Request for Tenders for the Provision of A Managing Agent for the Procurement and Development of a Sensory Programme

Contract notice (2026-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tenders for the Provision of A Managing Agent for the Procurement and Development of a Sensory Programme
Short description:
“The Contracting Authority is looking for a managing agent for the delivery of sensory training and play packs for every Early Learning and Care (ELC) and...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Pre-school education services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 7 670 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Contracting Authority is looking for a managing agent for the delivery of sensory training and play packs for every Early Learning and Care (ELC) and...”    Show more
Additional products/services: Training software package 📦
Additional products/services: Welfare services for children and young people 📦
Additional products/services: Devices for the disabled 📦
Additional products/services: Educational equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Training aids and devices 📦
Additional products/services: Toys 📦
Additional products/services: Blankets 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 30 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of Project Requirements and Service Delivery Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Risk Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Ethics and Sustainability
Quality criterion (name): Product Content
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Quality criterion (name): Team Utilisation
Quality criterion (name): Resource Utilisation
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Delivery Capacity & Capability
Price ✅
Price (weighting): 200
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-05-18 14:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-18 14:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7904828
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 18

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Children Disability and Equality
National registration number: 9805633H
Postal address: Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 – 58 Lower Baggot Street
Postal code: D02 XW14
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement_queries@equality.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 016473000 📞
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.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=7904828 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7904828 🌏

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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 074-261202 (2026-04-15)