News Archive – 2012

Newsletter 14 November 2012 – Form of Tender and Schedule for Building Works Designed by the Employer FTS1 (v 1.5 01/06/2012)

The footnote on the cover of the document FTS1 contained a typo and has been corrected

4 September 2012 – PW-CF1 Public Works Contract for Building Works Designed by the Employer (v 1.7 dated 28 July 2011)

Clause 10.7.3 of the Public Works Contract for Building Works Designed by the Employer incorrectly referred to Part 2E of the Schedule instead of Part 2 D since version 1.7 was published on 28 July 2011. This has now been corrected to Schedule Part 2 D.

Newsletter 1 June 2012 – Form of Tender and Schedule (Works) FTS1 to FTS8 and FTS11

The footnote regarding the rates of VAT has been amended in the Forms of Tender (FTS1-FTS8 and FTS11) and now has a link to the Revenue website www.revenue.ie for details of the current rates.
The Form of Tender and Schedule for the Short Public Works Contract (FTS6 v1.2 – 3 October 2011) has been amended to allow the Form of Tender to be witnessed.

17 January 2012 – Revision of Public Procurement Directives’ thresholds with effect from 1 January 2012:

The EU Commission has revised the Public Procurement Directive’s thresholds resulting in an increase in the thresholds for advertising in the Official Journal of the EU which comes into effect on 1 January 2012. The details are set out in the attached table. EU Thresholds for advertising in the Official Journal of the EU applicable from 1 January 2012.

References to EU thresholds have been updated in the following Guidance Notes to align with current EU thresholds which are effective from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013:

GN 1.4 – Procurement Process for Works Contractors (v 1.0 – 10 May 2011)
GN 1.5 – Public Works Contract (v1.2 – 31 March 2011)
GN 1.6 – Procurement Process for Consultancy Services (Technical) (v1.1 – 23 March 2011)
GN 1.6.1 – Suitability Assessment of Service Providers, Restricted Procedure (v1.0 – 23 March 2011)
GN 1.6.2 – Suitability Assessment of Service Providers, Open Procedure (v1.1 – 23 March 2011)
GN 2.3 – Procurement Process for Works Contractors (v 1.1 – 10 May 2011)
GN 2.3.1 – Suitability Assessment of Works Contractors, Restricted Procedure (v1.0 – 28 January 2011)
GN 2.3.2 – Suitability Assessment of Service Providers, Open Procedure (v1.0 – 28 January 2011)