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4.4.2 The contract will be between the Department of the Environment, Community
and Local Government and the contractor. The Department of the Environment,
Community and Local Government, in the case of tender by a consortium, will
not enter into a contract with individual members of the consortium; a lead
contractor must be designated.
4.4.3 Tenderers should note that a copy of any proposed contract or details of
standard contractual arrangements, if available, should be included as an
appendix to their tender proposal. Any terms and conditions in the proposed
contract does not imply acceptance by the Department of the Environment,
Community and Local Government.
4.4.4 The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government may
cancel the tender process at any time prior to a contract being entered into and
is bound neither to accept the lowest proposal/tender nor any tender offered.
4.4.5 All works carried out shall be governed by the Laws of Ireland and subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Ireland.
5. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER.
5.1. Tenders should be prepared in English and are subject to the following:
5.2. This Request for Tender shall form part of the contract documents.
5.3. Tenderers should be aware that national legislation applies in other matters such
as Official Secrets, Data Protection and Health and Safety. All time references
should be interpreted as referring to local time.
5.4. Tenderers must have regard to statutory terms relating to minimum pay and to
legally binding industrial or sectoral agreements in preparing tenders.
5. 5. Information supplied by tenderers will be treated as contractually binding.
However, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
reserves the right to seek clarification or verification of any such information.
5.6. Any conflicts of interest involving a tenderer must be fully disclosed to the
Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Persons or
companies engaged in or possessing a relationship with any service
or operation which relates or may relate in any direct way to the outcome of the
study may be excluded from applying or being involved in the undertaking of
this study. Any decision of the Department in this regard shall be final.
5.7. Any registerable interest involving the tenderer and the Department of the
Environment, Community and Local Government, members of the Government,
members of the Oireachtas or their relatives must be fully disclosed in the
response to this RFT, or should be communicated to the Department of the
Environment, Community and Local Government immediately upon such
information becoming known to the tenderer, in the event of this information only
coming to their notice after the submission of a bid and prior to the award of the `
contract. The terms 'registerable interest' and 'relative' shall be interpreted as per
section 2 of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1994.
5.8. Before a contract is awarded the successful tenderer (and agent, where
appropriate) will be required to promptly produce a Tax Clearance Certificate, or in
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