2014/045 - award of Service Concession for a Brokerage Service for the provision of an Income Continuance Scheme

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) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) It will be a condition of appointment that tenderers produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners.

5) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time.

6) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the contract is for a service concession which is not covered by the Directive (2004/18/EC).

7) Please note that Enterprise Ireland reserves the right to have recourse to a staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated.