Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: An Architect Lead Full Design Team for Proposed Restoration and Conversion of Lennard Arms Hotel to an Interpretive Centre.

Monaghan County Council

The project will create a plaza overlooking the Wee Abbey and will repurpose the derelict Lennard Arms Hotel to a Visitor Interpretive Centre. The proposal will demolish the kitchen area, dance hall and leave a hard-landscaped streetscape area in the centre. Works to hotel building to include filling of basement, removal of floors, structural supports to the building, creation of openings in the building to provide windows to view from outside, creation of glass panel in roof and placing mezzanine floors. Other parts of the Hotel currently used for storage are former plantation houses along Annalore Street, and it is proposed that the project will turn these buildings into period and budget accommodation. External works to include pedestrian pathways and connections to all existing services and all associated site works. The final design may involve new interventions and sustainable solutions including energy efficiency technologies.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-10-06. The procurement was published on 2025-09-04.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2025-09-04 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-09-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: An Architect Lead Full Design Team for Proposed Restoration and Conversion of Lennard Arms Hotel to an Interpretive Centre.
Short description:
The project will create a plaza overlooking the Wee Abbey and will repurpose the derelict Lennard Arms Hotel to a Visitor Interpretive Centre. The proposal will demolish the kitchen area, dance hall and leave a hard-landscaped streetscape area in the centre. Works to hotel building to include filling of basement, removal of floors, structural supports to the building, creation of openings in the building to provide windows to view from outside, creation of glass panel in roof and placing mezzanine floors. Other parts of the Hotel currently used for storage are former plantation houses along Annalore Street, and it is proposed that the project will turn these buildings into period and budget accommodation. External works to include pedestrian pathways and connections to all existing services and all associated site works. The final design may involve new interventions and sustainable solutions including energy efficiency technologies.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Advisory architectural services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 320 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 36 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-10-06 16:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-10-06 16:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6443979
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: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-10-06 16:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6443979
Electronic invoicing: Required
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-09-29 16:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Monaghan County Council
National registration number: 0479834C
Postal address: The Glen Rd. Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Postal code: H18 YT50
Postal town: Monaghan
Region: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@monaghancoco.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 3534730500 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://monaghan.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://monaghan.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6443979 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6443979 ๐ŸŒ
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 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
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 170-582231 (2025-09-04)