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Awarding Public Contracts Skilfully and Lawfully within the Irish Procurement Rules 2024

Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 Thorny Questions: Directly from Ireland’s Most Successful Policy-Makers, Lawyers and Industry Experts

Public Procurement Ireland 2024

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  1. Abnormally Low Tenders - Dorit McCann, Mason Hayes & Curran

    How do you decide if a tender is abnormally low, and what do you do if it is, supported by practical examples of borderline cases?

  2. Framework difficulties - Finola McCarthy, RDJ

    How do you control - and overcome - difficulties with frameworks, including call off contracts, renewal options and exceeding estimated contract values?

  3. Green/Sustainable Procurement - Chris Gordon, the Irish Social Enterprise Network

    How do you deliver green/sustainable procurement objectives in your supply chain, via procurement strategy alignment, specification enhancement in line with net zero goals and EU legislation?

  4. Levelling the playing field - Anna-Marie Curran, A&L Goodbody

    How do you lawfully level the playing field, specify correctly and assess tenders objectively when the incumbent has a favourable position or in-built advantage?

  5. Non-tangible criteria - Orlaith Sheehy, McCann Fitzgerald

    How do you incorporate softer, non-tangible criteria into tenders such as social inclusion, diversity, biodiversity, accessibility and social and responsible business conduct, and how do you assess them?

  6. Preliminary Market Engagement - Bruno Herbots, Herbots Solicitors

    Given the new emphasis on preliminary market engagements, how do you ensure equal treatment, avoid undue bidder influence, and lawfully elicit improved and innovative solutions?

  7. Supplier performance - Kerri Crossen, Philip Lee

    How can you deal with and curtail suppliers who score well on tender submissions but perform poorly on other contracts without making this known at the PQQ stage?

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