Provision of Research Services โ€“ National Survey on Public Engagement with the Arts

The Arts Council

This is a contract for research services exploring how the public engage with the arts. It includes the requirement to undertake an annual nationally representative public survey, undertake analysis, present findings and provide data. Year on year consistency with this type of research is critically important. Establishing methodologies that ensure the ability to track patterns over time is fundamental to the rationale for commissioning such research. For this reason, the contract will be awarded for a period of 36 months with the option to extend by one further period of up to 12 months.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-10-01. The procurement was published on 2025-09-01.

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
2025-09-01 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-09-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Research Services โ€“ National Survey on Public Engagement with the Arts
Short description:
โ€œThis is a contract for research services exploring how the public engage with the arts. It includes the requirement to undertake an annual nationally...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Public-opinion polling services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 260 161 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 260 161 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThis is a contract for research services exploring how the public engage with the arts. It includes the requirement to undertake an annual nationally...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Public-opinion polling services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Market and economic research; polling and statistics ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 48 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Market and economic research; polling and statistics ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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: 2025-10-01 14:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-10-01 14:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6426104
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
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-10-01 14:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6426104โ€
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: 2025-09-17 14:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Arts Council
National registration number: Arts Council
Postal address: 70 Merrion Square Dublin Ireland
Postal code: D02 NY52
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@artscouncil.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +35316180200 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.artscouncil.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.artscouncil.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Social protection
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6426104 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6426104 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 168-575318 (2025-09-01)