“Winning Public Tenders in Poland”
Presentation By
Ireland Poland Business Association
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland
&
CQS Group
The Ireland Poland Business Association
• Matthew Creagh – Committee IPBA
• What is IPBA
• Non-profit bilateral trade association / incorporated as a Limited Company
• Founded in 1991 ( 20 years )
• 74 Corporate & Individual members
• Intention of “ promoting & developing trade and business links between Ireland and Poland”
• Supported by the Embassy of Poland
• Contact - Tess Byrne admin@irelandpoland.com
www.irelandpoland.com
Reasons for the Presentation
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Large No. of Irish Companies participating & winning Public Tenders in Poland
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Main Contractors
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Main contractors winning Motorway Projects
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SRB ( Sisk / Roadbridge ) - A1 Motorway €520m
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SIAC - A4 Motorway €356m
These projects are having a knock on effect / providing employment for Irish people
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Main Contractor’s personnel
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Sub-Contractors
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Suppliers
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Designers
Consultants
Won approximately 15 tenders in the past two years
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Architects
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Consultant Engineers
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Matthew Creagh - Managing Director CQS Group
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Founded in 1998
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CQS Group Services
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Cost Management
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Project Management
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Technical Inspection
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Project Funding
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Regions of Operation
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Ireland & UK
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Poland – since 2007
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Slovakia & Czech Republic
Projects throughout Poland
www.cqs.ie
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Michael Shelly
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Main Board Director
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Managing Director of PM Group ( Central & Eastern Europe )
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Founded in 1973
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PM Group offers
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construction management
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architecture and engineering design
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range of technical and consulting services
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Team of 1,700 people
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Seven Strategic Regions of Operation
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Ireland
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UK
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Western Europe
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Central & Eastern Europe
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Middle East
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Asia
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USA
www.pmgroup-global.com
Tobin Consulting Engineers
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Marek Klimczyk – Country Manager in Poland
Founded in 1952
Multi-disciplinary consultancy service
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Services Include ;
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water & wastewater
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waste management
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energy & environmental
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structural
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roads & transportation
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Team of 110 people
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Offices in:
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Galway
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Dublin
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Castlebar
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Dundalk
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Limerick
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Krakow
www.tobin.ie
Pawel Rataj & Associates Law Firm
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Bartlomiej Marzec – Senior Partner
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Firm was established in 1999 in Krakow
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Operate from three locations, Krakow, Warsaw & Zabrze
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11 Legal advisors
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Services encompass a broad areas of Law in the following areas;
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Business
Construction & Investment
Public Procurement
Civil
Commercial
Administrative
Labour Law
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Bartłomiej Marzec, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University
and Stevensons College Edinburgh
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Specialises in business law, company law, insolvency and reorganisation law
www.kancelaria-rataj.pl
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Patrick McGovern - senior partner at Arthur Cox
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One of Ireland’s largest and leading commercial law firms
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Offices in Dublin, Belfast, London and New York
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The firm has over 300 lawyers including almost 90 partners
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Patrick has written and spoken widely on the topic of Public Procurement
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Been involved in many of the leading projects in both Ireland ( Republic ) and Northern Ireland as well as
overseas
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Patrick is the national correspondent for both Northern Ireland and Ireland (Republic) for the leading legal
journal, Public Procurement Law
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Author of the Chapter on Procurement in “Construction Projects – Law and Practice”
www.arthurcox.com