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The issue of appropriate company turnover (for economic and financial capacity requirements) to be specified by contracting authorities arises from time to time. It is raised by contracting authorities enquiring about the appropriate amount for their contract or, occasionally, by potential tenderers who feel they are excluded by an unnecessarily high

The next etenders workshop for buyers has been scheduled for the 21st May 2009, to be held in Department of Finance offices in Merrion St., Dublin. Agenda and other information will follow at a later time. To book a place on the workshop, please email etenders@finance.gov.ie Liz Nolan and Ann McPartland NPPPU

As you are aware, an electronic PQQ facility was implemented on the etenders website towards the end of 2008. The first phase is a basic template, suited to straightforward requirements. Further development will include options for other templates and customisation. A short session on using the facility has been arranged with Millstream for Wednesday

From: Murphy, Colm [mailto:murphyc@bim.ie] In a tender document, is the (anticipated) award date of the contract, the date that everything is expected to be signed and sealed (i.e. all cooling off periods take taken place etc) or is it the date that the preferred vendor is notified they have been successful and letters are sent out to all other tenderers

If the possibility of extending the contract was made clear at the time of going to tender, and the cost of the service for the intended extended period included in the cost estimation, there should not be a problem. Billy Noone National Public Procurement Policy Unit Department of Finance Dublin 2 Phone : + 353 1 639 6216 email : billy.noone@finance

The Innovative Public Procurement Forum is a series of high level plenary sessions between public sector stakeholders in the procurement area, private sector companies and leading academics. The forum will provide a constructive dialogue between all stakeholders involved and affected by the public sector procurement process. Each plenary session will

The Forum on Public Procurement are delighted to announce that a distinguished expert on public procurement Mr. Claudio Romanini from DG Markt of the European Commission will be in Dublin on 4 th December to address our Public Procurement Briefing seminar. This will provide Buyers and Suppliers with an opportunity to address some of the topical issues

Colm It's the total value of the framework agreement that determines whether or not it needs to be advertised in the Journal. In this scenario an OJEU notice would be required. Frameworks actually facilitate SMEs as they do not have to be in a position to supply the entire contract (where a multi-supplier framework with mini competitions is envisaged

A colleague in Norway has sent the following query and some of you may be able to assist. You can reply directly to the email below or reply to me and I’ll post your response via his forum website: Thanking you in advance, Kind regards, L iz ( liz.nolan@finance.gov.ie ) Can anyone recommend Contract Management software? I am in the process of

The NPPPU is considering organising a further one day training programme, before the end of 2008, to assist public sector organisations in developing their corporate procurement plans. The development and implementation of these plans can assist in improving value for money outcomes from procurement activities in public sector organisations. The format