Green Start Programme

27th November 2020 By Bid Services

Really pleased we have been approved by Enterprise Ireland as a professional service provider under their Green Start Programme. What this means in practice is that we can support EI clients that need strategic advices and practical assistance in bidding for public and private tenders – in Ireland and abroad – where sustainable procurement criteria are driving the buyer’s decision to purchase.

Brexit and Public Procurement

7th January 2021

Brexit and Public Procurement: First Impressions from an Irish Supplier Perspective While the media was obsessively distracted by the last-minute Punch & Judy fish negotiations, little or no attention was paid to public procurement arrangements post-Brexit. This is a far bigger sector of economic activity than fish, estimated to account for approx. £290 billion in […] >

Green Start Programme

27th November 2020

The EPA is developing new guidance for the mandatory use of green pubic procurement (GPP) in Ireland. Embedding GPP in tenders is to be welcomed; it is long overdue. However, the draft guidance document raises a number of important questions as follows.

24th November 2020

The systematic introduction of GPP selection and award criteria into Irish public tenders (over the EU threshold values) will potentially have a higher impact on reducing national GHG emissions and energy consumption than many other actions identified in the National Energy and Climate Action Plan. The draft guidance is described as a ‘Starter Kit’. Would […] >

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