Provision of External Loan Assessor Services 2025 - 2029

Microfinance Ireland

Microfinance Ireland invites tenders to this Request for Tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services described below. In summary, the services comprise the establishment of a Nationwide Framework of External Loan Assessors to assist the Contracting Authority undertake loan assessment on applications from microenterprises for loans between โ‚ฌ2,000 and โ‚ฌ50,000. In general, External Loan Assessors may be allocated applications in a geographical location adjacent to their place of operation, ensuring local knowledge and facilitating meeting the loan applicant, when necessary.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-08-25. The procurement was published on 2025-07-24.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-07-24 Contract notice
2025-07-29 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-07-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of External Loan Assessor Services 2025 - 2029
Short description:
Microfinance Ireland invites tenders to this Request for Tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services described below. In summary, the...  Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Micro-credit granting services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
Microfinance Ireland invites tenders to this Request for Tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services described below. In summary, the...  Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Micro-credit granting services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 48 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services:
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: 2025-08-25 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-08-26 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6073757
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
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 100
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-08-26 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6073757
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-08-11 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Microfinance Ireland
National registration number: 516555
Postal address: 13 Richview Office Park
Postal code: D14 Y867
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: scope@microfinanceireland.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 868159391 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://microfinanceireland.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://microfinanceireland.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6073757 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6073757 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
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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 142-492672 (2025-07-24)
Contract notice (2025-07-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
3 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-09-30 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-09-30 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2025-09-30 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-09-16 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Changes
Other additional information
The Contracting Authority wishes to inform all interested parties that the deadline for submission of tenders in relation to this competition has been...  Show more
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: df457515-940e-4ade-a61e-3f39ccc217b8-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 145-501772 (2025-07-29)