Clocktower and Old Town Hall - External Works Lynch's Quay, Cobh, County Cork

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Port of Cork Company ran this procurement for “Clocktower and Old Town Hall - External Works Lynch's Quay, Cobh, County Cork” 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:

• 5 Where the estimated value of the contract is above €5m (Services) and €15m (Works)
• safety management system is in accordance with ISO 45001:2018or equivalent
• Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• © 2025 Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• annual aggregate basis for products liability, collapse, vibration, subsidence, removal and weakening of supports
•  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
• steam, air, or other services, and associated apparatus and structures.
• Works and Construction Services Contracts (AR1) published on http://constructionprocurement.gov.ie/arbitration
• The Contractor’s agent19 in the Republic of Ireland for service of legal process is:
• contributions, death in service contributions, sick pay contributions; and 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.

• Ditto existing timber and steel internal
•  Property of the insured or in the insured’s custody or control other than existing premises and their contents
• Delay Events, Compensation Events, Programme Contingency, Delay Costs, Adjustments
•  The programme contingency is 10 Site Working Days of delay caused by Compensation Events.

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: €6,500,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be;  Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 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 — 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: DECLARATION REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 18 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro) 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: €6,500,0007 for any one event, but this limit may be
•  Minimum indemnity limit for Employers’ liability insurance: €13,000,0008 for any one event
•  Maximum excess for Public liability: €10,00010 in respect of property damage only
• The limit for Public Liability Insurance for any one accident shall be € Insurance for any one accident shall be € Insurance for any one accident shall be € Insurance for any one accident shall be € 6,500,000.00. 6,500,000
• Turnover Requirement Area of Business/Work: Minimum Yearly Turnover arising from the area of work specified: Building Works14 € 2,500,000 CA SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: Click or

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) — 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:
• 3g EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY INSURANCE Requirement: YES Response Type: DECLARATION REQUIRED Type of Evaluation: PASS/FAIL 18 If no value entered it shall read as €6,500,000 (six million five hundred thousand euro)
• the Pricing Document is more than €500.
• This appendix sets out the minimum requirements for the restoration and modernisation of the Clock Tower
• CVs are to include details of experience for a minimum of three projects of a similar nature and
• CVs are to include of experience for a minimum of three projects of a similar nature and complexity
• [24200-03-04-CD-MWP-CE-6002-P8-S-0-FTS.pdf] Tender and Schedule for Public Works Contract for MINOR Building or Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 2 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)
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0.00 14
• Minimum amount for interim payments, except release of retention, € 0
• 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
• (b) expiry of at least 21 days written notice to terminate this Tender
• cation, we expect that insurance cover can be issued within 4 weeks of the receipt by us of the relevant ap
• the date 10 days before the last day for 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.
• 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: 24200-03-04-CD-MWP-CE-6002-P8-S-0-FTS.pdf, Appendix-B1-List-of-Previous-Works-Projects-which-is-CEE.docx, appendix sets out the minimum requirements for the restoration and modernisation of the.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule and, Schedule for Public Works Contract for MINOR Building or Civil Engineering Works Designe, Schedule.