Curation and management of a Food, Music, Dance, Comedy Festival—or similar themed festival Pilot in 2026

Carlow County Council

Carlow County Council is inviting submissions from suitably qualified individuals or organisations for the curation and management of a Food, Music, Dance, Comedy Festival—or similar themed festival—to be hosted primarily in Carlow Town, with opportunities for wider county collaboration.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-09-30. The procurement was published on 2025-07-30.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-07-30 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-07-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Curation and management of a Food, Music, Dance, Comedy Festival—or similar themed festival Pilot in 2026
Short description:
Carlow County Council is inviting submissions from suitably qualified individuals or organisations for the curation and management of a Food, Music, Dance, Comedy Festival—or similar themed festival—to be hosted primarily in Carlow Town, with opportunities for wider county collaboration.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Festival organisation services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: South-East 🏙️
Duration: 12 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-09-30 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-09-30 00:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6224338
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-09-30 00:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6224338
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-09-15 00:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD)

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Carlow County Council
National registration number: 00250066U
Postal address: Athy Road
Postal code: R93E7R7
Postal town: Carlow
Region: South-East 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: etenders@carlowcoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 599170300 📞
URL: https://www.carlow.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.carlow.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6224338 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6224338 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 146-506253 (2025-07-30)