N71 Muckross Pavement Improvement Project
Deadline
24 Jul
24 Jul 2023
Deadline
24 Jul
Pavement improvement project on N71 Muckross by Kerry County Council
Pavement improvement project on N71 Muckross by Kerry County Council
Bidder profile
Mid-sized to large firms with experience in public sector projects and compliance processes.
Risks & flags
- Qualification gate for turnover
- Undisclosed contract value
- Two-step tender process
Briefing
AI-generated analysis of the documents. Check the official notice and any amendments for current submission details.
1. At a glance
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Buyer | Kerry County Council_1204 |
| Title | N71 Muckross Pavement Improvement Project |
| CPV / category | works |
| Estimated value | not disclosed |
| Per-year (if multi-year) | not stated |
| Procedure type | not stated |
| Lots | not stated |
| Location | Ireland |
| Contract length | 15 years |
| Submission deadline | 2023-07-24T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Go-live / start | not stated |
2. Scope of Work
Kerry County Council_1204 ran this procurement for “N71 Muckross Pavement Improvement 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:
- the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access
- status by the Employer. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer
- 2B submitted with its Tender that the parent company will supply a parent
- operations subject to Relevant Contracts Tax (and therefore to reverse-charge 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.
- refundable to all tenderers that submit bona fide tenders that are not
- [CC-SCD-00704-02 Longitudinal Joint Between New Construction & Existing Road.pdf]
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 level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €6,500,000 ); Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: €13000000 Tenderer Entry: Check the appropriate bo
- 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 Turnover Area of Work / Business: Overall Average Turnover to include other areas of business Minimum Average Turnover: Maximum Average Turnover: Pavement Rehabilitation Schemes Not Applicable €2.75 Million Not Applicable Suitability Assessment
- Minimum level of Public Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor and as PSCS will bear the cost: €6,500,000 )
- Minimum level of Employer’s Liability Insurance required in respect of any one accident below which the Works Contractor will bear the cost: €13000000 Tenderer Entry: Check the appropriate bo
- Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,0006 for any one event, but this limit may be
- Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0007 for any one event
5. Award criteria & scoring
| Criterion | Weight (%) | Sub-criteria | Pass/fail threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | not stated | Methodology / implementation detail not stated in extract | not stated |
| Price | not stated | Pricing basis not stated in extract | not stated |
| The documents indicated a staged process (qualification, then tender). Any explicit MEAT split is captured above where a numeric line was visible; otherwise it remained not specified in the provided text extract. |
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)
- The submission must include five number certificates of satisfactory execution (Appendix B2/Appendix B3)
- [ITTW2 Invitation to Tender.pdf] 17/07//2011
- You are invited to submit a Tender for the above Contract complying with the enclosed
- [ITT-W2-v2.3-07-01-2022 Instruction to Tenders.pdf] Instruction to Tenderers
- [ITT-W2-v2.3-07-01-2022 Instruction to Tenders.pdf] . Neither the Employer nor its
7. Key dates & process
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| RFT issued | not specified |
| Clarification deadline | not specified |
| Mandatory site visit | not specified |
| Tender deadline (date + time) | 2023-07-24T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Expected award | not specified |
| Contract start | not specified |
| Go-live / mobilisation | not stated |
| Date surfaced in documents | 2023-07-24T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Date surfaced in documents | 7 January 2022 |
| Date surfaced in documents | January 2022 |
| Date surfaced in documents | Acts 2014 |
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)
- Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final statement, the Employer’s
- lace arrangements to complete the Works within 6 months after the termination, the Employer’s Representative shall issue this certificate as
- the date 10 days before the last day for receipt of the
- 2 shall be final and binding on the Parties unless, within 28 days after receiving notice of the determina
- Within 14 days of receipt of the payment claim notice
- Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final
- Employer, the Contractor shall pay the amount due within 14 days of receipt of the
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 — 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: not later than 5 days after the date agreed between the
- Within 14 days of receipt of the payment claim notice
- pay the amount due on the invoice within 21 days after receiving the invoice
- If, within 14 days of the issue of the certificate of Subs
- 3 within 21 days after receiving the invoice [less any a
- Within 2 months after Substantial Completion of the Wor
- Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final
- As soon as practicable, no more than 3 months, after the Defects Certificate is issue
- Employer shall pay the amount due on the invoice within 21 days after receiving the invoice
- Employer, the Contractor shall pay the amount due within 14 days of receipt of the
- amount due shall be paid within 30 days of receipt of a demand for payment
- matter right, and the Contractor has not done so within 14 days after receiving the
TENDER DOCUMENTS [ITTW2 Invitation to Tender.pdf, ITT-W2-v2.3-07-01-2022 Instruction to Tenders.pdf,
8.4 Permitted adjustment for Standing Conciliator Fee This section shall only apply where a Reserved Sum is included in the Pricing Document should a Standing Conciliator be required in part 1N of the Form of Tender and Schedule. The Tendered Contract Sum of the Successful Tenderer will be adjusted to arrive at the final Tendered Contract Sum for the Works by deleting the Reserved Sum in the Pricing Document and replacing it with 50% of the total agreed lump sum fee for the Standing Conciliator.
Instructions to Tenderers Open Procedure for Works Contractors ITT-W2 v 2.3 07/01/2022 18 9. Assessment of Tenders
9.1 Award Criteria The award criterion is the most economically advantageous Tender meeting the specified minimum criteria (if any), including those in the Suit
[ITT-W2-v2.3-07-01-2022 Instruction to Tenders.pdf.
- eTenders CFT / notice reference: contract notice for the Works to etenders and where.
- Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
- Key attachments to prioritise: CC-SCD-00704-02 Longitudinal Joint Between New Construction & Existing Road.pdf, ~$0 Gleensk - Preliminary Safety & Health Plan - Rev 2.doc, Schedule and.
This tender has been awarded
- MICHAEL CRONIN SAND and GRAVEL LTD · 30 Dec 2024
- MICHAEL CRONIN SAND and GRAVEL LTD · 24 Aug 2023
Can you bid?
Required certifications
- ISO 9001
- Safe-T-Cert
Minimum turnover
€2,750,000
Public liability insurance
€6,500,000
Scoring
Most Economically Advantageous Tender
Documents (119)
0118-KCC-0703-CN-01.pdf
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0118-KCC-0709-CN-01.pdf
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Volume D - Works Proposals.pdf
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FTS-5-v2.5-07-01-2022 Tender and Schedule.pdf
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ITT-W2-v2.3-07-01-2022 Instruction to Tenders.pdf
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ITTW2 Invitation to Tender.pdf
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Volume C - Pricing Document.pdf
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~$MUCKROSS Pricing Document.xls.xlsx
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MF-1.10 Appointment of Project Supervisor.pdf
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MF-1.16 Appointment of Conciliator.pdf
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PW-CF5-v2.6-07-01-2022 - Public Works Contract.pdf
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0018 - N71 Muckros - Form 16 - Designer Risk Assessment - Additional Risks R1.pdf
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0018 - N71 Muckros - Form 16 - Designer Risk Assessment - Particular Risks R1.pdf
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1 QW2_Suitability_Assessment_Open_Form.pdf
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2 QW2_Supplement_3.4.1.pdf
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3 QW2_Supplement_3.4.2.pdf
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MF-1.13 Rates of Pay and Conditions.pdf
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MF-1.15 Retention Bond.pdf
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MF-1.17 Bond Coniliators Recommendation.pdf
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MF-1.6 Performance Bond.pdf
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Waste Management Plan.pdf
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0118-KCC-0001-CN-01.pdf
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CC-SCD-00502-04 Chamber Type A Block or Insitu Concrete MH.pdf
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CC-SCD-00510-04 Precast Concrete Gully.pdf
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CC-SCD-00514-01 Typical Chamber Details.pdf
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CC-SCD-00521-04 Surface Water Drains - Trench & Bedding Details Types S & Z.pdf
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CC-SCD-00561-03 Trench Cross Sections Under Trafficked Areas.pdf
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CC-SCD-00702-02 Kerbed Pavement Edge Detail.pdf
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CC-SCD-01101-02 Precast Kerbs Types A & D.pdf
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CC-SCD-01109-01 Precast Kerbs Type 2.pdf
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CC-SCD-05144-01 Cycle Friendly Gully Details.pdf
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CC-SCD-90519-02 G.A. of Small Headwalls (Interceptor Drains).pdf
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Drawing Issue Sheet.pdf
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ESB 01.pdf
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Volume A - Book 2 - Drawings.pdf
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Water 01.pdf
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Water 02.pdf
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Water 04.pdf
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0018 - N71 Muckross - Preliminary Safety & Health Plan KCC SMS 017 R4.pdf
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CC-SCD-00511-04 In Situ Concrete and Blockwork Gullies.pdf
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CC-SCD-00512-03 Gully Grating.pdf
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CC-SCD-00703-02 Transverse Joint Between New Construction & Existing Road.pdf
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CC-SCD-00704-02 Longitudinal Joint Between New Construction & Existing Road.pdf
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~$0 Gleensk - Preliminary Safety & Health Plan - Rev 2.doc
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CC-SCD-01102-02.pdf
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QW2_Appendix_A1.doc
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QW2_Appendix_A2.doc
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Volume A - Book 1 - Specification.pdf
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Original notice text
Kerry County Council seeks a contractor for the N71 Muckross Pavement Improvement Project, requiring implementation and sustained service execution over a 15-year contract.
AI analysis updated 4 months ago
Deadline
24 Jul
Buyer
Kerry County CouncilLocation
N71 Muckross, Ireland
Procedure
Open
Clarification
13 Jul 2023
eTenders ID
1976280
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