Supply of Branded Stationery and Merchandise - Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is tendering for the supply, packaging and delivery of branded stationery packs and branded merchandise for use in connection with Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union which will take place during the period from 1 July to 31 December 2026.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-20. The procurement was published on 2026-02-17.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Ballpoint pens
- • Luggage, saddlery, sacks and bags › Sacks and bags
- • Office supplies › Stationery
- • Paper or paperboard registers › Notebooks
- • Site-identification equipment › Identification badges
- • Trade-advertising material, commercial catalogues and manuals › Advertising material
- • Umbrellas and sunshades; walking sticks and seat sticks › Umbrellas
- • Various office equipment and supplies › Paper stationery and other items
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | Contract notice |
| 2026-05-26 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2026-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of Branded Stationery and Merchandise - Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026
Short description:
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Advertising material 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 570 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 2
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 1 – Branded Tote Bags, A5 Notebooks and Pens
Estimated value excluding VAT: 445 000 EUR 💰
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 12 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 2 – Other Branded Stationery Items and Branded Merchandise
Estimated value excluding VAT: 125 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-20 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-20 13:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7544266
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 4 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-03-20 13:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7544266
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-03-04 13:00:00 📅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
National registration number:
Postal address: Iveagh House. 80 St Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
Postal code: D02 VY53
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: dfatenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
URL: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
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=7544266 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7544266 🌏
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
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 035-117643 (2026-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of Branded Stationery and Merchandise - Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026
Short description:
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is tendering for the supply, packaging and delivery of branded stationery packs and branded merchandise for use in connection with Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union which will take place during the period from 1 July to 31 December 2026.
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Products/services: Advertising material 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 570 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 2
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Lot 1 – Branded Tote Bags, A5 Notebooks and Pens
Estimated value excluding VAT: 445 000 EUR 💰
Additional products/services:
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 12 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Lot 2 – Other Branded Stationery Items and Branded Merchandise
Estimated value excluding VAT: 125 000 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-20 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-20 13:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7544266
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 4 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-03-20 13:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7544266
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-03-04 13:00:00 📅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
National registration number:
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Postal address: Iveagh House. 80 St Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
Postal code: D02 VY53
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: dfatenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
URL: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
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=7544266 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7544266 🌏
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
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 035-117643 (2026-02-17)
Contract award notice (2026-05-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 570 000 EUR 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Award of contract
1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-28 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 445 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: J W Balfour Ltd
National registration number:
Postal address: Unit 6 Phoenix Industrial Estate, Navan Road, Ashtown
Postal code: D15 YY17
Postal town: Dublin 15
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: info@jwbalfour.ie 📧
Phone: +353 (0) 1 838 8917 📞
URL: www.jwbalfour.ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Small
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number:
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 11
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 125 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PFG Brand Attraction EU Ltd
National registration number:
Postal address: Newtown Cross The Ward Co. Dublin,
Postal code: D11 K27C
Postal town: Dublin
E-mail: martin@portfoliogroup.ie 📧
Phone: 01 8394918 📞
URL: www.brandhub.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2026/S 101-364599 (2026-05-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 570 000 EUR 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Award of contract
1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
440568
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-28 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 445 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000163755
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: J W Balfour Ltd
National registration number:
149016
Postal address: Unit 6 Phoenix Industrial Estate, Navan Road, Ashtown
Postal code: D15 YY17
Postal town: Dublin 15
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: info@jwbalfour.ie 📧
Phone: +353 (0) 1 838 8917 📞
URL: www.jwbalfour.ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Small
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 11
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 125 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000163581
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0002
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PFG Brand Attraction EU Ltd
National registration number:
598746
Postal address: Newtown Cross The Ward Co. Dublin,
Postal code: D11 K27C
Postal town: Dublin
E-mail: martin@portfoliogroup.ie 📧
Phone: 01 8394918 📞
URL: www.brandhub.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2026/S 101-364599 (2026-05-26)
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