Presentation By

Ireland Poland Business Association

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland

&

CQS Group

“Winning Public Tenders in Poland”

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

Large No. of Irish Companies participating & winning Public Tenders in Poland

1. Main Contractors

Main contractors winning Motorway Projects SRB ( Sisk / Roadbridge ) - A1 Motorway €520m SIAC - A4 Motorway €356m

These projects are having a knock on effect / providing employment for Irish people Main Contractor’s personnel Sub-Contractors Suppliers Designers

2. Consultants Won approximately 15 tenders in the past two years

Architects Consultant Engineers

Matthew Creagh - Managing Director CQS Group

Founded in 1998

CQS Group Services Cost Management Project Management Technical Inspection Project Funding

Regions of Operation Ireland & UK Poland – since 2007 Slovakia & Czech Republic

Projects throughout Poland

www.cqs.ie

Michael Shelly Main Board Director Managing Director of PM Group ( Central & Eastern Europe )

Founded in 1973

PM Group offers construction management architecture and engineering design range of technical and consulting services

Team of 1,700 people

Seven Strategic Regions of Operation Ireland UK Western Europe Central & Eastern Europe Middle East Asia USA

www.pmgroup-global.com

Tobin Consulting Engineers

Marek Klimczyk – Country Manager in Poland Founded in 1952 Multi-disciplinary consultancy service

Services Include ; water & wastewater waste management energy & environmental structural roads & transportation

Team of 110 people

Offices in: Galway Dublin Castlebar Dundalk Limerick Krakow www.tobin.ie

Pawel Rataj & Associates Law Firm

Bartlomiej Marzec – Senior Partner

Firm was established in 1999 in Krakow

Operate from three locations, Krakow, Warsaw & Zabrze

11 Legal advisors

Services encompass a broad areas of Law in the following areas;

Business Construction & Investment Public Procurement Civil Commercial Administrative Labour Law

Bartłomiej Marzec, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University and Stevensons College Edinburgh

Specialises in business law, company law, insolvency and reorganisation law

www.kancelaria-rataj.pl

Patrick McGovern - senior partner at Arthur Cox

One of Ireland’s largest and leading commercial law firms

Offices in Dublin, Belfast, London and New York

The firm has over 300 lawyers including almost 90 partners

Patrick has written and spoken widely on the topic of Public Procurement

Been involved in many of the leading projects in both Ireland ( Republic ) and Northern Ireland as well as overseas

Patrick is the national correspondent for both Northern Ireland and Ireland (Republic) for the leading legal journal, Public Procurement Law

Author of the Chapter on Procurement in “Construction Projects – Law and Practice”

www.arthurcox.com