Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-05-05
Buyer: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)
Country: IE
Region: IE062
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79710000: Security services
Estimated value: 3500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-06-06

Technical requirements: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) was formally established by the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. Its mission is to develop and promote Ireland as a world centre of excellence for horse racing and breeding. Subsidiaries of HRI include: • Tote Ireland Ltd; • HRI Racecourses Ltd; and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Ltd; • HRI Racecourses Ltd owns and operates Leopardstown, Fairyhouse, Navan and Tipperary Racecourses and Leopardstown Golf Course. Cork Racecourse Mallow Limited and Curragh Racecourse Ltd while not subsidiaries of Horse Racing Ireland, are closely affiliated with HRI Racecourses Ltd. The contracting authority reserves the right to use the contract for any other business venture falling under its remit. HRI Racecourses requires the provision of a comprehensive security service at its racecourses.
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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 tenderers; 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 
5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all subcontractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition; 6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. This 
shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion; 
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract any time; 8) 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; 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of 
elimination from the competition.
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