Trusted Advisor Support Services Framework
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
The objective of this CfT is to invite proposals from suitably qualified service providers to establish a multiple party framework (7 lots) of expert consultants to support SEAI in the delivery of the Community Enabling Framework of supports and also SEAIโs functions in relation to Community Benefit Funds. Some of the Lots will be focused on providing support directly to communities while others will provide support to SEAI in the delivery of our programmes. The 7 Lots for this CfT are as follows: โข Lot 1. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Grid Connections (Community Focused) โข Lot 2. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Planning (Community Focused) โข Lot 3. Trusted Advisor Support Services - Renewable Energy Consultancy (Community Focused) โข Lot 4. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Financial and organisational guidance (Community Focused) โข Lot 5. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Development and Infrastructure (SEAI Focused) โข Lot 6. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Policy Finance and Route to Market (SEAI Focused) โข Lot 7. Consultancy and Support Services - Community Benefit Funds (SEAI and Externally Focused) For further information please see Request for Tender at www.etenders.gov.ie.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-19. The procurement was published on 2025-11-18.
Who? What?- โข Architectural and related services โบ Architectural, engineering and planning services
- โข Business and management consultancy services โบ Financial management consultancy services
- โข Consultative engineering and construction services โบ Advisory and consultative engineering services
- โข Energy and related services โบ Energy-efficiency consultancy services
- โข Energy and related services โบ Energy-management services
- โข Engineering services โบ Engineering design services
- โข Environmental management โบ Environmental planning
- โข Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services โบ Financial consultancy services
- โข Legal representation services โบ Stakeholders representation services
- โข Miscellaneous engineering services โบ Engineering support services
- โข Production management consultancy services โบ Design consultancy services
- โข Systems and technical consultancy services โบ Project management consultancy services
- โข Urban planning and landscape architectural services โบ Urban planning services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2025-11-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Trusted Advisor Support Services Framework
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Energy and related services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 520 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โ
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 5
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 7
1๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Grid Connections (Community Focused)
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 4 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Planning (Community Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
3๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Renewable Energy Consultancy (Community Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
4๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Financial and organisational guidance (Community Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
5๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Development and Infrastructure (SEAI Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
6๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Policy Finance and Route to Market (SEAI Focused)
Main site or place of performance: na
Title
Lot Identification Number:
7๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Community Benefit Funds (SEAI and Externally Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-19 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-19 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7019489
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Maximum number of participants: 2
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-19 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7019489
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-12-18 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
National registration number:
Postal address: Three Park Place, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02FX65
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: patrick.pirkl@seai.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018082100 ๐
URL: https://www.seai.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.seai.ie/ ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7019489 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7019489 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
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 224-770331 (2025-11-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Trusted Advisor Support Services Framework
Short description:
The objective of this CfT is to invite proposals from suitably qualified service providers to establish a multiple party framework (7 lots) of expert consultants to support SEAI in the delivery of the Community Enabling Framework of supports and also SEAIโs functions in relation to Community Benefit Funds. Some of the Lots will be focused on providing support directly to communities while others will provide support to SEAI in the delivery of our programmes. The 7 Lots for this CfT are as follows: โข Lot 1. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Grid Connections (Community Focused) โข Lot 2. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Planning (Community Focused) โข Lot 3. Trusted Advisor Support Services - Renewable Energy Consultancy (Community Focused) โข Lot 4. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Financial and organisational guidance (Community Focused) โข Lot 5. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Development and Infrastructure (SEAI Focused) โข Lot 6. Trusted Advisor Support Services โ Policy Finance and Route to Market (SEAI Focused) โข Lot 7. Consultancy and Support Services - Community Benefit Funds (SEAI and Externally Focused) For further information please see Request for Tender at www.etenders.gov.ie.
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Products/services: Energy and related services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 520 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โ
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 5
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 7
1๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Grid Connections (Community Focused)
Additional products/services:
+ 11 more
Engineering services
๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 4 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Planning (Community Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
3๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
3
Title: Renewable Energy Consultancy (Community Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0003
4๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
4
Title: Financial and organisational guidance (Community Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0004
5๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
5
Title: Development and Infrastructure (SEAI Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0005
6๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
6
Title: Policy Finance and Route to Market (SEAI Focused)
Main site or place of performance: na
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0006
7๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
7
Title: Community Benefit Funds (SEAI and Externally Focused)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0007
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-19 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-19 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7019489
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Maximum number of participants: 2
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-19 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7019489
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-12-18 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
National registration number:
231664
Postal address: Three Park Place, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02FX65
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: patrick.pirkl@seai.ie ๐ง
Phone: 018082100 ๐
URL: https://www.seai.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.seai.ie/ ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7019489 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7019489 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
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 224-770331 (2025-11-18)
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