Architect Lead Consultant Services: Lead Consultant, Architect, Employers Representative, Design/Assigned Certifier Services

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Limerick City and County Council_103432 ran this procurement for “Architect Lead Consultant Services: Lead Consultant, Architect, Employers Representative, Design/Assigned Certifier Services” 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: Architect Lead Consultant Services: Lead Consultant, Architect, Employers Representative, Design/Assigned Certifier Services
• 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 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
• arising from the same occurrence (except in respect of pollution contamination and/or asbestos) where annual limit of [€6,500,000 will apply) with a maximum excess of €[ • ] until completion of the Services or
• rse of their employment in connection with the Consultant’s Service Contract with a limit of indemnity of not less than €13,000,000 for each and every claim or series of claims arising from the same occurrence w
• 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
• If the dispute has not been resolved within 21 days of the service of the notice of dispute
• the chief executives of the parties prior to the expiry of 21 days of the service of the notice of the dis 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.

• substitute for the underlying documentation (whether existing or to be
• retention policy, a copy of which can be obtained from the Employer upon

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.; 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: € 1,250,000 € 1,500,000 Maximum level of excess in any one; 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
• 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.
• 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: € 1,250,000 € 1,500,000 Maximum level of excess in any one
• 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 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

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:
• and meeting any other minimum requirements in the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire criterion
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7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 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 applicant’s current principal banker dated within past 6 months, stating that, to the best of its knowl
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• Applicants on the terms set out in these Instructions. These documents are not
• representation of fact or promise as to the future. Any summaries or descriptions
• No legal relationship or other obligation shall arise between any Tenderer and
• Applicants must treat these Instructions, their tenders, and their participation
• 2014 (or any other legislation relating to disclosure of information), but is not

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: 19018_North Site Deerpark Adare_ITT-S2b-v1.6-09-02-2022.pdf, ITT-S2(b) v1.6, ITT-S2(b) v1.6 09/02/2022.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedules A and B attached, Schedule A, ITT-S2(b.