Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Provision of Grounds and Grass Maintenance, Landscaping and Related Services

Short description

The Contracting wishes to establish a four year multi-party framework agreement for the provision of grounds and grass maintenance, landscaping and related services to its schools, colleges, centres and offices and invites submissions from suitably qualified economic operators for the provision of these services.

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 web site
(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 2GB 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 irish­eproc­helpdesk@eurodyn.com or Telephone: +353 818001459 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process
must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (CFT ID:3241465) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest https://ted.europa.eu/TED Page 2/5
in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating
the response
5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.
6) The contracting authority will not be
responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
7) Contract award will be subject
to the approval of the competent authorities.
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and
remains tax compliant.
9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement
process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10) 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.
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. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in
order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.