Health and Social Care Research and Strategic Service Planning for St Mary of the Angels, Beaufort, Co. Kerry

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

St John of God Community Services clg ran this procurement for “Health and Social Care Research and Strategic Service Planning for St Mary of the Angels, Beaufort, Co. Kerry” 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: Health and Social Care Research and Strategic Service Planning for St Mary of the Angels, Beaufort, Co. Kerry
• Buyer: St John of God Community Services clg
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000.00 Public Liability €6,500,000
• the proposedServices Contract may amount to some €80,000.00 (excl
• € 3. Daily Rates (for Additional Services if Required)
• ocedures, or recognised quality management systems (such as ISO 9001 or equivalent)
• rocesses, or recognised quality management systems (such as ISO 9001 or
• tion (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of 5 months (“the Term”)
• [SJOG - Service RFT v1.1.pdf] ServicesRFT160125
• Health and Social Care Research and Strategic Service
• St John of God Community Services CLG (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders
• the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”). 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.

• The purpose of this engagement is to undertake a structured programme of health and
• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and
• Contracting Authority policy seeks to encourage participation on a fair and equal basis by
• provide additional context regarding the objectives of the project and the services

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.; applicable Insurance Type Required Levels Level in Place Details of Excess Renewal Date Employers Liability €13m € Public Liability €6.5m € Professional Indemn; successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000.00 Public Liability €6,500,000
• 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.
• applicable Insurance Type Required Levels Level in Place Details of Excess Renewal Date Employers Liability €13m € Public Liability €6.5m € Professional Indemn
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000.00 Public Liability €6,500,000
• 00 Professional Indemnity €750,000.00 2
• Tenderers must declare in the TRD that they satisfy the minimum annual turnover thresholds set out below: Tenderers who are applying must have a minimum annual turnover of €160,000 for each of the last three (3) financia

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:
• [SJOG - Service RFT v1.1.pdf] ServicesRFT160125
• Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer
• the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
• [SJOG - Service RFT v1.1.pdf] , international benchmarking, and service
• [SJOG - Service RFT v1.1.pdf] to some €80,000.00 (excl. VAT) over the Term
• [SJOG - Service RFT v1.1.pdf] Personal Data (where Personal Data

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 5 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)
• successful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13,000,000.00 Public Liability €6,500,000
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• tion (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of 5 months (“the Term”)
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 6 months with a maximum of 1 such extension or e
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 6 months
• If the Force Majeure Event continues for calendar 30 days either Party may terminate at 14
• of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request in writing f

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: SJOG - Service RFT v1.1.pdf, RFT v1.1.pdf] ServicesRFT160125, Appendix 1:.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 2:, Schedule, Appendix 3:.