NSAI - Request for Tenders in Relation to the Provision of A Sales Services for Standards

National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

Under section 17 of the Act, the Contracting Authority is obliged to publish and place on sale copies of Irish Standards. In addition, through its membership of international and European standardisation organisations, the Contracting Authority is entitled to sell standards according to the rules of those organisations. Since 2009, the Contracting Authority has outsourced the largest part of its sales function to an external provider. The Contracting Authority wishes to put these services out to tender once more and therefore hereby invites experienced operators to submit tenders in respect of the provision of the Services specified in the draft Contract in accordance with this Request for Tenders (RFT).

Deadline

Deadline 2026-06-16

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
2026-05-07 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-05-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: NSAI - Request for Tenders in Relation to the Provision of A Sales Services for Standards
Short description:
โ€œUnder section 17 of the Act, the Contracting Authority is obliged to publish and place on sale copies of Irish Standards. In addition, through its...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Other community, social and personal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œUnder section 17 of the Act, the Contracting Authority is obliged to publish and place on sale copies of Irish Standards. In addition, through its...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Other community, social and personal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Printing and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Administration, defence and social security services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 5 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Printing and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Administration, defence and social security services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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: 2026-06-16 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-06-17 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8084965
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: 6
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-06-17 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8084965โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-06-10 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
National registration number: 9586652U
Postal address: 1 Swift Square, Northwood,
Postal code: D09 A0E4
Postal town: Santry
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: valerie.murphy@nsai.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 018073800 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.nsai.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nsai.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=8084965 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8084965 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
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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 090-322207 (2026-05-07)