Fingal County Council has commenced a process which will lead to the issue of a tender to provide Dog Warden and Dog Shelter services for the county from September 2021 for a four-year period.
A Request for Information (RFI) was published on eTenders. The eTenders portal is a central facility for all public sector contracting authorities to advertise procurement opportunities and is a key reference point for potential suppliers and services providers.
The RFI has been issued to alert service providers that a Market Sounding exercise is now underway to seek the views of market operators on possible approaches that may be taken by Fingal County Council in a tender process for the delivery of a Dog Warden and Dog Shelter service across Fingal. This exercise will seek to assess the ability of the market to deliver the two services either separately or as an all-inclusive service.
latest MasterCard SpendingPulse™ produced on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities.
While spending on Necessities remained stable, substantial swings were recorded for the other segments as all non-essential retail closed in November. Discretionary spending, including department and clothing stores, which had more than recovered in Q3, fell by almost a half QoQ. Spending on Entertainment also plummeted in the quarter and expenditure on big ticket household items gave back some of its Q3 strength. eCommerce had the strongest performance, with sales rising 7% in the quarter following a slight decline in Q3, highlighting once again the dichotomy between physical and online sales.