Provision of temporary agency workers to Eurofound - HR/7832
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Eurofound is launching a call for tenders for the provision of temporary agency workers to support the implementation of its work programme. The contractor will supply interim staff of varying profiles — from junior assistants to senior administrators — on an on-demand basis. Assignments may cover staff absences, peak workloads, specialised tasks, or time-limited projects. The contractor will act as the legal employer and be responsible for recruitment, payroll, and compliance with Irish employment legislation, while interim workers will perform their duties under Eurofound’s supervision.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-04-30. The procurement was published on 2026-03-25.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Business and management consultancy services › Human resources management consultancy services
- • Recruitment services › Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
- • Luxembourg › Luxembourg
- • Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | Contract notice |
| 2026-04-29 | Contract notice |
| 2026-07-21 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2026-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of temporary agency workers to Eurofound - HR/7832
Reference number:
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ✅
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services: Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Main site or place of performance: Please consult the procurement documents.
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration: 48 months
Maximum renewals: 3
Other information about renewals:
Options ✅
Description of options:
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Please consult the procurement documents.
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Price ✅
Price (weighting): 40
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-30 14:00:59 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-01 11:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Bulgarian 🗣️
Czech 🗣️
German 🗣️
Greek 🗣️
English 🗣️
Spanish 🗣️
Estonian 🗣️
Finnish 🗣️
French 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Croatian 🗣️
Hungarian 🗣️
Italian 🗣️
Lithuanian 🗣️
Latvian 🗣️
Maltese 🗣️
Dutch 🗣️
Polish 🗣️
Portuguese 🗣️
Romanian 🗣️
Slovak 🗣️
Slovenian 🗣️
Swedish 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-05-01 11:00:00 📅
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-22 📅
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
National registration number:
Department: Eurofound.adir - agency directorate,eurofound.adir.re - resources
Postal address: Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown
Postal code: D18 KP65
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: ef-procurement@eurofound.europa.eu 📧
Phone: +353 1 204 31 00 📞
URL: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/b3eb60ac-2e9c-4842-9506-c7117efc0061-CN?#anchorDocuments 🌏
Participation URL: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/digit/opsys/esubmission?cftUuid=b3eb60ac-2e9c-4842-9506-c7117efc0061 🌏
Procurement tool URL: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/b3eb60ac-2e9c-4842-9506-c7117efc0061-CN?#anchorDocuments 🌏
Name: Funding and Tenders Portal
Procurement document language: English 🗣️
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Additional information
Review body
Name: Court of Justice of the European Union
National registration number:
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Postal code: L-2925
Postal town: Luxembourg
Region: Luxembourg 🏙️
Country: Luxembourg 🇱🇺
E-mail: gc.registry@curia.europa.eu 📧
Phone: +352 4303-1 📞
URL: http://curia.europa.eu 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Name and addresses
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 061-211834 (2026-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of temporary agency workers to Eurofound - HR/7832
Reference number:
EUROFOUND/2026/OP/0016
Short description:
Eurofound is launching a call for tenders for the provision of temporary agency workers to support the implementation of its work programme. The contractor will supply interim staff of varying profiles — from junior assistants to senior administrators — on an on-demand basis. Assignments may cover staff absences, peak workloads, specialised tasks, or time-limited projects. The contractor will act as the legal employer and be responsible for recruitment, payroll, and compliance with Irish employment legislation, while interim workers will perform their duties under Eurofound’s supervision.
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Products/services: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ✅
Description
Internal identifier:
EUROFOUND/2026/OP/0016
Additional products/services: Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Main site or place of performance: Please consult the procurement documents.
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration: 48 months
Maximum renewals: 3
Other information about renewals:
The framework contract is concluded for an initial period of 12 (twelve) months, renewable 3 (three) time(s). Please consult the draft framework contract in the procurement documents.
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
provided they are in conformity with the basic project, new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works, may be entrusted up to 50 % of the initial contract to the initial contractor by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice.
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Quality criterion (name): Please consult the procurement documents.
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Price ✅
Price (weighting): 40
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-30 14:00:59 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-01 11:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Bulgarian 🗣️
Czech 🗣️
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Danish 🗣️German 🗣️
Greek 🗣️
English 🗣️
Spanish 🗣️
Estonian 🗣️
Finnish 🗣️
French 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Croatian 🗣️
Hungarian 🗣️
Italian 🗣️
Lithuanian 🗣️
Latvian 🗣️
Maltese 🗣️
Dutch 🗣️
Polish 🗣️
Portuguese 🗣️
Romanian 🗣️
Slovak 🗣️
Slovenian 🗣️
Swedish 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-05-01 11:00:00 📅
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-22 📅
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
National registration number:
EUROFOUND
Department: Eurofound.adir - agency directorate,eurofound.adir.re - resources
Postal address: Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown
Postal code: D18 KP65
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: ef-procurement@eurofound.europa.eu 📧
Phone: +353 1 204 31 00 📞
URL: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/b3eb60ac-2e9c-4842-9506-c7117efc0061-CN?#anchorDocuments 🌏
Participation URL: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/digit/opsys/esubmission?cftUuid=b3eb60ac-2e9c-4842-9506-c7117efc0061 🌏
Procurement tool URL: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/b3eb60ac-2e9c-4842-9506-c7117efc0061-CN?#anchorDocuments 🌏
Name: Funding and Tenders Portal
Procurement document language: English 🗣️
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Additional information
Eurofound is launching a call for tenders for the provision of temporary agency workers to support the implementation of its work programme. The contractor will supply interim staff of varying profiles — from junior assistants to senior administrators — on an on-demand basis. Assignments may cover staff absences, peak workloads, specialised tasks, or time-limited projects. The contractor will act as the legal employer and be responsible for recruitment, payroll, and compliance with Irish employment legislation, while interim workers will perform their duties under Eurofound’s supervision.In case of unavailability or disruptions in the functioning of the electronic means of communication provided in Section 5.1.11 in the last 5 calendar days before the time limit for receipt indicated in Section 5.1.12, the contracting authority reserves the right to extend this time limit and publish the extension at the Internet address provided in Section 5.1.11, without a preceding publication of a corrigendum to this notice. Economic operators interested in this procurement are invited to subscribe to the call for tenders at the address in Section 5.1.11 in order to get notified when new information or documents are published.
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Name: Court of Justice of the European Union
National registration number:
CURIA
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Postal code: L-2925
Postal town: Luxembourg
Region: Luxembourg 🏙️
Country: Luxembourg 🇱🇺
E-mail: gc.registry@curia.europa.eu 📧
Phone: +352 4303-1 📞
URL: http://curia.europa.eu 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Name and addresses
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 061-211834 (2026-03-25)
Contract notice (2026-04-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-05-05 14:00:59 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-06 11:00:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-05-06 11:00:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-22 23:59:59 📅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Department: Eurofound.adir - agency directorate
Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Eurofound.adir - agency directorate
Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 835e5d8a-5bcc-40cf-9384-955f1ff16b33-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 085-302686 (2026-04-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-05-05 14:00:59 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-06 11:00:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-05-06 11:00:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-22 23:59:59 📅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Department: Eurofound.adir - agency directorate
Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Eurofound.adir - agency directorate
Changes
Other additional information
Dear Tenderers,
It has been brought to our attention that the eSubmission platform is currently experiencing technical issues which are preventing tenderers from submitting offers for this procedure.
Accordingly, an emergency extension of the submission deadline is hereby granted.
Please note that the new deadline for submission of tenders is 5 May 2026 at 14:00 (Dublin time).
This revised deadline shall take precedence over the deadline indicated in the Tender Specifications, which still refers to the previous date.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.
Eurofound Procurement
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Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 835e5d8a-5bcc-40cf-9384-955f1ff16b33-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 085-302686 (2026-04-29)
Contract award notice (2026-07-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-07-03 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Lex Consultancy
National registration number:
Postal address: 15-17 Leinster Street
Postal code: D02 YY16
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Extra-Regio NUTS 3 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: michelle@lexconsultancy.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 6628990 📞
Size of the economic operator: Large
Complementary information
Additional information
Source: OJS 2026/S 139-504963 (2026-07-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
26-1175-02
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-07-03 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
300162780
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Lex Consultancy
National registration number:
IE9660328W
Postal address: 15-17 Leinster Street
Postal code: D02 YY16
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Extra-Regio NUTS 3 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: michelle@lexconsultancy.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 6628990 📞
Size of the economic operator: Large
Complementary information
Additional information
Eurofound is launching a call for tenders for the provision of temporary agency workers to support the implementation of its work programme. The contractor will supply interim staff of varying profiles — from junior assistants to senior administrators — on an on-demand basis. Assignments may cover staff absences, peak workloads, specialised tasks, or time-limited projects. The contractor will act as the legal employer and be responsible for recruitment, payroll, and compliance with Irish employment legislation, while interim workers will perform their duties under Eurofound’s supervision.
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