LI3053C - Request for Tenders Under Open (OJEU) Procedure for the Hosting, Maintenance and Support of a Digital Library Services System for the University of Limerick

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

The Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick wishes to tender for an agreement with a service provider for the maintenance and support of the current Digital Library on the Modern Islandora platform. The system and service will treat UL digital cultural heritage material in a procedurally agnostic fashion.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-30. The procurement was published on 2025-12-17.

Who?

What?

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

Procurement history
Date Document
2025-12-17 Contract notice
2026-04-13 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2025-12-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: LI3053C - Request for Tenders Under Open (OJEU) Procedure for the Hosting, Maintenance and Support of a Digital Library Services System for the University of Limerick
Short description:
โ€œThe Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick wishes to tender for an agreement with a service provider for the maintenance and support of the current...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: services
Products/services: Library services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick wishes to tender for an agreement with a service provider for the maintenance and support of the current...โ€    Show more
Place of performance: Mid-West ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 24 (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 14:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-30 14:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7219429
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: 12

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Mid-West ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 061233715 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7219429 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7219429 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 245-846690 (2025-12-17)
Contract award notice (2026-04-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 145282.62 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 75%
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 25%
Cost criterion (weighting): 25

Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โœ…
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 439258
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-03-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 145282.62 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Name and address of the contractor
Name: DiscoveryGarden Inc
National registration number: DiscoveryGarden Inc
Postal address: 214-7 Babineau Avenue
Postal code: C1A 0C9
Postal town: Charlottetown
Country: Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
E-mail: karyn@discoverygarden.ca ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 9023881536 ๐Ÿ“ž

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Phone: 353 61 237998 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2026/S 072-251203 (2026-04-13)