1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (
www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (
www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (
www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2 GB per document on eTenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
3) 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 (9.00-17.30 GMT);
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Procurement Opportunities
www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this Notice on
www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response;
5) This is the sole call for Requests to Participate for these services. This is the 1 stage in a 2-stage Restricted procedure;
6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers, whether or not a final contract is awarded;
7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the Board of Tourism Ireland;
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant;
9) Tenderers must have an operational base operational base in the US and can operate to US Eastern Standard Time;
10) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time;
11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Respondents are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tender documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the application/evaluation stage;
12) The contracting authority is subject to the provisions of the code of practice on Freedom of Information for North/South Implementation Bodies and Tourism Ireland, which is available on the contracting authority website;
13) To the extent that any personal data is processed in connection with the provision of the services or otherwise, the provisions set out in the contracting authority’s ICT and GDPR guidelines shall apply to such processing;
14) Award of this contract will be subject to selected candidate being qualified for the purposes of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, if based in Northern Ireland;
15) The contract will be subject to Irish law;
16) The contracting authority reserves the right without advance notice (and without giving reasons unless so required by law and without liability to the applicants) to amend or otherwise change the process or to terminate the process;
17) The contracting authority reminds suppliers that application to this competition and completion of tenders should in no way impede the need to comply with government advice/directives for isolation or any other requirements or containment measures in place to fight the spread of Covid-19.