Provision of Ground Transportation Management for Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union Council 2026 to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is tendering for Ground Transport Management services to coordinate the delivery of ground transport requirements for high-level events taking place in Ireland during the term of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July 2026 to 21 December 2026.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-22. The procurement was published on 2025-12-15.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • 4-wheel-drive vehicles › Jeeps
- • Buses and coaches › Coaches
- • Buses and coaches › Public-service buses
- • Estate and saloon cars › Saloon cars
- • Heavy-duty motor vehicles › Special-purpose motor vehicles
- • Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver › Hire of industrial vehicles with driver
- • Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver › Hire of trucks with driver
- • Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver › Hire of vans with driver
- • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver › Hire of buses and coaches with driver
- • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver › Hire of passenger cars with driver
- • Mail transport by road › Parcel transport services
- • Other passenger cars › Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons
- • Public road transport services
- • Road transport services › Non-scheduled passenger transport
- • Road transport services › Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- • Road transport services › Taxi services
- • Specialist vehicles › Minibuses
- • Support services for land transport › Support services for road transport
- • Vehicle-fleet management services › Vehicle-fleet-support services
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Contract notice |
| 2026-04-22 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2025-12-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Ground Transportation Management for Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union Council 2026 to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Road transport services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 500 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services: Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Pollution prevention and control
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 13 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-22 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-22 13:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7198910
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-22 13:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7198910
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-12 13:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Passenger road transport services
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
National registration number:
Postal address: Iveagh House. 80 St Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
Postal code: D02 VY53
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: dfatenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
URL: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7198910 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7198910 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
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 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
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 243-837697 (2025-12-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Ground Transportation Management for Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union Council 2026 to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Short description:
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is tendering for Ground Transport Management services to coordinate the delivery of ground transport requirements for high-level events taking place in Ireland during the term of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July 2026 to 21 December 2026.
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Products/services: Road transport services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 500 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services: Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Integration of sustainable practices into all aspects of contract delivery where practicable – including resource planning, energy use, travel and logistics, waste management, and supply chain engagement - is required. Low emission petrol, diesel or hybrid (not requiring a plug-in charger) powered vehicles are required. Low-water or waterless cleaning techniques with environmentally friendly chemicals is required.
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Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 13 months
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: 2026-01-22 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-22 13:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7198910
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-22 13:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7198910
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-12 13:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Passenger road transport services
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
National registration number:
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Postal address: Iveagh House. 80 St Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
Postal code: D02 VY53
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: dfatenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
URL: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7198910 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7198910 🌏
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 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
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 243-837697 (2025-12-15)
Contract award notice (2026-04-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 500 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 5 500 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
Description of the procurement:
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 60%
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-03-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 4 452 096 EUR 💰
The tender was ranked
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Optimum Chauffeur Drive
National registration number:
Postal address: 4 Lohunda Park, Clonsilla
Postal code: D15PF6F
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: sarah@drive.ie 📧
Phone: 018148873 📞
URL: www.optimumchauffeurdrive.ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Source: OJS 2026/S 080-282316 (2026-04-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 500 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 5 500 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
7198910
Description of the procurement:
Ground Transport Management services to coordinate the delivery of ground transport requirements for high-level events taking place in Ireland during the term of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 60%
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
CIRL3355
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-03-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 4 452 096 EUR 💰
The tender was ranked
Tender identifier:
000154544
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Optimum Chauffeur Drive
National registration number:
391500
Postal address: 4 Lohunda Park, Clonsilla
Postal code: D15PF6F
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: sarah@drive.ie 📧
Phone: 018148873 📞
URL: www.optimumchauffeurdrive.ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Source: OJS 2026/S 080-282316 (2026-04-22)
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