Establishment of Multiple Operator Framework Agreements for Design Consultancy Services

Additional information

(a) Candidates shall state if any of (and the reasons why) information supplied by them in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in respect of a request for information under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997-2014.

(b) Any contract award is subject to production of a current tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland.

(c) All costs incurred by candidates in preparing submissions must be borne by them. The contracting authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled.

(d) The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the contract by alternative means if it appears that it can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

(e) Candidates should note that this is a 2 stage selection process. Stage 1 involves Candidates submitting information required by this notice and the suitability assessment questionnaire attached to this notice to the stipulated address and by the stipulated time. For Stage 2 it is envisaged that a maximum of 10 suppliers will be invited to tender for the ‘Call off Contract’ depending on the quality of the pre-qualification submissions received.

(f) Applicants should be aware that this project will be executed using the Public Works Contract (Department of Finance).

(g) All times set out in this contract notice are in local Irish time.

(h) All monetary amounts shall be quoted in Euro.

(i) For further information on the procedures governing the competition, candidates' attention is drawn to the suitability assessment questionnaire.

(j) Candidates must register their interest on the etenders / OJEC website (www.e-tenders.gov.ie or https://irl.eu-supply.com) in order to be included on the mailing list for correspondence in relation to the competition. Documents are available on line at www.e-tenders.gov.ie or https://irl.eu-supply.com

(k) The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any Candidate/Tenderer in connection with the competition (including the application and/or attendance interview, if required).