Framework for Provision of Illustration Services

Educational Research Centre_1014

The Educational Research Centre (ERC) is seeking tenders from suitably qualified illustrators or agencies to support the design and delivery of high-quality illustrations for research and educational materials.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-08-08. The procurement was published on 2025-07-04.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Design Ethos
• Whitenoise Design Ltd

Who?

• Educational Research Centre_1014

What?

• Composition services › Graphic design services
• Miscellaneous business and business-related services › Publishing services
• Specialty design services › Design support services

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-07-04	Contract notice
2026-05-20	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2025-07-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Framework for Provision of Illustration Services
Short description:

Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Design support services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services:

Graphic design services 📦

Publishing services 📦

Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
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: 2025-08-08 17:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-08-08 17:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6059109
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 90 days
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 10
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-08-08 17:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6059109
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Educational Research Centre_1014
National registration number: 1997
Department: Procurement
Postal address: DCU St Patrick’s College Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Postal code: D09 AN2F
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: sonia.grogan@erc.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8065239 📞
URL: https://www.erc.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.erc.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body ✅
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6059109 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6059109 🌏
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 🇮🇪
Contact point: Review organisation
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures is contained in the European Communities (Public Authorities’ Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 130 of 2010), as amended. A standstill period of 14 calendar days will apply from the date on which the unsuccessful tenderers are notified of the contract award decision

Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 128-444444 (2025-07-04)

Contract award notice (2026-05-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 EUR 💰
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 350 000 EUR 💰
Description
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 75% of marks available
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 25% of marks
Cost criterion (weighting): 25

Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)

Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 429447
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2025-09-13 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 350 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier: 000125375
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Design Ethos
National registration number: NI050875
Postal address: 126 High Street
Postal code: BT20 5BB
Postal town: Bangor
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: kyle@designethos.co.uk 📧
Phone: +442891275002 📞
Size of the economic operator: Micro
Tender identifier: 000124431
Name: Whitenoise Design Ltd
National registration number: NI047840
Postal address: Whitenoise Design Ltd Portside Business Park, 189 Airport Road West
Postal code: BT3 9ED
Postal town: Belfast
E-mail: laurasmyth@whitenoisestudios.com 📧
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium

Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Refer to RFT
Source: OJS 2026/S 097-348240 (2026-05-20)

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