Request for tender for Public Procurement Support Services

Skillnet Ireland

Skillnet Ireland supports a system of Business Networks and Strategic Initiatives in delivering workforce development and upskilling initiatives across a wide range of sectors and regions. Skillnet Ireland is seeking to enhance the clarity, consistency, and accessibility of its procurement guidance, while supporting Business Networks in fulfilling these obligations effectively and independently. Skillnet Ireland's objectives for the tender are threefold: to deliver a single, consistent, and authoritative source of procurement guidance, to enhance real-time advisory support while maintaining accountability boundaries, to support fulfilment of public procurement obligations across the Networks model.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-12. The procurement was published on 2025-12-10.

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
2025-12-10 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-12-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for tender for Public Procurement Support Services
Reference number: T2511
Short description:
Skillnet Ireland supports a system of Business Networks and Strategic Initiatives in delivering workforce development and upskilling initiatives across a wide range of sectors and regions. Skillnet Ireland is seeking to enhance the clarity, consistency, and accessibility of its procurement guidance, while supporting Business Networks in fulfilling these obligations effectively and independently. Skillnet Ireland's objectives for the tender are threefold: to deliver a single, consistent, and authoritative source of procurement guidance, to enhance real-time advisory support while maintaining accountability boundaries, to support fulfilment of public procurement obligations across the Networks model.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Procurement consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 12 months
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality: Approach to Delivering Scope of Services available marks 250, Relevant Experience and Track Record available marks 350, Understanding of the Brief available marks 100
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Price โœ…
Price (weighting): 30
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: 2026-01-12 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-12 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7173320
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: 2026-01-12 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7173320
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-05 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Skillnet Ireland
National registration number: 298694
Postal address: Fifth Floor, Q House, 76 Furze Road, Sandyford
Postal code: D18 E268
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@skillnetireland.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 012079630 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://www.skillnetireland.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.skillnetireland.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7173320 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7173320 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 240-828054 (2025-12-10)