TR3195C - RFT for the supply of an MBA Study Visit Facilitation Service for University College Cork (UCC)

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Cork University Business School (CUBS) is a key part of UCC’s academic offering with its activities at a level one would expect of a university with a history and tradition of international class teaching and research. CUBS is one of the two largest business schools in Ireland with: • The largest number of fulltime undergraduate students. • The second largest number of full-time graduate students. • The largest amount of research income. CUBS is accredited by AACSB, and the UCC CUBS Executive MBA is accredited by AMBA. UCC and CUBS seeks applications to provide an International Study Visit module for its UCC CUBS Executive MBA degree. The successful organisation will work with CUBS (when required) to provide International Study Visit services for the programme module BU6511 Managing Change in an International Context, which forms part of the Executive MBA degree programme. UCC invites tenders for the following services relating to the delivery development of the International Study Visit module BU6511 Managing Change in an International Context. The Academic Context. The UCC CUBS Executive MBA is a part-time programme delivered on a part time basis over two academic years, to a class made up of working managers and professionals. The programme is delivered across four semesters (two per academic year) in a block lecture model. Each two-year programme cycle is completed before another programme cycle commences. In other words, the 2025-2027 programme will be followed by a 2027-2029 programme. Therefore, the study visit occurs every two years. Visits are planned in the years 2026, 2028 and 2030. BU6511 Managing Change in an International Context is delivered in Semester 2 of Year 1 of the programme. It comes at the end of the semester.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-05-30. The procurement was published on 2025-04-29.

Who?

• Education Procurement Service (EPS)

What?

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-04-29	Contract notice

Contract notice (2025-04-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: TR3195C - RFT for the supply of an MBA Study Visit Facilitation Service for University College Cork (UCC)
Short description:
“Cork University Business School (CUBS) is a key part of UCC’s academic offering with its activities at a level one would expect of a university with a...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 330 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 330 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Cork University Business School (CUBS) is a key part of UCC’s academic offering with its activities at a level one would expect of a university with a...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services 📦
Additional products/services: Higher education services 📦
Training services 📦
Travel agency and similar services 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Higher education services 📦
Training services 📦
Travel agency and similar services 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-05-30 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-05-30 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5569343
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-05-30 12:30:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5569343”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie 📧
Phone: 061233715 📞
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ 🌏
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=5569343 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5569343 🌏
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 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“See CFT Documents”
Source: OJS 2025/S 084-278625 (2025-04-29)

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