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 Irelandโs 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/
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-30. The procurement was published on 2025-12-22.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- โข Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services โบ Event services
- โข Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services โบ Seminar organisation services
- โข Training facilities โบ Training seminars
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | Contract notice |
| 2026-04-15 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2025-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Short description:
โThe 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
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Event services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Title: Discussion Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โThe 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 ๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Seminar organisation services ๐ฆ
Training seminars ๐ฆ
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Main site or place of performance:
โConvention will be held over 4 weekends in Athlone, Limerick, Sligo & Dublinโ
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 27 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Description
Main site or place of performance:
โThe Convention will be held over 4 weekends around Ireland in Athlone, Limerick, Sligo and the greater Dublin areaโ
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Seminar organisation services ๐ฆ
Training seminars ๐ฆ
Description
Postal address: Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Postcode: D01 RC96.
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-30 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-30 12:30:00 ๐
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 ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-30 12:30:00 ๐
Place:
โhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7231591โ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-16 12:00:00 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: Rory Kinane
E-mail: procurement@education.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018896400 ๐
URL: https://www.education.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.education.ie/ ๐
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 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7231591 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 248-862937 (2025-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Short description:
โThe 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
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Event services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Title: Discussion Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โThe 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
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Event services ๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Seminar organisation services ๐ฆ
Training seminars ๐ฆ
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Main site or place of performance:
โConvention will be held over 4 weekends in Athlone, Limerick, Sligo & Dublinโ
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 27 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Description
Main site or place of performance:
โThe Convention will be held over 4 weekends around Ireland in Athlone, Limerick, Sligo and the greater Dublin areaโ
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Seminar organisation services ๐ฆ
Training seminars ๐ฆ
Description
Postal address: Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
Postcode: D01 RC96.
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-30 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-30 12:30:00 ๐
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 ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-30 12:30:00 ๐
Place:
โhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7231591โ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-16 12:00:00 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: Rory Kinane
E-mail: procurement@education.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018896400 ๐
URL: https://www.education.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.education.ie/ ๐
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 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7231591 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 248-862937 (2025-12-22)
Contract award notice (2026-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Discussion Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 249 990 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 20%
Cost criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 80%
Quality criterion (weighting): 80
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 439410
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-02-26 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 249 990 EUR ๐ฐ
The tender was ranked
Tender identifier: 000154916
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Quality Matters Ltd
National registration number: 2125
Postal address: 24 Mountjoy Square East
Postal code: D01 VP29
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: caroline@qualitymatters.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018270030 ๐
URL: www.qualitymatters.ie ๐
The organisation is a natural person โ
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact point: Department of Education and Youth
E-mail: rory_kinane@education.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 889 6400 ๐
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Source: OJS 2026/S 075-262368 (2026-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Discussion Facilitation and Note Taking Services for Convention on Education
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 249 990 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 20%
Cost criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 80%
Quality criterion (weighting): 80
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 439410
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-02-26 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 249 990 EUR ๐ฐ
The tender was ranked
Tender identifier: 000154916
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Quality Matters Ltd
National registration number: 2125
Postal address: 24 Mountjoy Square East
Postal code: D01 VP29
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: caroline@qualitymatters.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018270030 ๐
URL: www.qualitymatters.ie ๐
The organisation is a natural person โ
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact point: Department of Education and Youth
E-mail: rory_kinane@education.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 889 6400 ๐
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Source: OJS 2026/S 075-262368 (2026-04-15)
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