Design, development and hosting of an online recruitment portal for contract staff with the ongoing portal development and maintenance and provision of associated support services to the SEC

State Examinations Commission

The State Examinations Commission is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced company to provide services to design, develop and host an online portal for the recruitment of contract staff for the SEC.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-08-29. 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: Design, development and hosting of an online recruitment portal for contract staff with the ongoing portal development and maintenance and provision of associated support services to the SEC
Short description:
The State Examinations Commission is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced company to provide services to design, develop and host an online portal for the recruitment of contract staff for the SEC.
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Aim of strategic procurement: Innovative purchase
A core pillar of the SECโ€™s Statement of Strategy 2023 - 2027 is efficiency and digital transformation. In pursuit of the goal of seeking further opportunities for improved service delivery to meet current and future challenges, the SEC identified the development of an end to end online recruitment system as critical to the achievement of this goal.
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Innovation procurement: The procured works, supplies, or services entail process innovation
Town: Cornamaddy, Athlone
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Midland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 42 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Description
Postal address: Cornamaddy
Postcode: N37 TP65
Town: Athlone

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-08-29 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-09-01 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6223188
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-09-01 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6223188
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-08-15 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: State Examinations Commission
National registration number: 1601
Postal address: Cornamaddy
Postal code: NN37 TP65
Postal town: Athlone
Region: Midland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: mark.shanahan@examinations.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0906442449 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.examinations.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.examinations.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Education
Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement โœ…
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6223188 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6223188 ๐ŸŒ
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 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 146-505180 (2025-07-30)