ADR and Related Services

Quantity or scope

(i) The ADR Driver Examination Scheme; develop and maintain exam question bank, set and mark examinations and award vocational driver training certificates qualifying candidates as drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods - this has traditionally involved between 1600 and 2000 candidates per year and,(ii) The Safety Adviser for Road [DGSA] Examination Scheme; develop and maintain exam question bank, set and mark examinations and award vocational training certificates qualifying candidates as Safety Advisers for the carriage of dangerous goods by road. This has traditionally involved between 120 and 160 candidates per year.(iii) Approval of training courses and appointment of training providers for the training of drivers of dangerous goods vehicles. This includes maintenance and development of the driver training syllabus and standards for training providers, initial and annual re-assessments of course materials and training providers. The numbers involved in this traditionally less than 10.300 0002 000 000

Additional information

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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of establishment that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of summary elimination from the competition.

10) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the framework agreement is for a service which is a non-priority service (Annex IIB) and therefore not fully subject to the full rigours of the public procurement directive (2004/18/EC).

(ET Ref:390212).