Media and Court Reporting Support Services
The Courts Service
The successful bidder will be required to provide a 24 hour/365 days a year media service to the print and broadcast media, on behalf of the Courts Service. Responsibilities will include responding directly to daily queries from the media, accommodating the reasonable requests of court reporters, and facilitating accurate coverage of court proceedings.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-06-24. The procurement was published on 2025-05-23.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What? Where?- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | Contract notice |
| 2025-06-24 | Contract notice |
| 2025-12-22 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2025-05-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Media and Court Reporting Support Services
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Public relations services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description of the procurement:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Public relations services ๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Duration
Start date: 2025-07-01 ๐
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
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: 2025-06-24 16:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-06-24 16:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5744916
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: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-06-24 16:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5744916
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โ
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Courts Service
National registration number:
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07F95Y
Postal town: Dublin 7
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: jcleere@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018886000 ๐
URL: www.courts.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: www.courts.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Defence
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5744916 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5744916 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Courts Service
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15/24 Phoenix Street North, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 F95Y
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The Courts Service
National registration number:
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07F95Y
Postal town: Dublin 7
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: jcleere@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018886000 ๐
URL: www.courts.ie ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 30 Days
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 101-341380 (2025-05-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Media and Court Reporting Support Services
Short description:
The successful bidder will be required to provide a 24 hour/365 days a year media service to the print and broadcast media, on behalf of the Courts Service....
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Products/services: Public relations services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description of the procurement:
The successful bidder will be required to provide a 24 hour/365 days a year media service to the print and broadcast media, on behalf of the Courts Service....
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Products/services: Public relations services ๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Duration
Start date: 2025-07-01 ๐
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
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: 2025-06-24 16:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-06-24 16:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5744916
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: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-06-24 16:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5744916
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โ
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Courts Service
National registration number:
9596511l
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07F95Y
Postal town: Dublin 7
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: jcleere@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018886000 ๐
URL: www.courts.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: www.courts.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Defence
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5744916 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5744916 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Courts Service
National registration number:
The Courts Service
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15/24 Phoenix Street North, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 F95Y
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The Courts Service
National registration number:
9596511l
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07F95Y
Postal town: Dublin 7
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: jcleere@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018886000 ๐
URL: www.courts.ie ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 30 Days
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 101-341380 (2025-05-23)
Contract notice (2025-06-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-24 16:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-07-24 16:30:00 ๐
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2025-07-24 16:30:00 ๐
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-07-12 16:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North
Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Information now available
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 05a85ba4-032b-4b32-a6de-db2ba51d7a6d-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 119-406821 (2025-06-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-24 16:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-07-24 16:30:00 ๐
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2025-07-24 16:30:00 ๐
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-07-12 16:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North
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
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North
Changes
Other additional information
Contract Documents have been published.
The closing date for receipt of tenders has been extended to the 24th of July 2025 and the date for receipt of...
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Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 05a85ba4-032b-4b32-a6de-db2ba51d7a6d-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 119-406821 (2025-06-24)
Contract award notice (2025-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 700 000 ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 700 000 ๐ฐ
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @65%
Quality criterion (weighting): 65
Cost criterion (name): Cost @35%
Cost criterion (weighting): 35
Description
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Procedure
Type of procedure
Main features of the procedure:
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2025-08-02 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Highest offer: 700 000 ๐ฐ
Lowest offer: 700 000 ๐ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Curran Communications
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Curran Communications
National registration number:
Postal code: D24 R528
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
The organisation is a natural person โ
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number:
Department: Courts Service
Contact point: Communications and Media Unit
E-mail: alanbaker@courts.ie ๐ง
Main activity
General public services
Complementary information
Review body
National registration number:
Department: Courts Service
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North
Postal code: D07F95Y
Postal town: Dublin 7
Contact point: Communications and Media Unit
E-mail: alanbaker@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018886000 ๐
URL: www.courts.ie ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Review with contractor on an annual basis
Source: OJS 2025/S 248-862899 (2025-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 700 000 ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 700 000 ๐ฐ
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Products/services: Public relations management services ๐ฆ
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @65%
Quality criterion (weighting): 65
Cost criterion (name): Cost @35%
Cost criterion (weighting): 35
Description
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Procedure
Type of procedure
Main features of the procedure:
The successful bidder will be required to provide a 24 hour/365 days a year media service to the print and broadcast media, on behalf of the Courts Service....
Show more
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
Curran Communications
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2025-08-02 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Highest offer: 700 000 ๐ฐ
Lowest offer: 700 000 ๐ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: 700 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
Curran Communications
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Curran Communications
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Curran Communications
National registration number:
6364995H
Postal code: D24 R528
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
The organisation is a natural person โ
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number:
9596511I
Department: Courts Service
Contact point: Communications and Media Unit
E-mail: alanbaker@courts.ie ๐ง
Main activity
General public services
Complementary information
Review body
National registration number:
9596511I
Department: Courts Service
Postal address: Phoenix House, 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North
Postal code: D07F95Y
Postal town: Dublin 7
Contact point: Communications and Media Unit
E-mail: alanbaker@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018886000 ๐
URL: www.courts.ie ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Review with contractor on an annual basis
Source: OJS 2025/S 248-862899 (2025-12-22)
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