Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education

Department of Education and Youth

The Convention on Education will be held by the Department of Education and is a once in a generation opportunity for children, young people, parents, educators and wider society to help shape Irelandโ€™s education system for decades to come. The Department requires providers with experience of facilitation of discussion of large groups (50+), including facilitation of young people and people with additional needs, through a deliberative democracy model and note taking, at a Convention on Education to be held over 4 weekends in 2026. Further details can be found at https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/campaigns/convention-on-education-and-national-conversation/

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-30. The procurement was published on 2025-12-22.

Who?

What?

Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin

Procurement history
Date Document
2025-12-22 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Short description:
โ€œThe Convention on Education will be held by the Department of Education and is a once in a generation opportunity for children, young people, parents,...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: services
Products/services: Event services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Convention on Education will be held by the Department of Education and is a once in a generation opportunity for children, young people, parents,...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Seminar organisation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Training seminars ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œConvention will be held over 4 weekends in Athlone, Limerick, Sligo & Dublinโ€
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 27 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-30 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-30 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7231591
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: 120

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Information about reserved contracts
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Youth
National registration number: 2125
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: D01 RC96
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@education.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 018896400 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.education.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.education.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7231591 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7231591 ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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
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
Source: OJS 2025/S 248-862937 (2025-12-22)