Contract for Education and Outreach Programme Management Services
Department of Culture Communications Sport
The National Archives has been very successful in recent years in broadening the understanding of our role as the keeper of the records of the State amongst the general public. This enhanced public engagement has seen more people visit the National Archives online and in person(outside of the usual academics and researchers) and connect with our collections through new and more creative ways, such as exhibitions (61,000 people attended Society and State in 2024), publications, talks, seminars, tours including our annual exhibition at the Ploughing Championships, our expanded social media (31,256 followers on social media platforms) as well as more collections available online including the 1926 census with over 50m hits to the website. Our proposed collaboration with The National Archives UK (TNA) as part of the Ireland UK 2030 Collaboration Project, Shared archives, shared futures: Ireland and Britain in paper, practice and partnership will build on this work. This project will require project management support across the range of work packages proposed as part of the application. These services are built into the funding approved in March 2026. Over the coming four years we are also developing our exhibition and outreach programme to make available a core series of collections. These will include an exhibition on our Famine Relief Collections and Distress Papers in 2027 as part of Ireland Canada 180 which we will also bring to the Ploughing Championships, a programme on the Financial Personal and Property Compensation Files 1916-1923 which recently transferred to the National Archives from the Department of Finance. Education and Outreach Programme Management Services are required to support the National Archives work in these areas. We do not have the internal skills or resources to deliver these services.
DeadlineDeadline 2026-12-11
Who? What?- โข Administrative services of agencies โบ Administrative recreational, cultural and religious services
- โข Business and management consultancy services โบ General management consultancy services
- โข Event services โบ Cultural event organisation services
- โข Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services โบ Fair and exhibition organisation services
- โข Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services โบ Seminar organisation services
- โข Library and archive services โบ Library services
- โข Miscellaneous business-related services โบ Contract administration services
- โข Miscellaneous business-related services โบ Library management services
- โข Research and development consultancy services โบ Development consultancy services
- โข Research and development consultancy services โบ Research consultancy services
- โข Systems and technical consultancy services โบ Business analysis consultancy services
- โข Systems and technical consultancy services โบ Project management consultancy services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
- โข Southern โบ South-West
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | Contract notice |
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Contract for Education and Outreach Programme Management Services
Short description:
Products/services: Recreational, cultural and sporting services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 320 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Quantity: 1
Additional products/services:
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 54 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Description
Postal address: Bishop Street, D08 DF85
Postcode: D08 DF85
Town: Dublin, IE
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-12-11 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-12-14 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9393073
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: 3 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-12-14 00:00:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9393073
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-11-20 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Culture Communications Sport
National registration number:
4000113V
Department: National Archives Ireland
Postal address: Government Buildings, New Road
Postal code: V93 A49X
Postal town: Killarney
Region: South-West ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: David Noonan
E-mail: procurement@ccs.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 014072300 ๐
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Social protection
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9393073 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9393073 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 214-765108 (2026-11-02)