Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-12-20
Buyer: Dublin City Council
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34113000: Four-wheel-drive vehicles | 34113200 | 34113300 | 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles | 34114110
Estimated value: 400000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SPECIALISED CIVIL DEFENCE VEHICLES
Dublin City Council (DCC) including Dublin Civil Defence (DCD) proposes to award a contract for 4 years with an option at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council to extend for a further 3 periods of one year each for the provision of  vehicle maintenance and repair services for Department of Defence Civil Defence specialised vehicles.
Dublin City Council (DCC) including Dublin Civil Defence (DCD) proposes to award a contract for 4 years with an option at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council to extend for  further periods of one year each for the provision of specialised vehicle maintenance and repair services for Department of Defence Civil Defence Specialised vehicles.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SPECIALISED CIVIL DEFENCE VEHICLES
1.	Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.
2.	It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful Tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.
3.	Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.
4.	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.
5.	Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
6.	This contract is primarily for use by Dublin Civil Defence but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise.
7.	Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.
8.	All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the etenders messaging facility, RFT ID 200004. Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 29th October at 12 noon to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.
9.	Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.


Winner: Caraher & Ward Ltd.
Award value: 400000
Number of bids: 5