LCETB/2023/1635 - Concessionary Catering Thomond Community College

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board ran this procurement for “LCETB/2023/1635 - Concessionary Catering Thomond Community College” 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:

• ion and Training Board deliver educational services to over 34,000 students and learners annually
• Provision of Concessionary Catering Services at
• This contract is a service concession and therefore not
• [CFT for Concessionary Catering Thomond Community College.pdf] Provision of Concessionary Catering Services at
• This is a service concession not subject to the Public Sector Directive.
• It also provides services to its members in areas such as Policy, HR/ IR, Corporate and
• Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board deliver educational services to over 34,000
• service contract at Thomond Community College, Limerick. The successful tenderer will be
• required to provide a comprehensive healthy, balanced and nutritious catering service to
• provision of the catering services by the Tenderer as this is their responsibility.
• need to be cognisant that equipment will have to be provided by them and that all maintenance
• as part of the canteen service provision. 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.

• The scheme provides €0.60 funding for this meal
• The scheme provides €1.40 funding for this meal
• The scheme provides €1.90 funding for this meal
• budget of €130 million across all its divisions and its capital programme will see an investment

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.; have the following insurances in place Insurance Type Insurance Type Level in Place Details of Any Excess Expiry Date Expiry Date Employers Liability (€13m) Employers Liability (€13m) € Public Liability (€6.5m) Public Liability (€6; 5m) € Product Liability (€6.5m) Product Liability (€6
• 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.
• have the following insurances in place Insurance Type Insurance Type Level in Place Details of Any Excess Expiry Date Expiry Date Employers Liability (€13m) Employers Liability (€13m) € Public Liability (€6.5m) Public Liability (€6
• 5m) € Product Liability (€6.5m) Product Liability (€6
• Insurance Type Minimum Indemnity limit Excess required Employers Liability €13m Public Liability €6.5m Product Liability (supplies only)

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)
• Requests for site visits to be submitted by Friday 13th October deadline through the
• Site visits will be facilitated on 16th October 2023
• [CFT for Concessionary Catering Thomond Community College.pdf] Document .......................................................................................... 40
• [CFT for Concessionary Catering Thomond Community College.pdf] Provision of Concessionary Catering Services at
•  Site visits undertaken to the school by prospective tenderers; requests for same

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 4 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)
• The number and duration of extensions will be a period of one (1) year with three (3) such e
• re parts of the contract may be performed that are in force 7 days prior to the deadline for receipt of Te
• [insert number] calendar days either Party may terminate at 14 days’ notice
• 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
• are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f
• It is anticipated that the Tender Evaluation Process will be held during November 2023.

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 — not clearly specified in extract.
• 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: CFT for Concessionary Catering Thomond Community College.pdf, Appendix 4., RFT. Failure to make the statement at Declarations re.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule 7 of the Regulations., Appendix 3 for Sample SLA detail and Scorecard)., Appendix 2..