Provision of Consultant Judge for Carlow's Pride of Place Competition

Carlow County Council

Carlow County Council are now seeking the services of an experienced consultant/judge to work on the Carlowโ€™s Pride of Place Competition in partnership with the Community Section of Carlow County Council. So, we are seeking a consultant/ judge for a 12-month period (with an option to extend the arrangement for up to two further periods of twelve (12) months each, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority) who will have the following tasks to complete: โ€ข Support the development of the application and application process โ€ข Carry out, as a minimum, 2 workshops in a competition year โ€ข Judge the applicants that will involve visiting each group, town, village, and housing estate that have entered the competition for 2027 throughout County Carlow and complete a marking sheet for each. โ€ข Provide a written report, which will include feedback for each entrant in each of the categories they have entered. โ€ข Participate in launch and the award ceremony events including PR obligations which will include video participation, interviews and contribution to press releases. โ€ข Provide and attend an end-of-year evaluation of the competition year The consultant/judge will report to the Community Section/key contact person of Carlow County Council on a regular basis through meetings and as necessary, email and telephone communication throughout the implementation of this programme. Tenderers are required to detail in their response their approach to the mobilization and implementation plan to deliver the requirements as outlined in this Request for Tender. The selected Service Provider will be expected to provide their own appropriate transportation, to fulfil the competition requirements. The competition encourages sustainable practices that protect and enhance the local environment and surrounding biodiversity.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-11-16

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Procurement history
Date Document
2026-10-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-10-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Consultant Judge for Carlow's Pride of Place Competition
Short description:
Carlow County Council are now seeking the services of an experienced consultant/judge to work on the Carlowโ€™s Pride of Place Competition in partnership with the Community Section of Carlow County Council. So, we are seeking a consultant/ judge for a 12-month period (with an option to extend the arrangement for up to two further periods of twelve (12) months each, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority) who will have the following tasks to complete: โ€ข Support the development of the application and application process โ€ข Carry out, as a minimum, 2 workshops in a competition year โ€ข Judge the applicants that will involve visiting each group, town, village, and housing estate that have entered the competition for 2027 throughout County Carlow and complete a marking sheet for each. โ€ข Provide a written report, which will include feedback for each entrant in each of the categories they have entered. โ€ข Participate in launch and the award ceremony events including PR obligations which will include video participation, interviews and contribution to press releases. โ€ข Provide and attend an end-of-year evaluation of the competition year The consultant/judge will report to the Community Section/key contact person of Carlow County Council on a regular basis through meetings and as necessary, email and telephone communication throughout the implementation of this programme. Tenderers are required to detail in their response their approach to the mobilization and implementation plan to deliver the requirements as outlined in this Request for Tender. The selected Service Provider will be expected to provide their own appropriate transportation, to fulfil the competition requirements. The competition encourages sustainable practices that protect and enhance the local environment and surrounding biodiversity.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Other community, social and personal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 74 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: South-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 3 years
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Other
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-11-16 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
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
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-10-30 15:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Carlow County Council
National registration number: 00250066U
Postal address: Athy Road
Postal code: R93E7R7
Postal town: Carlow
Region: South-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: etenders@carlowcoco.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 599170300 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.carlow.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.carlow.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9300365 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9300365 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
Source: OJS 2026/S 201-717532 (2026-10-15)