Call for Tender for Masterplanning Multi-Disciplinary Design Team Services to prepare a framework Masterplan for the Naas North West Quadrant, Naas, Co. Kildare

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

1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Kildare County Council_385 ran this procurement for “Call for Tender for Masterplanning Multi-Disciplinary Design Team Services to prepare a framework Masterplan for the Naas North West Quadrant, Naas, Co. Kildare” 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: Call for Tender for Masterplanning Multi-Disciplinary Design Team Services to prepare a framework Masterplan for the Naas North West Quadrant, Naas, Co. Kildare
• 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
• 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): 30 months 30 months
• Stage services as set-out in Project Brief 12 Months Framework Masterplan Baseline Report
• Within 1 week Consultant to supply comprehensive ha
• • Provide a range of new infrastructure and services to meet the needs of the
• • A strong economy supported by Enterprise, Innovation and Skills (NSO5).
• The NPF is the Government’s overarching long-term policy platform to guide and
• The RSES for the Eastern and Midland Region is a regional framework supporting 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.

• Urban Expansion Area that will provide a coherent strategy for the future
• the Naas Development Strategy (see below) set out in the Naas Local Area Plan
• Figure 1.1: Naas Development Strategy (Source: Figure 2.4 from Naas LAP)
• strategy to a town in Ireland that will be a testbed to address the key challenges

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.; 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
• 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.
• 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) — 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) — not specified in extract.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• Number and type of Electronic Copies of Tender: Single submission via E-Tenders
• [NWQ Masterplan Brief 240823.pdf] Naas NWQ Framework Masterplan: Brief for Consultants
• [NWQ Masterplan Brief 240823.pdf] to its ambition for the County as a whole, the development of the Dublin
• [NWQ Masterplan Brief 240823.pdf] a sustainable low carbon urban
• [NWQ Masterplan Brief 240823.pdf] Framework, the Regional
• [NWQ Masterplan Brief 240823.pdf] ).

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.

• Title: Call for Tender for Masterplanning Multi-Disciplinary Design Team Services to prepare a framework Masterplan for the Naas North West Quadrant, Naas, Co. Kildare
• 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
• the other] by termination notified at least 14 and at most 28 days after the notice
• for Client’s termination at will is at least 14 and at most 28 days after the notice
• Anticipated Service Contract Period (months/years): 30 months 30 months
• 3. Latest date for queries 29 September 2023 (14 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.
• 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: NWQ Masterplan Brief 240823.pdf, 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS v1.6 101023.docx, Schedule of.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 3 of, Appendix 3 to, RFT..