Request for Tenders for the provision of Research Services on School Governance

Department of Education and Youth

The Review of School Leadership and System Governance Project Unit, in the Department of Education and Youth, is seeking research services in the policy planning area of School Governance. The core research services required are in the form of desk-based research and qualitative research. This research has four overarching aims: Describe the current school governance system in Ireland; identify and analyse key challenges in Irelandโ€™s school governance system; compare and contextualise Irelandโ€™s school governance system using international models for comparison; engage stakeholders to explore potential solutions to key identified challenges.

Deadline
Deadline 2026-05-01

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
2026-03-25 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tenders for the provision of Research Services on School Governance
Reference number: Request for Tender for the provision of Research Services on School Governance
Short description:
โ€œThe Review of School Leadership and System Governance Project Unit, in the Department of Education and Youth, is seeking research services in the policy...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: services
Products/services: Social research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 125 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Review of School Leadership and System Governance Project Unit, in the Department of Education and Youth, is seeking research services in the policy...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Design and execution of research and development ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 10 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-05-01 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-04 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7787299
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: 90

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Youth
National registration number: Department of Education and Youth
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: D01 RC96
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@education.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 018896400 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7787299 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7787299 ๐ŸŒ

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 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
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 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 060-209054 (2026-03-25)