Establishment of a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Circular Economy Support Services
Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
To support Ireland’s transition to a Circular Economy, the Department requires a range of specialist services. For this purpose, the Department is establishing a Circular Economy Support Services Framework to complement existing expertise within the Department. Framework Members will collaborate with the Department’s Circular Economy and Environment Protection Divisions, to provide a range of professional advisory services. The specific work streams covered by the Framework will include: • Circular economy • Food waste • Packaging • Plastics incl. single use plastics • Fishing gear • Textiles • Extended producer responsibility • Green public procurement • By products • End of waste • Construction and demolition waste • Municipal (household and commercial) waste • Waste management infrastructure • Litter • Waste enforcement Tenderers should be familiar with the regulatory regimes and policy frameworks in place at EU and national levels in respect of the above work streams. The Framework will be structured into three separate Lots: 1. Technical services 2. Economic and financial services 3. Legal services
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-03-22. The procurement was published on 2024-02-12.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Analysis services › Technical analysis or consultancy services
- • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security › Legal services
- • Economic research services › Economic impact assessment
- • Environmental impact assessment other than for construction › Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction
- • Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services › Financial consultancy services
- • Technical services › Technical planning services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2024-02-12 | Contract notice |
| 2024-02-20 | Contract notice |
| 2025-05-26 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2024-02-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Establishment of a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Circular Economy Support Services
Short description:
“To support Ireland’s transition to a Circular Economy, the Department requires a range of specialist services. For this purpose, the Department is...”
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Environmental services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Technical Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“To support Ireland’s transition to a Circular Economy, the Department requires a range of specialist services. For this purpose, the Department is...”
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Environmental services 📦
Additional products/services:
Duration
Start date: 2024-02-12 📅
End date: 2024-03-22 📅
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Economic and Financial Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number:
3️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Legal Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-03-22 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-03-27 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2926961
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-03-27 00:00:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2926961”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground:
Description of exclusion grounds:
“(i) Has, in the performance of all public contracts, complied with applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour law that apply at...”
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“Has, in the performance of all public contracts, complied with applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour law that apply at the...”
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“Is not bankrupt or the subject of insolvency or winding-up proceedings, its assets are not being administered by a liquidator or by the court, it is not in...”
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“Is not guilty of grave professional misconduct”
“Is not aware of any conflict of interest due to its participation in the Competition”
“Has not had any prior involvement in the preparation of the Competition”
“Has not shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior public contract, a prior contract with a...”
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“Is not guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the...”
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“Has not entered into agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition”
“(a) Has never been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA”
“(b) Has never been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials...”
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“Has never been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities’...”
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“Has never been the subject of a conviction for terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, as defined in Articles 1 and 3 of Council...”
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“Has never been the subject of a conviction for money laundering or terrorist financing, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European...”
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“Has never been the subject of a conviction for child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU...”
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“(g) Is not in breach and has not breached its obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions”
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
National registration number:
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal code: D02 X285
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: susan.fleming@decc.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 01 678 2000 📞
URL: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2926961 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2926961 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2024/S 031-090641 (2024-02-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Establishment of a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Circular Economy Support Services
Short description:
“To support Ireland’s transition to a Circular Economy, the Department requires a range of specialist services. For this purpose, the Department is...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Environmental services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Technical Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“To support Ireland’s transition to a Circular Economy, the Department requires a range of specialist services. For this purpose, the Department is...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Environmental services 📦
Additional products/services:
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- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction 📦
- Environmental management 📦
- Financial consultancy services 📦
- Legal services 📦
- Market and economic research; polling and statistics 📦
- Market research services 📦
- Technical analysis or consultancy services 📦
- Technical planning services 📦
Start date: 2024-02-12 📅
End date: 2024-03-22 📅
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Economic and Financial Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
3️⃣
Internal identifier:
3
Title: Legal Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0003
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services:
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- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction 📦
- Environmental management 📦
- Financial consultancy services 📦
- Legal services 📦
- Market and economic research; polling and statistics 📦
- Market research services 📦
- Technical analysis or consultancy services 📦
- Technical planning services 📦
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-03-22 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-03-27 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2926961
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-03-27 00:00:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2926961”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground:
- Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law
- Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law
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- Bankruptcy
- Guilty of grave professional misconduct
- Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure
- Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure
- Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions
- Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure
- Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition
- Participation in a criminal organisation
- Corruption
- Fraud
- Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities
- Money laundering or terrorist financing
- Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings
- Payment of social security contributions
- Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law
“(i) Has, in the performance of all public contracts, complied with applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour law that apply at...”
“Has, in the performance of all public contracts, complied with applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour law that apply at the...”
Show more (14)
“Is not bankrupt or the subject of insolvency or winding-up proceedings, its assets are not being administered by a liquidator or by the court, it is not in...”
“Is not guilty of grave professional misconduct”
“Is not aware of any conflict of interest due to its participation in the Competition”
“Has not had any prior involvement in the preparation of the Competition”
“Has not shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior public contract, a prior contract with a...”
“Is not guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the...”
“Has not entered into agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition”
“(a) Has never been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA”
“(b) Has never been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials...”
“Has never been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities’...”
“Has never been the subject of a conviction for terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, as defined in Articles 1 and 3 of Council...”
“Has never been the subject of a conviction for money laundering or terrorist financing, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European...”
“Has never been the subject of a conviction for child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU...”
“(g) Is not in breach and has not breached its obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions”
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
National registration number:
4002073W
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal code: D02 X285
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: susan.fleming@decc.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 01 678 2000 📞
URL: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2926961 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2926961 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2024/S 031-090641 (2024-02-12)
Contract notice (2024-02-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
3 000 000 EUR 💰
3 000 000 EUR 💰
3 000 000 EUR 💰
Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number:
New value
Text:
“Clarification that Tenderers are invited to tender for one or more or all of the applicable Lots, rather than being obliged to tender for all Lots.”
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 60f1d2bb-e2b9-44c4-b742-20483770624c-01
Source: OJS 2024/S 037-108165 (2024-02-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
3 000 000 EUR 💰
3 000 000 EUR 💰
3 000 000 EUR 💰
Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number:
PROCEDURE
New value
Text:
“Clarification that Tenderers are invited to tender for one or more or all of the applicable Lots, rather than being obliged to tender for all Lots.”
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 60f1d2bb-e2b9-44c4-b742-20483770624c-01
Source: OJS 2024/S 037-108165 (2024-02-20)
Contract award notice (2025-05-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CFT for Consultancy for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries Regulation)
Short description:
“CFT for Consultancy for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries Regulation)”
Products/services: Research and development consultancy services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 80 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Quantity: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“CFT for Consultancy for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries Regulation)”
Products/services: Research and development consultancy services 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): cost @30%
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Quality at 70%
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2024-09-02 📅
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement ✅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement: 80 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: 80 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd
National registration number:
Postal code: D12 P8R2
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road
Postal code: D04K7X4
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Complementary information
Review body
Dublin 🏙️
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“not applicable”
Source: OJS 2025/S 101-341257 (2025-05-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CFT for Consultancy for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries Regulation)
Short description:
“CFT for Consultancy for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries Regulation)”
Products/services: Research and development consultancy services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 80 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Quantity: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“CFT for Consultancy for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries Regulation)”
Products/services: Research and development consultancy services 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): cost @30%
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Quality at 70%
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2024-09-02 📅
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement ✅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement: 80 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: 80 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd
National registration number:
6323792Q
Postal code: D12 P8R2
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road
Postal code: D04K7X4
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Complementary information
Review body
Dublin 🏙️
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“not applicable”
Source: OJS 2025/S 101-341257 (2025-05-26)
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