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Procurement
Incoterms

  - Incoterms, widely-used terms of sale, are a set of 11 internationally recognized rules which define the responsibilities of sellers and buyers. Incoterms specify who is responsible for paying for and managing the shipment, insurance, documentation, customs clearance, and other logistical activities. 

 - Incoterms® rules
Project Procurement

 - How Big Things Get Done, The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration, by Bent Flyvbjerg with Dan Gardner
 - Built to Fail, why construction projects take so long, cost too much, and how to fix it., by Todd R. Zabelle
 - The Lean Six Sigma Black belt handbook, tools and methods for process acceleration - Frank Voehl, H. James Harringto, Chuck Mignosa, Rich Charron
 - The Procurement Models Handbook, by Andrea Cordell and Ian Thompson

 - The Purchasing Chessboard, 64 methods to reduce costs and increase value with suppliers, by Chistian Schuh, Joseph L. Raudabaugh, Robert Kromoser, Michael F. Strohmer, Alenka Triplat, Jim Pearce
 - Profit from procurement, add 30% to your bottom line by breaking down silos – Alex Klein
 - A. T. Kearney's Seven Steps for Strategic Sourcing

 - BS ISO 22058:2022 - Construction procurement. Guidance on strategy and tactics
 - THE CONSTRUCTION PLAYBOOK Government Guidance on sourcing and contracting public works projects and programmes
 - Public Procurement Rules of the Road Navigating Public Tendering in Ireland and Northern Ireland a €90 Billion Market, Peter Brennan and Joanne Gillen, ISBN 9780993171673
Public Procurement Laws, Regulations and Guidance - Europe

 - 1971/305/EEC - Procedures for award of public WORKS contracts
 - 1977/62/EEC - Procedures for Award of Public SUPPLY Contracts
 - 1977/249/EEC - To facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services
 - 1980/767/EEC - Procedures for Supply Contracts
 - 1988/295/EE - Public Supply Contracts, Amends 1977/62/EEC
 - 1989/440/EEC - Public Works Contracts, Amends 1971/305/EEC
 - 1989/665/EEC - Review procedures Public Works and Supply
 - 1990/531/EEC - Procurement Water, Energy, Transport
 - 1992/13/EEC - Procurement Procedures, Water, energy, transport, telecom
 - 1992/50/EEC - Procurement Procedures, Public Service Contracts
 - 2001/23/EC - Employees Rights etc. - 2195/2002 - Commission Regulation - Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
 - 2004/18/EC - procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts
 - 2005/36/EC - Recognition of professional qualifications
 - 2007/66/EEC - Improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - 213/2008 - Commission Regulation - Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) amendment/revisions (Category 12)
 - 2009/81/EC - Works, Services, Goods - defence and security - 2009/138/EC - Insurance and Reinsurance
 - 2014/910 - electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC
 - 2014/23/EU - Concession Contracts
 - 2014/24/EC - 2014 EU Directive on Public Procurement
 - 2014/25/EU - Water, energy, transport, postal, repeals 2004/17/EC
 - 2014/833/EU - Restrictive Measures, Russia - 2022/576/EU - Restrictive Measures, Russia - amends 2014/833
 - 2022/576 - amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine
 - 2022/1031 - International Procurement Instrument (IPI) - 2022/2560 - Foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (FSR) - 2023/1441 - Regulations for 2022/2560 - FS-PP in accordance with the FSR Annex and Suitability Assessment Questionnaire Page on CWMF, and Information Note here
 - 2022/576 - amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine 
 - 2022/2371 - on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2022/2372 - framework of measures for ensuring the supply of crisis-relevant medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency at Union level 
 - 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market
 - 2023/1441 - detailed arrangements for the conduct of proceedings by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market
 - 2023/1781 - framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/694 (Chips Act) (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2023/2675 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries
 - 2024/1083 - establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (European Media Freedom Act) (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2024/1735 - framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2024/1781 - framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2024/2803 - on the implementation of the Single European Sky (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2024/2847 - horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013 and (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (Cyber Resilience Act) (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2024/3110 - laying down harmonised rules for the marketing of construction products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2025/38 - laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cyber threats and incidents and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/694 (Cyber Solidarity Act)
 - 2025/40 - Packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
 - 2025/327 - on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU)
2024/2847
 - 2025/1106 - the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) through the Reinforcement of the European Defence Industry Instrument (Text with EEA relevance)
Public Procurement Laws, Regulations, Guidance - Ireland

Irish Legislation/Regulations/Guidance

 - SI No. 22/1995 - Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 - SI No. 35/2001 - Ethics in Public Office Act 2001

 - SI No. 14/2002 - Competition Act, 2002
 - SI No. 131/2003 - European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003
 - SI No. 329/2006 - Award of Public Authorities' Contracts Regulations 2006
 - SI No. 50/2007 - Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings Regulations 2007
 - SI No. 130/2010 - Public Authorities' Contracts Review Procedures Regulations 2010
 - SI No. 131/2010 - Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings Review Procedures Regulations 2010
 - S.I. No. 151/2011 - European Union (Energy Efficient Public Procurement) Regulations 2011
 - SI No. 62/2012 - European Union (Award of Contracts relating to Defence and Security) Regulations 2012
 - SI No. 580/2012 - Late Payment in Commercial Transactions Regulations 2012
 - SI No. 30/2014 - Freedom of Information Act 2014
 - SI No. 192/2015 - Public Authorities' Contracts Review Procedures Amendment Regulations 2015
 - SI No. 193/2015 - Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings Review Procedures Amendment Regulations 2015
 - SI No. 284/2016 - Award of Public Authority Contracts Regulations 2016
 - SI No. 286/2016 - Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings Regulations 2016
 - S.I. No. 646/2016 - European Union (Energy Efficiency) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
 - SI No. 203/2017 - Award of Concession Contracts Regulations 2017
 - SI No. 326/2017 - European Union (Award of Concession Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2017
 - SI No. 327/2017 - European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
 - SI No. 234/2018 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 2018

Circulars

 - Circular 40/2002: Public Procurement Guidelines – revision of existing procedures for approval of certain contracts
 - Circular 33/2006: Construction Procurement Reform – public works projects and engagement and payment of construction consultants
 - Circular 4/2008: Construction Procurement Reform – public works projects and engagement and payment of construction consultants 
 - Circular 6/2010: Construction Procurement Reform – The new capital works management framework
 - Circular 7/2010: Construction Procurement Reform - Construction Contracts and Conditions of Engagement Approval
 - Circular 10/2010: Facilitating SME Participation in Public Procurement
 - Circular 7/2013: Construction Procurement Reform - Construction Performance Bonds
 - Circular 10/2014: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement
 - Circular 1/2016: Construction Procurement - Procurement of Public Works Contracts 
 - Circular 8/2018: Construction Procurement Reform - Sectoral Employment Orders and Comparative Cost of Tender Exercise
 - Circular 10/2018: Construction Procurement Reform - Amend Thresholds for CF6
 - Circular 20/2019: Environmental and Social Considerations
 - Circular 24/2019: Update for Public Spending Code (PSC), Use of PPPs, etc.
 - Circular 5/2022: Construction Procurement Reform: Professional Indemnity on Public Works Contracts
 - Circular 5/2023: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement - Thresholds, etc.
 - Circular 9/2024: Reporting on the Use of Centralised Arrangements
 - Circular 17/2025: SME Test Revision of Circular 20/2019 – 17/2025 GPP Circular - here and here.

Thresholds

 - Procurement Thresholds from 1 January 2024
 - Procurement Thresholds from 1 January 2026 - here and here
Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF)

 - Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) - CWMF Guidance Notes

 - Standard Forms for Cost Planning & Cost Control - CWMF

 - Infrastructure Guidelines 

 - Information Note Project Lifecycle 

 - CWMF LIFECYCLE - OVERVIEW 
Other Procurement Links

 - Infrastructure Guidelines (IG)

 - Public Financial Procedures 

 - Civil Service Project Management Handbook

 - Public Supply of Goods and Services, Request for Tender and Contracts Templates

 - Green Public Procurement (GPP) - Code of Practice on the Governance of State Bodies (2016) 

 - Buyer Zone - Irish Government Procurement

 - European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) - Information Note January 2019 - (eESPD, etc)
Public Procurement - United Nations

 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement 
Various Bodies and Organisations

Education

 - Education Procurement Service (EPS)
 - HEAnet, Ireland’s National Education and Research Network
 - Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) promotes excellence in the strategic planning, management, operation and development of Higher Education estates and facilities
 - Irish Universities Association (IUA)
 - Local Government Operational Procurement Centre (LGOPC) here and here.
Contracts

 - Code of Practice for Tendering & Contractual Matters 2006
Other Info, News, and Updates

 - Milestone 6 of Irish BIM Mandate in CWMF Reached
 - Health and safety updates for CWMF suite 
 - High Court challenge to lift stay on €650m Dublin-Belfast train improvement project 
 - European Procurement Forum
 - New circular to support Green Public Procurement (GPP)
 - Guidance and Tool to Support New Fee Adjustment Mechanism (FAF), and COE FAF Workbook Demonstration
 - Herbots Standstill Calculator
 - Update to Guidance Notes 1.6 and 1.7 from the OGP (document here) regarding appointment of consultant services in public procurement. 
 - Public Procurement During Emergencies; an Expert Report for the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry, by Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells (How to Crack a Nut).
 - Guidance and Tool to Support New Fee Mechanism for inflation adjustment in Public Contracts published.
 - Use of Agreed Rules of Measurement (ARM) 5 becomes mandatory in Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) in 2025: Also note here SCSI ARM 5; and Construction Industry Federation (CIF) note here.
 - Change to Collateral Warranties for Sub-Contractors by the Office of Government Procurement for Publicly Procured documents.
 - New Guide for use of PW-CF2 Public Works Contract for Building Works Designed by the Contractor issued by The Housing Agency. More info available here.