful as part of the tender process, such personal data will be retained until three years after the conclusion of the tender process or the award of the contract to the successful Tenderer, whichever is later. If the Applicant is successful, and a contract is awarded to the Applicant at the end of the tender process, such personal data will be retained in accordance with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Employer upon request.
  • [2. Ballymurtagh ITT-S2b-Instruction_Tendered_Hourly_Rates.docx] If the Applicant is successful, and a contract is awarded to the Applicant at the end of the tender process, such personal data will be retained in accordance with the Contracting Authority’s record management and retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Employer upon request.
  • Shannon Commercial Enterprises strategy is to construct a 33,000 sq.ft. Research and Development Unit (R&D) & 70,000 sq.ft. Industrial Unit (consisting of three adjoining units c. 25,000 sq.ft, c. 25,000 sq.ft and c. 20,000 sq.ft.) to “shell and core” finish, including all site development and car parking works. The specified building size is approximate and may vary up or down depending on final design. It

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.; 5 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Sub-Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro); 6 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Sub-Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
  • Certifications — l Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance complying with the conditions below: Specialist Skill Provider Cover on Each And Every claim basis Cover on an Annual Aggregate basis C&S € 6,500,000 € 6,500,000 BS € 6,500,000 €
  • Past experience — ery claim, such insurance to be maintained for a period of 12 years from the date of Practical Completion The Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
  • Personnel — not specified for this tender
  • Geographic / facility constraints — 5 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Sub-Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro); 6 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Sub-Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro); PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €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.
  • 5 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Sub-Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
  • 6 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE The Sub-Consultant shall take out and maintain professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum level of indemnity of €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
  • Public Liability for death, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5m € 5,000 From start to completion of
  • Employers’ Liability for death, injury, to employees € 13m None From start to completion of th
  • 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

5. Award criteria & scoring

Criterion Weight (%) Sub-criteria Pass/fail threshold
cialist Service Provider will bear the cost: 2% of turnover or €5,000, whichev 2% not stated not stated
Maximum level of excess in any one claim below which the Service Provider will 2% not stated not stated
um level of excess in any one claim below which the Specialist Service Provider 2% not stated not stated
The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract.

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
  • RATION/INCORPORATION THAT SHOWS THE COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER ALSO SUCCESSFUL CONSULTANTS MUST SUBMIT A CURRENT TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
  • to submitting for statutory approval (planning) and a final BER Certificate and
  • 1.1 This procedure The Contracting Authority has sent a contract notice and tender documents for the Services to etenders and where appropriate a similar notice has been simultaneously sent to the Office for Official Publications of the EC for publication in the OJEU. The notice and tender documents are addressed to all those who wish to participate in a tender competition for the Services described in the “Particulars”.
  • These documents set out the award criteria and the award process which will be followed by the Contracting Authority in making the assessment of whether Applicants are suitable to provide the Services and, from those Applicants deemed to be suitable, which tender is the most economically advantageous. These documents also set out the information which must be supplied by Applicants. Tenders must be submitted in accordance with these Instructions. Any tenders not complying with these Instructions may be rejected by the Contracting Authority, whose decision in the matter shall be final.

7. Key dates & process

Milestone Date
RFT issued not specified
Clarification deadline not specified
Mandatory site visit not specified
Tender deadline (date + time) 2023-12-08T13:00:00+00:00
Expected award not specified
Contract start not specified
Go-live / mobilisation not stated
Date surfaced in documents 2023-12-08T13:00:00+00:00
Date surfaced in documents 09 February 2022
Date surfaced in documents 25 May 2018
Date surfaced in documents June 2024

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 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 € 6.5m € 5,000 From start to completion of
  • NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO that in consideration of the sum of five euro (€5) paid by the Beneficiary to the Sub-Consultant (receipt and sufficiency of whic
  • eath, personal injury [except EL, next type]; loss of, damage to, property; with indemnity to the Client as principal € 6.5m € 5,000 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
  • Anticipated Service Contract Period (months/years): 25 Months - Stages 1 to 5 excluding defects liabi
    1. Latest date for queries 24-11-2023 (14 days before latest time for receipt of tende
  • plemental information or responses to queries 30-11-2023 (8 days before latest time for receipt of tende

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: 2. Ballymurtagh ITT-S2b-Instruction_Tendered_Hourly_Rates.docx, Collateral Agreement_ SubConsultant to TENANT_SAMPLE.docx, ITT-S2b-Instruction_Tendered_Hourly_Rates.docx] Instruction to Tenderers.
  • eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice and tender documents for the Services to etenders and where.
  • Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
  • Key attachments to prioritise: ITT-S2(b) v1.6, ITT-S2b-Instruction_Tendered_Hourly_Rates.docx] Continued on next page, Schedules A and B attached to the Form of Tender the details set out in the Schedules sh.

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Required certifications

  • Professional Indemnity Insurance

Public liability insurance

€6,500,000

Professional indemnity insurance

€6,500,000

Scoring

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Lots (1)

Lot 1: Design Team Consultancy Services

Provision of consultancy services for design roles including Lead Architect, Civil & Structural Designer, and Fire Safety Engineer.

Documents (42)

PDF

1. Ballymurtagh Development Design Team Brief.pdf

1.5 MB · RFT / Invitation to Tender

DOCX

2. Ballymurtagh ITT-S2b-Instruction_Tendered_Hourly_Rates.docx

120.9 KB · RFT / Invitation to Tender

DOCX

4a. Ballymurtagh Price Schedule.docx

15.3 KB · Pricing / BOQ / Schedule of Rates

DOCX

3. Ballymurtagh COE1-v.2i-31-03-2023.docx

83.2 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

4. Ballymurtagh FTS9-v1.9-31-03-2023.docx

185.5 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

Collateral Agreement_ Consultant to FUND_SAMPLE.DOCX

36.2 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

Collateral Agreement_ Consultant to TENANT_SAMPLE.DOCX

32.2 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

Collateral Agreement_ SubConsultant to EMPLOYER_SAMPLE.docx

33.5 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

Collateral Agreement_ SubConsultant to FUND_SAMPLE.docx

34.8 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

Collateral Agreement_ SubConsultant to TENANT_SAMPLE.docx

31.9 KB · Contract / Agreement / Terms

DOCX

1. Ballymurtagh Design Team SAQ - Part 1.docx

137.6 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

1a. Ballymurtagh Design Team SAQ - Part 2.docx

74.4 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

2a. SAQ Form 3.4a Lead Designer Architect.docx

39.8 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

2b. SAQ Form 3.4a C&S Design.docx

39.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

2c. SAQ Form 3.4a Building Services Design.docx

38.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

2d. SAQ Form 3.4a Quantity Surveyor.docx

39.9 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

2e. SAQ Form 3.4a Fire Safety Design.docx

38.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

3a. SAQ Form 3.4b Lead Designer Architect.docx

39.8 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

3b. SAQ Form 3.4b C&S Design.docx

42.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

3c. SAQ Form 3.4b Building Services Design.docx

39.9 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

3d. SAQ Form 3.4b Quantity Surveyor.docx

39.9 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

3e. SAQ Form 3.4b Fire Safety Design.docx

39.9 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5a. SCP Form 9.2c Lead Project Architect.docx

43.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5b. SCP Form 9.2c C&S Design Engineer.docx

43.8 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5c. SCP Form 9.2c Mechanical Design Engineer.docx

43.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5d. SCP Form 9.2c Electrical Design Engineer.docx

44.0 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5e. SCP Form 9.2c Quantity Surveyor.docx

43.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5f. SCP Form 9.2c Fire Safety Engineer.docx

43.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5g. SCP Form 9.2c Energy Efficient Designer.docx

43.7 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

5h. SCP Form 9.2c Whole Life Carbon Assessor.docx

43.8 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

MF-2.7-09-02-2022.docx

28.6 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

MF-2.8-09-02-2022.docx

22.3 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

MF_2.4.docx

25.1 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

MF_2.5.docx

25.0 KB · Form / Declaration / Certificate

DOCX

1b. Appendix-A-QC2-09-02-2022.docx

54.3 KB · Appendix / Annex

DOCX

1c. Appendix-B1-QC2-09-02-2022.docx

42.4 KB · Appendix / Annex

DOCX

1d. Appendix-B3-QC2-09-02-2022.docx

34.0 KB · Appendix / Annex

DOCX

1e. Appendix-C-QC2-09-02-2022.docx

38.8 KB · Appendix / Annex

DOCX

1f. Appendix-D-QC2-09-02-2022.docx

38.3 KB · Appendix / Annex

PDF

ESPD.pdf

69.7 KB · ESPD (European Single Procurement Document)

DOCX

MF-2.1-09-02-2022.docx

42.6 KB · Insurance / Indemnity

OTHER

MF_2.3 Collateral Warranty Sub-Consultant_SAMPLE.dot

97.5 KB

Original notice text

Shannon Commercial Enterprises DAC seeks an architect and design team for a 12-year project to develop a Research and Development Unit and Industrial Unit at Ballymurtagh, including site development and car parking.

AI analysis updated 4 months ago

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Details

Deadline

08 Dec

View on eTenders ↗

Location

Ballymurtagh in the Shannon Free Zone, Clare, Ireland.

Procedure

Open

Clarification

24 Nov 2023

eTenders ID

2616073

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