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Stage 1 - Suitability Assessment Questionnaire for Design Team for completion of Hanging Gardens Development, Henry St., Limerick

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Stage 1 - Suitability Assessment Questionnaire for Design Team Services for the completion of the development of the Hanging

Gardens site and the adjacent site at no. 19 Henry Street, Limerick City. The

Design Team will be appointed on the basis of either a design and build

procurement route or a traditional procurement route.

In accordance with the Conditions of Engagement for Consultancy Services (Technical)

Applicants are not required to assume a particular legal form at this stage of the competition. Applications may be submitted from single entities or by groups. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a tender, but may be required to do so if successful and once it is to be awarded the contract. Limerick City and County Council also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group or on the basis of joint and several liability.

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(a) The Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014. The Candidate shall state if any of the information supplied by it in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in respect of a request for information under the aforementioned Acts. The Candidate shall state why it considers the information to be confidential or commercially sensitive. The Authority will consult with any Candidate / Tenderer about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received.

(b) Any contract award is subject to production of a current tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland.

(c) All costs incurred by candidates in preparing submissions must be borne by them. The contracting authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled.

(d) The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the contract by alternative means if it appears that it can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

(e) Candidates should note that this is a two stage selection process with the successful candidates from the pre-qualification process included on the tender list for the project.

(f) All times set out in this contract notice are in local Irish time.

(g) All monetary amounts shall be quoted in Euro.

(h) For further information on the procedures governing the competition, candidates’ attention is drawn to the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and the Project Information Memorandum.

(i) Candidates must register their interest on the etenders/OJEU website (www.e-tenders.gov.ie or https://irl.eu-supply.com) in order to be included on the mailing list for correspondence in relation to the competition. Documents are available on line at www.e-tenders.gov.ie or https://irl.eu-supply.com

(j) The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any Candidate/Tenderer in connection with the competition (including the application and/or attendance interview, if required).