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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this
request for tenders (“RFT”) as a central purchasing body for use by the Framework Clients
(defined below). The Office of Government Procurement (the “OGP”) is an office within the
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform tasked with sourcing goods and services on
behalf of the public service. References to the Contracting Authority will be deemed to
include the OGP.
The Contracting Authority invites tenders (“Tenders”) from economic operators
(“Tenderers”) for the award of two separate single supplier framework contracts (the
“Framework Contract”) for the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT
(“the Goods”).
In summary, the Goods comprise:
The Manufacture, Supply and Delivery of Operational and Service Dress Footwear to An
Garda Síochána and the Irish Defence Forces