Minor amendments to current CWMF documents

01 May 2025

As part of the ongoing review of the Capital Works Management Framework, a number of documents have received minor amendments for typographical errors and improved clarity.

No new publication dates or version numbers have been issued to accompany these errata.

The following documents are affected:

  • GN 1.5.3 The Pricing Document v1.4 09/01/2025
  • Instructions to Tenderers for Consultancy Services ITT-S1a, 1b, 2a, 2b v2.0 04/11/2024
  • QW Part 2 v1.1 18/11/2024

To see a full description of the amendments, click here.

Contracting Authorities should ensure that they are issuing and seeking responses to the most up to date versions of all Capital Works Management Framework documents.

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Change to minimum permitted tendered percentage addition to costs of labour

9 January 2025

OGP have published changes to the Forms of Tender and Schedule.

Schedule Part 2 D – Adjustments to the Contract Sum including Delay Costs (Sub-clause 10.6 and 10.7) – of the Form of Tender and Schedule provides the opportunity for the contractor to tender a percentage addition for labour costs as defined by the applicable sectoral employment order made under the Industrial Relations Acts 1946-2015. Continue reading

Procurement Directives – public consultation

19 December 2024

The European Commission has launched an open public consultation aimed at the evaluation of the public procurement Directives. This includes Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts, Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and Directive 2014/25/EU on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport, and postal services sectors.

The evaluation will assess whether the rules established in 2014 are working as intended. Continue reading