Provision of Service Design and Strategic Design support for the development of a Common Application System (CAS) for school admissions for the Department of Education and Youth
Department of Education and Youth
The Minister for Education and Youth invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT. In summary, the Services comprise: The Contracting Authority seeks specialist service and strategic design support over a 12 month period to advance priority transformation initiatives, including the Common Application System for school admissions and the Departmentโs 90 per cent digital target under Better Public Services 2030. Two Service Designers will be embedded within cross-functional project teams to lead research, journey mapping, prototyping and future-state service design across these initiatives. The designers will operate as part of the Departmentโs expanding Service Design practice within the PMO, led by a Service Design Lead at Assistant Principal level. The role requires both hands-on delivery and capability uplift, ensuring design methods and artefacts become embedded within ongoing transformation programme.
DeadlineDeadline 2026-06-02
Who? What?- โข IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- โข Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security โบ Business and management consultancy and related services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2026-05-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Service Design and Strategic Design support for the development of a Common Application System (CAS) for school admissions for the Department of Education and Youth
Reference number: CAS_SD_2026
Short description:
โThe Minister for Education and Youth invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in...โ
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe Minister for Education and Youth invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in...โ
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Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 36 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-06-02 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-06-02 17:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8044599
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: 6
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Youth
National registration number: Ie dey
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: D01 RC96
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: steven_collins@education.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 8896400 ๐
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=8044599 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8044599 ๐
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 087-311536 (2026-05-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Service Design and Strategic Design support for the development of a Common Application System (CAS) for school admissions for the Department of Education and Youth
Reference number: CAS_SD_2026
Short description:
โThe Minister for Education and Youth invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in...โ
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe Minister for Education and Youth invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in...โ
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 36 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-06-02 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-06-02 17:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8044599
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: 6
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Youth
National registration number: Ie dey
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: D01 RC96
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: steven_collins@education.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 8896400 ๐
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/ ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=8044599 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8044599 ๐
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 087-311536 (2026-05-05)
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