2026/028 Establishment of a Single Party Framework for a Digital Platform for Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre Programmes

Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland wishes to establish a Single Party Framework for a Digital Platform for Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre Programmes. Startup Ireland is a central initiative, established to enhance alignment and collaboration across the national start-up ecosystem. It is a national government initiative led by Enterprise Ireland under the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity, to strengthen Irelandโ€™s capacity to create, grow, and scale indigenous businesses. Startup Ireland leads on the design, implementation, coordination and delivery of the new National Accelerator Programme with a core objective to support the creation of 1,000 new start-up businesses by 2029, alongside a wider ambition to support entrepreneurial activity nationally and regionally. A full list of requirements is outlined in the tender documents.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-10-12

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
2026-09-08 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-09-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 2026/028 Establishment of a Single Party Framework for a Digital Platform for Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre Programmes
Short description:
Enterprise Ireland wishes to establish a Single Party Framework for a Digital Platform for Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre Programmes. Startup Ireland is a central initiative, established to enhance alignment and collaboration across the national start-up ecosystem. It is a national government initiative led by Enterprise Ireland under the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity, to strengthen Irelandโ€™s capacity to create, grow, and scale indigenous businesses. Startup Ireland leads on the design, implementation, coordination and delivery of the new National Accelerator Programme with a core objective to support the creation of 1,000 new start-up businesses by 2029, alongside a wider ambition to support entrepreneurial activity nationally and regionally. A full list of requirements is outlined in the tender documents.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 4 years
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: 2026-10-12 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-10-12 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8927804
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: 12 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-10-12 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8927804
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-09-30 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Enterprise Ireland
National registration number: 00000000
Postal address: The Plaza, East Point Business Park
Postal code: D3 E5R6
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: eoin.wallace@enterprise-ireland.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 01 7272000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=8927804 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8927804 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 2026/S 174-620396 (2026-09-08)