Photography and Videography services at meetings and events related to Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, 2026
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ireland is seeking tenders from experienced and competent service providers for the provision of photography and videography services in Ireland, Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (The Council) 2026. The service requirements are divided into two lots: Lot 1- Ireland - will include photo and video coverage of meetings and events in Ireland, both indoors and outdoors. Lot 2 – Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg - will include photo and video coverage of meetings and events in Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-05-05. The procurement was published on 2026-04-02.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Motion picture and video tape production and related services › Motion picture and video production services
- • Specialised photography services › Studio photography services
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | Contract notice |
| 2026-07-10 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2026-04-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Photography and Videography services at meetings and events related to Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, 2026
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Photographic and ancillary services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 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 - Photography and videography services at meetings and events in Ireland
Additional products/services:
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 7 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 2 - Photography and videography services at meetings and events in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg
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: 2026-05-05 18:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-05 18:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7838802
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 90 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-05-05 18:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7838802
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-28 18:00:00 📅
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=7838802 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7838802 🌏
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 066-231564 (2026-04-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Photography and Videography services at meetings and events related to Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, 2026
Short description:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ireland is seeking tenders from experienced and competent service providers for the provision of photography and videography services in Ireland, Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (The Council) 2026. The service requirements are divided into two lots: Lot 1- Ireland - will include photo and video coverage of meetings and events in Ireland, both indoors and outdoors. Lot 2 – Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg - will include photo and video coverage of meetings and events in Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg.
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Products/services: Photographic and ancillary services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 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 - Photography and videography services at meetings and events in Ireland
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 7 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Lot 2 - Photography and videography services at meetings and events in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg
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: 2026-05-05 18:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-05 18:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7838802
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 90 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-05-05 18:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7838802
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-28 18:00:00 📅
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=7838802 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7838802 🌏
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 066-231564 (2026-04-02)
Contract award notice (2026-07-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 311 160 EUR 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 70%
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 30%
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Description
Main site or place of performance: Lot 2 services to be performed in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg
Procedure
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-06-15 📅
Title: Photography and videography services at meetings and events in Ireland
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: 136 800 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Creative Technology (Audio Visual) Ireland Ltd
National registration number:
Postal address: A5A, North City Business Park, North Road, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland,
Postal code: D11 NWY2
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: sales.ie@ct-group.com 📧
Phone: 012957811 📞
URL: www.ct-group.com/ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Medium
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number:
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 174 360 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Instant News Services
National registration number:
Postal address: boulevard Charlemagne 1
Postal code: 1041
Postal town: Brussels
Region: Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad 🏙️
Country: Belgium 🇧🇪
E-mail: erik.morren@ins.brussels 📧
Phone: 0475720331 📞
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Source: OJS 2026/S 133-486611 (2026-07-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Provision of photography and videography services in Ireland, Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (The Council) 2026. The service requirements are divided into two lots: Lot 1- Ireland - will include photo and video coverage of meetings and events in Ireland, both indoors and outdoors. Lot 2 – Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg - will include photo and video coverage of meetings and events in Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg.
Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 311 160 EUR 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 70%
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 30%
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Description
Main site or place of performance: Lot 2 services to be performed in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg
Procedure
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
CIRL3394
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-06-15 📅
Title: Photography and videography services at meetings and events in Ireland
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: 136 800 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000171483
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Creative Technology (Audio Visual) Ireland Ltd
National registration number:
402337
Postal address: A5A, North City Business Park, North Road, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland,
Postal code: D11 NWY2
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: sales.ie@ct-group.com 📧
Phone: 012957811 📞
URL: www.ct-group.com/ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Medium
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 174 360 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000171235
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0002
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Instant News Services
National registration number:
0442731259
Postal address: boulevard Charlemagne 1
Postal code: 1041
Postal town: Brussels
Region: Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad 🏙️
Country: Belgium 🇧🇪
E-mail: erik.morren@ins.brussels 📧
Phone: 0475720331 📞
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie/ 🌏
Source: OJS 2026/S 133-486611 (2026-07-10)
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