Procurement Process

GRANT RECIPIENT: ________________________________ (Business Name)

DETAILS OF THE SERVICE/PRODUCT TO BE PROCURED:

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This procurement is subject to the National ESIF Procurement Rules (the National Rules). The national rules are designed to achieve sound financial management of public funds and to open opportunities up to competition.

We hereby confirm that the following process will be followed for this procurement exercise: (please indicate with a X which procurement process the application applies to in the Procurement Process selected section)

PROCUREMENT PROCESS:

*All original documents (as listed in the table above) will be provided to UMI (Commercial) Ltd to be retained as evidence and made available as part of the project audit trail until December 2033.

We understand that a lack of audit trail to demonstrate the process followed and decisions taken may lead to a financial correction.

We hereby confirm that:

the contract has been valued accurately and not artificially split in order to fall below certain thresholds. The route followed is based on the full value of the contract and not linked to the amount of ERDF involved, the value of any potential grant or the project intervention rate.

A direct award has not been made to any linked organizations.
(for further information on this please see the Guidance on Identifying, Managing and Monitoring Conflicts of Interest within ERDF and ESF (ESIF-GN-1-027))

Signature: ………..…………………………………….…………. Name…………………………………….………………..

Position: ……………….……………………………………………….……………………………………………………………….

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