1) Dublin City Council (DCC) is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Act.
2) Suppliers must register their interest on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal
www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.
3) 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.
4) Please note also that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on
www.etenders.gov.ie only. Registration is free of charge. DCC will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
5) The framework is primarily for use by the Housing and Community Services Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of DCC as requirements arise.
6) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Only electronic submissions will be accepted via
www.etenders.gov.ie
7) Suppliers should note the following when making their submission.
• To enable submission of multiple documents concurrently, download and install the ‘Upload Manager ActiveX’ facility to your eTenders user profile.
• When using the ‘Upload Manager’ facility do not use the ‘Schedule’ option.
• Instead, use only the ‘Upload’ option, which will enable monitoring of the upload.
• Suppliers who do not use the upload manager can upload individual files, however please ensure to allow sufficient time for upload.
• There is a maximum upload limit of 2 GB per file. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload.
• In order to submit a document to the electronic postbox, please note that you must click Submit Response”. After submitting a response, the response may be modified and re-submitted as many times as may be necessary until the RFT deadline has expired. Suppliers should be aware that the ‘Submit Response’ button will be disabled automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline.
• Suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload and submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should take into account the fact that upload speeds vary.
• Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email
etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 212439277 (9 a.m.-17.30 p.m. GMT)
8) All queries regarding this tender must be through the eTenders messaging facility
www.etenders.gov.ie RFT ID: 166411 in question format. Responses will be circulated to those that have registered an interest in this notice on
www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 5 p.m. on 26 March 2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.
9) Please see ‘Additional information’ document available on
www.etenders.gov.ie RFT ID 166411, for further information.