Schools Energy Pathfinder 2025/2026 โ€“ Heat Pump Programme โ€“ Works Contractors Notice

Department of Education and Youth

Call for Tender for the procurement of Works Contractors for mechanical and electrical plantroom works including all associated builderโ€™s works and site works to facilitate heat pump installation to 17 school buildings located in five counties namely Kildare, Offaly, Laois, Waterford and Wexford. The 17 schools have been divided into eight LOTs comprising of either two or three schools per LOT. An interested Contractor may tender for one or all LOTs, but is restricted to winning a maximum of four LOTs. The Department of Education and Youth (DEY) is publishing this CFT on behalf of the respective Education and Training Boards who will act as the respective Contracting Authorities per LOT. Refer to the Master Project Information Memorandum for further details.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-11-02

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Procurement history
Date Document
2026-09-28 Contract notice
2026-09-30 Contract notice
2026-10-01 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2026-09-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Schools Energy Pathfinder 2025/2026 โ€“ Heat Pump Programme โ€“ Works Contractors Notice
Short description:
Call for Tender for the procurement of Works Contractors for mechanical and electrical plantroom works including all associated builderโ€™s works and site works to facilitate heat pump installation to 17 school buildings located in five counties namely Kildare, Offaly, Laois, Waterford and Wexford. The 17 schools have been divided into eight LOTs comprising of either two or three schools per LOT. An interested Contractor may tender for one or all LOTs, but is restricted to winning a maximum of four LOTs. The Department of Education and Youth (DEY) is publishing this CFT on behalf of the respective Education and Training Boards who will act as the respective Contracting Authorities per LOT. Refer to the Master Project Information Memorandum for further details.
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Type of contract: Works
Products/services: Construction work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 8
Tenders may be submitted for all lots โœ…

1๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 1
Title: Lot KW 1
Additional products/services: Main site or place of performance: Kildare
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Mid-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 9 months
Award criteria
Price โœ…
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 2
Title: Lot KW 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 3
Title: Lot KW 3
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

4๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 4
Title: Lot LO 1
Main site or place of performance: Laois and Offaly
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004

5๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 5
Title: Lot LO 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0005

6๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 6
Title: Lot W 1
Main site or place of performance: Wexford
Place of performance: South-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0006

7๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 7
Title: Lot W 2
Main site or place of performance: Wexford and Waterford
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0007

8๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 8
Title: Lot W 3
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0008

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: 2026-11-02 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-11-02 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9174534
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: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-11-02 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9174534
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-10-19 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Youth
National registration number: 0
Department: Climate Action Unit
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: 057 932 4300 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: www.education.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information exchange endpoint (URL): www.etenders.gov.ie 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=9174534 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9174534 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 189-672273 (2026-09-28)
Contract notice (2026-09-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐ŸŒ

Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Notice cancelled
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: de504f1f-170d-40b9-af07-0b4e05214e14-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 190-674927 (2026-09-30)
Contract award notice (2026-10-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
The reason why a winner was not chosen: Other
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 0

2๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

4๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004

5๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0005

6๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0006

7๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0007

8๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0008

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number: 0000
Source: OJS 2026/S 191-679017 (2026-10-01)