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.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-06-02. The procurement was published on 2026-05-05.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
- โข Big Motive
- โข Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security โบ Business and management consultancy and related services
- โข IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Contract notice |
| 2026-10-19 | Contract award 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:
Short description:
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
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐ฆ
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 36 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
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: 2026-06-02 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 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-06-02 17:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8044599
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-05-19 10:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Youth
National registration number:
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: D01 RC96
Postal town: Dublin 1
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: Steven Collins
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
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 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 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:
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.
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Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐ฆ
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 36 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
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: 2026-06-02 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 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-06-02 17:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8044599
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-05-19 10:00:00 ๐
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
Contact point: Steven Collins
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
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 087-311536 (2026-05-05)
Contract award notice (2026-10-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 1 056 600 EUR ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Price โ
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-06-15 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 1 056 600 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Big Motive
National registration number:
Postal address: 2nd Floor, 64 Upper Church Lane
Postal code: BT14QL
Postal town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
E-mail: ss@bigmotive.com ๐ง
Phone: 0044(0)28 9002 9918 ๐
URL: www.bigmotive.com ๐
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact point: Mr. Steven Collins, Programme Management Office, Department of Education and Youth
Phone: 353 1 8896400 ๐
Fax: 353-1-8896400 ๐
Source: OJS 2026/S 204-729824 (2026-10-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 1 056 600 EUR ๐ฐ
Award criteria
Price โ
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
460276
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-06-15 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 1 056 600 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
000177576
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Big Motive
National registration number:
NI051892
Postal address: 2nd Floor, 64 Upper Church Lane
Postal code: BT14QL
Postal town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
E-mail: ss@bigmotive.com ๐ง
Phone: 0044(0)28 9002 9918 ๐
URL: www.bigmotive.com ๐
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact point: Mr. Steven Collins, Programme Management Office, Department of Education and Youth
Phone: 353 1 8896400 ๐
Fax: 353-1-8896400 ๐
Source: OJS 2026/S 204-729824 (2026-10-19)
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