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askTender Partners · Ireland

Tender work in Ireland. Signed by you.

Companies bidding on Ireland’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.

For accountants, lawyers, notaries and licensed specialists licensed in Ireland · no joining fee · your fee is yours in full

9Partner roles
16Services for Partners
14Done by the askTender Desk
33Steps mapped in Ireland

How filing works in Ireland

You work on the portal under your own login. In Ireland, the client adds you as a named user on its account on eTenders: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.

The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.

Who we work with in Ireland

Chartered Accountants Ireland (professional body)

Chartered accountant (member of Chartered Accountants Ireland, which CPA Ireland has…

Prepare or compile financial statements and the turnover statement for up to the last 3 financial years (S.I. 284/2016 Schedule 8 Part 1); Apply for eTax Clearance on the client's behalf through ROS as the client's registered agent (Revenue eTC manual…

6 services on the DeskAccountants

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Law Society of Ireland; Legal Services Regulatory Authority

Solicitor (practising solicitor, Law Society of Ireland)

Witness the CWMF exclusion-grounds declaration made on oath (GN 2.3.1.3 accepts a practising solicitor or Commissioner for Oaths); Certify true copies of documents for legalisation (DFA requires certification by a notary or solicitor); Give the legal opinion…

3 services on the DeskLawyers

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Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland

Notary public (member of the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland)

Take statutory declarations (Statutory Declarations Act 1938 s.1); Notarise company documents (constitution, board resolutions, financial statements, POAs) before the DFA apostille; the notarial certificate must show a clear Irish link; Certify translations…

1 service on the DeskNotaries

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Appointed under Irish law (appointing body not verified here)

Commissioner for oaths or peace commissioner

Take and receive statutory declarations (Statutory Declarations Act 1938 s.1); Witness the CWMF exclusion-grounds declaration on oath (commissioner for oaths)

Called in when a tender asksLicensed specialists

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Bid writers

Bid writer or tender consultant (not a regulated profession in Ireland)

Work on eTenders as a named 'EO User' on the client's supplier account, under their own login; Express interest, read documents, ask clarification questions through eTenders messaging; Draft the eligibility, technical and financial envelopes in WebTPT and…

2 services on the DeskBid writers

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Accreditation body under the European standards series

Accredited certification body (ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 / 27001, EMAS)

Certify quality-assurance and environmental-management systems; buyers must accept equivalent certificates from other EU member states (S.I. 284/2016 Reg 62)

2 services on the DeskCertification bodies

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Central Bank of Ireland

Bank or non-life insurer authorised for guarantee (bond) business in Ireland

Issue the CWMF letter of undertaking (Appendix Q) at the suitability stage; Issue the performance bond after award (12.5% up to €10m; 10% above); Provide a bank letter that the principal account is in good standing (works SAQ)

1 service on the DeskBanks and sureties

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ATII, the Association of Translators and Interpreters Ireland

Translator (ATII member or ATII Certified Legal Translator, or an Irish translation…

Translate foreign-language company documents and evidence into English, or Irish, for the tender language; Provide signed translations that a notary can certify for DFA legalisation

1 service on the DeskTranslators

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SOLAS

SOLAS-approved Safe Pass tutor or training organisation

Deliver the one-day Safe Pass course and upload results so SOLAS issues each worker's card

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Work the Desk sends Partners

Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.

Chartered accountant (member of Chartered Accountants Ireland, which CPA Ireland has…

Irish tax clearance (eTax Clearance, TCAN)
Revenue's confirmation that the company's tax affairs are in order. It is required to qualify for any public sector contract worth €10,000 or more including VAT in any 12 months, and buyers verify it online with the…
Tax registration
FreeAssessed electronically…
Irish tax registration (Corporation Tax / employer / RCT) where activity requires it
A company with a permanent establishment or taxable activity in Ireland must register for Irish tax, and eTax Clearance needs an active tax registration.
Tax registration
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Irish VAT registration
Registration for Irish VAT where the company makes taxable supplies in Ireland above the thresholds, or must register as a non-established trader.
Tax registration
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CRO company registration number (Irish company)
The company number on the Companies Register. eTenders accepts it as the identifier, and buyers check company status against it.
Company identity
€50 (Form A1, electronic);…Per the CRO's daily…
Financial statements and turnover statement
Evidence of economic and financial standing: financial statements and overall (and contract-area) turnover for up to the last 3 years. Turnover requirements are normally capped at twice the contract value.
Accountant-attested financial certificates
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Relevant Contracts Tax (RCT) for construction
A withholding tax on payments from principal contractors to subcontractors in construction, forestry and meat processing, at 0%, 20% or 35%. Ministers, local authorities and Oireachtas-funded statutory bodies count as…
Tax registration
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Solicitor (practising solicitor, Law Society of Ireland)

Legal opinion for a contractor or bond giver not incorporated in Ireland (CWMF)
Under the public works contracts, a contractor or bond, guarantee or warranty giver that is not an Irish individual or company must provide, at its own expense, a legal opinion on its incorporation, capacity, due…
Legal documents
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Consortium / reliance on other entities / subcontractor disclosure
Groups may bid without any specific legal form, though one may be required after award if necessary. Each member, and each entity relied on, files its own ESPD, and subcontractors must be named. On works, consortium…
Legal documents
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Award notice, standstill and challenge window
Above the thresholds, the buyer cannot sign during a standstill of at least 14 calendar days after an electronic award notice. Remedies go to the High Court under S.I. 130/2010, after written notice to the authority.
Other
Free (court costs separate)

Notary public (member of the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland)

Notarisation and apostille / legalisation
Irish public and notarised company documents (constitution, board resolutions, POAs, financial statements) are apostilled by the DFA for use abroad. Documents of a foreign company are apostilled in their home country…
Legal documents
€40 per authentication /…Walk-in target 30…

Bid writer or tender consultant (not a regulated profession in Ireland)

eTenders profile evidence (eAttestation certificates and supplier documents)
Reusable evidence held on the supplier profile (insurance, health and safety, financial documents, certificates) and attached automatically to tender responses when a competition asks for it.
Other
Free
Experience and technical-ability evidence (references, project lists, CVs)
Lists of works over at most the past 5 years with certificates of satisfactory execution, or of main supplies or services over the past 3 years with sums, dates and recipients, plus technicians, quality measures and…
Experience and past-performance evidence
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Accredited certification body (ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 / 27001, EMAS)

Quality and environmental management certificates (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EMAS; ISO 27001 or ISO 45001 where asked)
Where a buyer asks for independent certificates, it must refer to European-standards systems certified by accredited bodies, accept equivalent EU certificates, and accept other equivalent evidence where certification…
Quality and management-system certifications
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Safe-T-Cert, OHSAS 18001 or equivalent certified health and safety system (works)
In CWMF works suitability, a Safe-T-Cert, OHSAS 18001 or equivalent independently certified health and safety system, with appropriate training and resources, satisfies the minimum standards for several H&S criteria.…
Quality and management-system certifications
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Bank or non-life insurer authorised for guarantee (bond) business in Ireland

Performance bond for public works (CWMF)
A surety bond for public works contracts with an estimated value over €500,000 incl. VAT: 12.5% of the contract sum up to €10m, and 10% above €10m. At suitability stage, a surety's letter of undertaking (CWMF Appendix…
Bid security
—The CWMF model…

Translator (ATII member or ATII Certified Legal Translator, or an Irish translation…

Translation of documents into the tender language
The contract notice sets the language(s) in which tenders must be drawn up. Foreign-language evidence usually needs a translation, and for DFA legalisation it must be done by an ATII-registered translator or a…
Legal documents
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Rules we follow in Ireland

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Sources cpaireland.ie · irishstatutebook.ie · notarypublic.ie · etenders.gov.ie · constructionprocurement.gov.ie · ireland.ie · solas.ie · assets.gov.ie · fssu.ie · revenue.ie