Provision of Education services for the Marine Institute’s Primary School Education Programme

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Marine Institute_1141 ran this procurement for “Provision of Education services for the Marine Institute’s Primary School Education Programme” 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:

• Title: Provision of Education services for the Marine Institute’s Primary School Education Programme
• ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances*:* Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers’ Liability €13 million Public Liability €2.6 million 2
• rer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by
• chools * With support from Contractor 1 (up to a maximum of 4 days) develop two new class modules per year
• [ITT23-044 Education Services for the Marine Institute's Primary education Programme.docx]
• The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation. The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and essential scientific services; and safeguard our marine environment through research
• [ITT23-044 Education Services for the Marine Institute's Primary education Programme.docx] Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation. The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and essential scientific services; and safeguard our marine environment through research and environmental monitoring.
• “to undertake, to co-ordinate, to promote and to assist in marine research and development and to provide such services related to marine research and development, that in the opinion of the Institute will promote economic development and create employment and protect the environment.” – Marine Institute Act, 1991.
• • 1. The Marine Institute invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the” Services”).
• 2. The services which are the subject of this tender relate to the Marine Institute funded Explorers Education Programme™, for a period of five years.
• Detailed Requirements and Specifications for the services required are set out in Appendix 1.
• [ITT23-044 Education Services for the Marine Institute's Primary education Programme.docx] . 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.

• Title: Provision of Education services for the Marine Institute’s Primary School Education Programme
• [ITT23-044 Education Services for the Marine Institute's Primary education Programme.docx]
• Marine Institute’s Primary School Education Programme
• The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation. The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and essential scientific services; and safeguard our marine environment through research

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.; ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances*:* Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers’ Liability €13 million Public Liability €2.6 million 2
• 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.
• ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances*:* Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers’ Liability €13 million Public Liability €2.6 million 2

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:
• Appendix 1: Requirements and Specifications
• Appendix 3: Tenderer’s Statement
• Appendix 4: Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• • 1. The Marine Institute invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the” Services”).
• Detailed Requirements and Specifications for the services required are set out in Appendix 1.
• • 1. This public procurement competition will be divided into 2 Lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Each Lot may result in a separate contract. Tenderers are invited to submit funding requests/pr

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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)
• ired to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances*:* Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employers’ Liability €13 million Public Liability €2.6 million 2
• open for acceptance by the Marine Institute for a period of 120 days from the deadline date for receipt of T
• breach(es) (if the breach(es) are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ
• ontinues for 20 calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days notice
• • 1. This public procurement competition will be divided into 2 Lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Each Lot may result in a separate contract. Tenderers are invited to submit funding requests/pricing based on anticipated cost of delivery for two lots as below:
• • 1. This public procurement competition (the “Competition”) will be conducted in accordance with the open procedure under the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of 5 years. (“the Term”).

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: ITT23-044 Education Services for the Marine Institute's Primary education Programme.docx, ITT23-044 Education Services for the Marine Institute's Primary education Prog, ITT23-044.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 1: Requirements and Specifications, Appendix 2: Funding Schedule, Appendix 3: Tenderer’s Statement.