Ballinode Community Centre Project

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Ballinode Community Projects Ltd ran this procurement for “Ballinode Community Centre Project” 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:

• Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,000 in removal and weakening of supports an
• The system shall be capable of controlling a minimum of 100 devices per loop as an absolute,
• The building will be provided with a minimum of a L3 type fire detection and alarm system
• DC Cables shall satisfy IS EN 50618:2014 Electric cables for Photovoltaic Systems and
• Systems and IS EN 62790: 2015 Junction Boxes for Photovoltaic Modules – Safety
• required to the CER or EN50438 standard or additionally in larger systems incorporated within
• IS EN 62109:2010 Safety of Power Converters for use in Photovoltaic power systems
• daily, weekly, monthly, 6 monthly and annual maintenance schedules
• ceptance, the system shall be fully ‘soak tested’ for about 1 week
• Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event, but this limit may be on an annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports and sudden and accidental pollution.
• [Ballinode_Community_Centre_FTS-5-v2.5.docx] removal and weakening of supports and sudden and accidental pollution.
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured 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.

• Property of the insured or in the insured’s custody or control other than existing premises and their contents temporarily occupied for the purposes of the Works
• [Ballinode_Community_Centre_FTS-5-v2.5.docx] Property of the insured or in the insured’s custody or control other than existing premises and their contents temporarily occupied for the purposes of the Works
• The Employer have the risk of loss of and damage to its existing facilities and parts of the Works it uses or occupies, in accordance with sub-clause 3.8.
• K Delay Events, Compensation Events, Programme Contingency, Delay Costs, Adjustments

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.; Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event, but this limit may be; Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000 for any one event
• 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.
• Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event, but this limit may be
• Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,000 for any one event
• Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,000 in removal and weakening of supports an
• Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,000 in respect of property damage 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) — 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)
• You are invited to submit a Tender for the above Contract complying with the enclosed Instructions to Tenderers.
• We have examined and understand the Public Works Contract for Minor Building and Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer, the Works Requirements, the Pricing Document, all as amended by any supplemental information, for the above contract.
• We submit with this Tender the completed Pricing Document and Schedule which form part of this Tender.
• and any rates in the Pricing Document.
• [Ballinode_Community_Centre_FTS-5-v2.5.docx] rates in the Pricing Document.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 15 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)
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0
• Batteries shall be guaranteed for a minimum of 3 years
• mild steel pipework manufactured to the requirements of IS EN 10255: 2004 with
• rigerant pipework shall be in half hard copper (Class X) to BS EN 12449 and utilise
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• Terms used in this Tender that are defined in those documents have the same meaning in this Tender.
• We offer to complete the Works on the terms of and in conformity with the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph for the lump sum of

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: Invitation to Tender.docx, Ballinode_Community_Centre_FTS-5-v2.5.docx, Ballinode_Community_Centre_ITT.docx.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: schedules, Schedule, Schedule for Public Works Contract for Building Works Designed by the Employer.