Request for Tenders for the provision of Printing and Postage Services to the Companies Registration Office

Companies Registration Office

The Companies Registration Office invites tenders for the provision of printing and postage of involuntary strike off letters to company registered addresses and to company directors and secretaries. The letters to the company registered addresses will be sent by registered post with the other letters sent by ordinary post. The CRO is a statutory body coming under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment charged with responsibility for the registration of companies and business names and the provision of statutory company information to the public. For the latter purpose, the CRO is the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies. The CRO is located in two premises at Bloom House, Gloucester Place Lower, Dublin 1 and O’Brien Road, Carlow. The main functions discharged by the CRO include: a) The incorporation of companies; b) The registration of business names; c) The registration of company post-incorporation documentation; d) The registration of changes in business names particulars; e) The enforcement of the Companies Acts by way of prosecuting companies and / or directors, and striking companies off the register; and, f) The provision of company information to the public. As part of the disclosure obligations imposed by the Companies Act 2014, every company must file an annual return with the CRO. The annual return is the only form which is required be filed at regular intervals. Each company has its own individual annual return date (ARD) by which its annual return must be filed. There are a series of late filing penalties imposed on companies that are late in filing their annual returns – an annual return becomes late where 56 days have elapsed since the company’s ARD. The CRO emails each company in its database to advise that its ARD is due. The CRO will also email each company where the annual return is late to advise the company that it is incurring late filing fees. The CRO maintains a comprehensive, computerised database on companies incorporated in Ireland. For the purposes of this RFT, the relevant company details on the database comprise: • Company name; • Company registration number; • Secretary and/or Director name and address, as required; • Address of company’s registered office; • Company’s next annual return date (ARD); • Effective date of last annual return filed; and • Date of most recent letter which issued to the company from CRO in relation to the ARD. Where a company is late in filing its annual return, the CRO will notify the company that enforcement action will be taken. The enforcement action begins with an initial email to the company giving it 10 (ten) weeks to regularise its affairs. Where a company does not regularise its affairs within the ten-week warning period set out in the initial email, the CRO will write letters stating that the company is open to enforcement proceedings and these letters will be sent to: • The registered company address (by registered post); • The address of each company director (by ordinary post); and • The address of the company secretary (by ordinary post). These letters along with the envelopes comprise the print and postage aspect of this RFT. The envelope to be used should be A5 size with an oblong window to display the relevant address along with the barcode of the letter. Each envelope must have the Enforcement Section address printed in both Irish and English. In total, the contract would be for printing up to 216,000 letters with 54,000 letters sent by registered post and 162,000 letters sent by ordinary post. Please note: the actual expenditure will depend on budgetary considerations and there is no guarantee of a minimum expenditure from the contracting authority.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-19. The procurement was published on 2026-02-11.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2026-02-11 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-02-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tenders for the provision of Printing and Postage Services to the Companies Registration Office
Short description:
“The Companies Registration Office invites tenders for the provision of printing and postage of involuntary strike off letters to company registered...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Printing and related services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 585 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Companies Registration Office invites tenders for the provision of printing and postage of involuntary strike off letters to company registered...”    Show more
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 24 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-19 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-20 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7502696
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Companies Registration Office
National registration number: BT-501-Organization-Company
Postal address: Bloom House, Grosvenor Place
Postal code: D01 C8P4
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: sean.smith@enterprise.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 018045375 📞
Address of the buyer profile: www.dete.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7502696 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7502696 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 031-105845 (2026-02-11)