RFT for the Provision of Agency Recruitment โ Catering Services to the Houses of the Oireachtas Catering Facilities.
Houses of the Oireachtas Service
In summary, the Services comprise: The provision of Agency Staff to the Houses of the Oireachtas Catering Facilities. For the purposes of this tender โAgency Recruitment โ Catering Servicesโ are defined as: the provision by a recruitment agency of agency personnel on a temporary basis to supplement core catering, kitchen and bar staff as and when required.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-22. The procurement was published on 2026-01-07.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- โข Canteen and catering services โบ Catering services
- โข Catering equipment โบ Restaurant equipment
- โข Placement services of personnel โบ Placement services of office-support personnel
- โข Restaurant waiter services โบ Restricted-clientele restaurant waiter services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | Contract notice |
| 2026-04-16 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2026-01-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: RFT for the Provision of Agency Recruitment โ Catering Services to the Houses of the Oireachtas Catering Facilities.
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Restaurant and food-serving services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 850 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 48 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Accelerated procedure: The urgent requirement for staff
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-22 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-22 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7278946
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: 5
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-22 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7278946
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-14 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
National registration number:
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 XR20
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement@oireachtas.ie ๐ง
Phone: +35316183636 ๐
Address of the buyer profile: www.oireachtas.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7278946 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7278946 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 2026/S 005-009359 (2026-01-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: RFT for the Provision of Agency Recruitment โ Catering Services to the Houses of the Oireachtas Catering Facilities.
Short description:
In summary, the Services comprise: The provision of Agency Staff to the Houses of the Oireachtas Catering Facilities. For the purposes of this tender โAgency Recruitment โ Catering Servicesโ are defined as: the provision by a recruitment agency of agency personnel on a temporary basis to supplement core catering, kitchen and bar staff as and when required.
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Products/services: Restaurant and food-serving services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 850 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
Catering services
๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 48 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Accelerated procedure: The urgent requirement for staff
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-22 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-22 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7278946
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: 5
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-22 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7278946
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-14 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
National registration number:
www.oireachtas.ie
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 XR20
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement@oireachtas.ie ๐ง
Phone: +35316183636 ๐
Address of the buyer profile: www.oireachtas.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7278946 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7278946 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 2026/S 005-009359 (2026-01-07)
Contract award notice (2026-04-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 850 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 850 000 EUR (framework approximate) ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): consistently high quality and suitably qualified staff
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Tenderers Approach to Account Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Tenderers Approach to Sustainability
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Cost criterion (name): Proposed cost of providing the Service.
Cost criterion (weighting): 20
Procedure
Type of procedure
Accelerated procedure
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-16 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement: 850 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Noel Recruitment Ireland Limited
National registration number:
Postal address: b10 Santry Business Park
Postal code: D09 PF99
Postal town: Dublin 9
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: john.galvin@noel.ie ๐ง
Phone: 0861855118 ๐
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Tender identifier:
Name: Excel Recruitment
National registration number:
Postal address: Capel Building, St Marys Abbey
Postal code: Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin 7
E-mail: ciara@excelrecruitment.com ๐ง
Phone: 0873639464 ๐
URL: www.excelrecruitment.com ๐
Tender identifier:
Name: Heyday Recruitment
National registration number:
Postal address: Unit H11 Maynooth Business Campus
Postal code: W23 R9V4
Postal town: Maynooth
E-mail: andy@heydaygroup.ie ๐ง
Phone: 016290534 ๐
URL: www.heydayrecruitment.ie ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number:
Source: OJS 2026/S 075-264696 (2026-04-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 850 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 850 000 EUR (framework approximate) ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): consistently high quality and suitably qualified staff
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Tenderers Approach to Account Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Tenderers Approach to Sustainability
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Cost criterion (name): Proposed cost of providing the Service.
Cost criterion (weighting): 20
Procedure
Type of procedure
Accelerated procedure
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
439428
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-16 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement: 850 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
000153400
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Noel Recruitment Ireland Limited
National registration number:
197367
Postal address: b10 Santry Business Park
Postal code: D09 PF99
Postal town: Dublin 9
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: john.galvin@noel.ie ๐ง
Phone: 0861855118 ๐
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Tender identifier:
000153239
Name: Excel Recruitment
National registration number:
357146
Postal address: Capel Building, St Marys Abbey
Postal code: Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin 7
E-mail: ciara@excelrecruitment.com ๐ง
Phone: 0873639464 ๐
URL: www.excelrecruitment.com ๐
Tender identifier:
000153099
Name: Heyday Recruitment
National registration number:
9672924i
Postal address: Unit H11 Maynooth Business Campus
Postal code: W23 R9V4
Postal town: Maynooth
E-mail: andy@heydaygroup.ie ๐ง
Phone: 016290534 ๐
URL: www.heydayrecruitment.ie ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number:
0000
Source: OJS 2026/S 075-264696 (2026-04-16)
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