Sligo County Council, Cranmore Regeneration Project - Phase 3, Building and Environmental Upgrade Works

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Sligo County Council ran this procurement for “Sligo County Council, Cranmore Regeneration Project - Phase 3, Building and Environmental Upgrade Works” 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:

• quality system is in operation the Contractot must<br>comply with the following minimum requirements:<br>(a) Identify the personnel responsible for the project<br>management, site management, safety and for inspection and<br>testing of the works and for the verification of such tests
• 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.
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured
• Persons under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the insured.
• Effecting or maintenance of insurance of or in connection with the provision of finance or advice on financial matters
• [FTS-1-v2.6-17-01-2023.docx] of service or apprenticeship with the insured.
• Utilities means conducting media and apparatus for water, sewage, electricity, gas, oil, telecommunications, data, steam, air, or other services, and associated apparatus and structures.
• The arbitration rules are the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) Arbitration Rules for use with Public Works and Construction Services Contracts (AR1) published on http://constructionprocurement.gov.ie/arbitration-rules/ on the date 10 days before the latest date for submission of Tenders for this contract (disregarding any amendments posted on that date).
• The Contractor’s agent in the Republic of Ireland for service of legal process is: 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.

• Works to private houses are to be programmed and notified to homeowners a minimum of two weeks in advance of commencement
• 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
• Sub-clause 3.8 (Existing Facilities and Use or Occupation by Employer) apply.
• 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 professional indemnity insurance: €1,500,000.00 for each and every claim arising from th; Maximum excess for professional indemnity insurance: €10,000.00. - Date for substantial completion: T
• 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 professional indemnity insurance: €1,500,000.00 for each and every claim arising from th
• Maximum excess for professional indemnity insurance: €10,000.00. - Date for substantial completion: T
• 5% of the Contract Sum<br>Minimum Indemnity Limit for Public Liability and Employers<br>Liability Insurance set at default of €10,000,000.00 and<br>€13,000,000
• 00<br>Public Liability and Employer's Liability: €10,000.00<br>Permitted exclusions from the insura
• Minimum indemnity limit for Public liability insurance: €6,500,000 for any one event, but this limit may be

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)
• description<br>and the difference for an item in, or that should have been<br>in, in the Pricing Document is more than €500.<br>Delay Event: No<br>Compensation Event: Yes<br>18
• 11<br>Period for interim payment is: "monthly"<br>Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of<br>retention, €10,000.00<br>When permitted by the Pricing Documents, up to
• We have examined and understand the Public Works Contract for Building 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. We adopt the Novated Design Documents as our Works Proposals.
• and any rates in the Pricing Document.

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 3 month. 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)
• s requirements caused by an incorrect quantity or description, or an incorrectly inserted or omitted item, is more than €500 will not be a compensation event
• Minimum amount for interim payment: €40,000.00, except for release of retentions
• description<br>and the difference for an item in, or that should have been<br>in, in the Pricing Document is more than €500.<br>Delay Event: No<br>Compensation Event: Yes<br>18
• 11<br>Period for interim payment is: "monthly"<br>Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of<br>retention, €10,000.00<br>When permitted by the Pricing Documents, up to
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0.00
• payment stated in the Schedule, part 1L, if the amount payable is more than the minimum amount stated in the Schedule and
• Minimum amount for interim payment: €40,000

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 Parti
• 4 Within 14 days of receipt of the payment claim notice
• The Employer shall pay the amount due on the invoice within 21 days after receiving the invoice
• 3 If, within 14 days of the issue of the certificate of Subs
• 3 within 21 days after receiving the invoice [less any a
• 1 Within 2 months after Substantial Completion of the Wor
• 2 Within 3 months after receipt of the Contractor’s final
• 3 As soon as practicable, no more than 3 months, after the Defects Certificate is issue
• he Employer, the Contractor shall pay the amount due within 14 days of receipt of the Employer’s demand for
• shall pay the amount due within 14 days of receipt of the Employer’s demand for
• for payment is stated, the amount due shall be paid within 30 days of receipt of a demand for payment
• the matter right, and the Contractor has not done so within 14 days after receiving the direction
• tor has not started to execute the Works on the Site within 6 weeks of the date the Contract requires

TENDER DOCUMENTS [FTS-1-v2.6-17-01-2023.docx, FTS-1-v2.6-17-01-2023.docx, PW-CF1-v2.7-17-07-2023.pdf.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule, part 1L, if the amount payable is more than the minimum amount stated in the S, Schedule Part 3A, at all Project Board meetings;, scheduled decant date.