10 January 2024
The Office of Government Procurement has published ‘Opportunities and approaches for Sustainable Public Procurement: A reference for public procurement practitioners and policy makers’. This reference, for the first time, brings together in one place the wide range of international, European, and national policies and guidance across both green and socially responsible public procurement. Continue reading
The International Cost Management Standards (ICMS3) cost and carbon reporting templates are mandated for use from the 1st January 2024. The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has released a free suite of explanatory and guidance material.
Included are:
These materials can be accessed using the following link International Cost Management Standard (ICMS)
11 December 2023
The Regulations amending the EU thresholds for the Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU, 2009/81/EC have now been published by the EU Commission. The revised Thresholds (exclusive of VAT) above which advertising of contracts in the Official Journal of the EU is obligatory, are applicable from 1st January 2024. Continue reading
Build Digital and the OGP’s Commercial Skills Academy are hosting an in-person conference on the morning of Friday 17th of November at TU Dublin, Grangegorman Campus. This conference is for public sector clients to prepare for the Building Information Modelling (BIM) mandate for the design stage, of Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) projects, over €100m in January 2024.
No previous knowledge is required.
27 October 2023
The International Cost Management Standard (ICMS) is a global standard for benchmarking and reporting of construction project cost and carbon. The new version, ICMS 3, provides a way of presenting capital and whole life costs in a consistent format.
The OGP have now published Cost Control Templates incorporating ICMS 3 for a range of project types. They are located in Pillar Three of the CWMF website.
28 September 2023
The OGP has published updated errata notes for the documents listed below.
9 August 2023
The OGP’s Commercial Skills Academy is running its Public Capital Works Projects training programme in September, October, and November 2023.
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3 August 2023
The OGP have published Price Variation Workbooks for Forms of Tender and Schedule (FTS) 1-6. These are template forms for the cost planning and cost control of building projects and civil engineering projects.
The Workbooks and guide on how to use them is available in Pillar 3: Standard Forms for Cost Planning & Cost Control.
28 July 2023
The OGP has today commenced publication of an amended suite of template Suitability Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs) and associated documents in Pillar 3 (and Pillar 1) for Works Contractors. The amended suite of documentation will replace the current Works SAQ suite in Pillar 3 in its entirety.
Download the Information Note below for further details.