HM 0128 Heat Pump Servicing and Repair Contract

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Cork City Council ran this procurement for “HM 0128 Heat Pump Servicing and Repair Contract” 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:

• Sector: Building Services & Maintenance
•  Implementation of the minimum standard conditions and pay rates of the Industry.
• This policy is intended to ensure that The Housing and Community Directorate’s Housing and Community Directorates duties under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, towards its employees, tenants, visitors, services users, contractors and members of the public, with regard to all asbestos containing materials within its control, are managed responsibly.
• Housing and Community Directorate; Director of Services
• Director of Services-Housing Maintenance
• It will be the duty of the Director of Service to ensure that the Housing and Community Directorate through its Departments manages its responsibilities under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulation 2010.
• The Housing and Community Directorate shall ensure that a system of re-inspections is implemented in line with the requirements of Regulation 7 of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulation 2010.
• The Housing and Community Directorate will ensure that all employees involved in the management and maintenance of buildings, who are liable to be exposed to asbestos, receive adequate information, instruction and training. All contractors undertaking major or cyclical work, who are liable to be exposed to asbestos
• The Housing and Community Directorate will ensure that all employees involved in the management and maintenance of buildings, who are liable to be exposed to asbestos, receive adequate information, instruction and training. All contractors undertaking major or cyclical work, who are liable to be exposed to asbestos, will be required to follow the appropriate procedures.
• This policy supports the Housing and Community Directorate’s Mission and Values statement and Health and Safety Statement
• Ensure all contractors and maintenance personnel are aware of the presence of asbestos in work areas;
• Consult the asbestos register prior to undertaking ANY maintenance work.

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 CIF Pension Fund and Sick Pay Scheme.
•  Other Pension Fund and Sick Pay Scheme relevant to the industry.
• [6. Draft Asbestos Management Policy Housing.docx] Date: Revision Description: Revision Change:
• This policy is intended to ensure that The Housing and Community Directorate’s Housing and Community Directorates duties under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, towards its employees, tenants, visitors, services users, contractors and members of the public, with regard to all asbestos containing materials within its control, are managed responsibly.

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — not specified for this tender
• Insurance — not specified for this tender
• 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

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) — 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:
• Value: not disclosed (eTenders placeholder)
• [5. Contractors Certificate of Compliance.pdf] 1
• [5. Contractors Certificate of Compliance.pdf]  Payments due to be paid on behalf of each work person (including pension
• This policy should be read in conjunction with the Asbestos Management Plan (Appendix 1) and Emergency Procedures (Appendix 2)
• The Action Plan in Appendix1 of the Asbestos Managements Plan will be consulted to assess ongoing progress.
• The Housing and Community Directorate recognise the danger of asbestos (Appendix A) and their intention is to minimise the exposure of people, whether staff, residents, contractors or others, to airborne asbestos wherever reasonably practicable. However, The Housing and Community Directorate affirm that ACMs form an integral and important part of many premises and if well maintained do not present any threat to health.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 6 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)
• is not reasonably practicable, the minimum of equipment to be carried in the vehicle is:
• be issued to the Safety Section within 4 weeks of receipt of the Monthly Report
• the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and will not be more than 1 month in arrears or
• We refer to the above contract. Terms used in this letter that are defined in the Conditions
• The Contractor certifies that in respect of the contracted work, all the terms and conditions
• completed are treated in full compliance with Irish employment legislation and
•  Payments due to be paid on behalf of each work person (including pension

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Numeric qualification gates were only partially visible, so eligibility certainty required full pack review.
• 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 — specialist operator with compliant procurement governance and evidencable experience.
• 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: 5. Contractors Certificate of Compliance.pdf, 6. Draft Asbestos Management Policy Housing.docx, 7. Draft Asbestos Management Plan Housing.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: 4. CCC lone working policy.pdf, scheduled to exceed 500, Appendix 1) and Emergency Procedures (Appendix 2).