This contract is to supply Front of House and Kitchen Cleaning Services to all Defence Forces locations. The Defence Forces is made up of 14 locations

Defence Forces Ireland

This is a high value contract for the supply and delivery of Front of House and Kitchen cleaning services to the Defence Forces and the winning tenderer will have an opportunity to work with a customer who has overhauled their supply function in order to extract efficiencies from 14 locations.
The Defence Forces carry out the procurement in an open and transparent manner and in line with National and EU Public Procurement guidelines. The procurement process for Front of House and Kitchen Cleaning Services will be conducted in accordance with those procedures and the basic principles of transparency and equal treatment will be adhered to. All personnel involved in the award process have significant experience and education in public procurement.
You are invited to tender for the above-mentioned contract. This contract is to supply Front of House and Kitchen Cleaning Services to all Defence Forces locations. The Defence Forces is made up of 14 locations. The contract is expected to run from 1.1.2015 to 31.12.2017 with an option to extend for a further year subject to performance measurement review. The estimated value of the contract is circa EUR 3 000 000 per annum.
The services to be provided under the contract shall be delivered to the satisfaction of the Minister and his/her agent in accordance with the specified requirements as and when required. Defence Forces personnel at both a local and national level will monitor quality of service.
This tender will be in 2 Lots, (Lot 1 and Lot 2) they are as follow:
Lot 1; Lot 2;
Cathal Bruagha Barracks, Dublin* Collins Barracks, Cork*
McKee Barracks, Dublin* Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick
Gormanston Camp, Co Meath Naval Base, Haulbowline*
Aiken Barracks, Dundalk Stephen Barracks, Kilkenny
Custume Barracks, Athlone * Curragh Camp, Co Kildare *
Saint Bricins Hospital, Dublin Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel*
Finner Camp, Donegal Renmore Barracks, Galway
* Denotes Officers Mess present at location.
In order to quote for lot 1 Companies must quote for all locations within this lot. Companies that do not quote for all locations within this lot will be excluded from the competition for Lot 1.
In order to quote for Lot 2 Companies must quote for all locations within this lot. Companies that do not quote for all locations within this lot will be excluded from the competition for Lot 2.
Companies may quote for both lots.
The quotation will be for all costs associated with servicing each location. Each location will have requirements unique to themselves which will be further explained on the site visits.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-11-27. The procurement was published on 2014-10-17.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2014-10-17 Contract notice
2015-03-13 Contract award notice