RFT for Design and Delivery of an AI Workforce Development Programme

Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet

Digital transformation and the adoption of AI technologies are now central to organisational competitiveness, productivity and resilience across all sectors. While many organisations are investing in digital technologies they are also committed to building structured and sustainable AI capability across its workforce. To support our member companies Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet now seek to appoint a suitably qualified provider to design and deliver an AI Workforce Development Programme. The objective of the programme is to move participants from occasional, ad-hoc AI use to embedded daily practice โ€” with documented, role-specific AI workflows they own and build upon. The programme will incorporate certification via Anthropic Academy as a standard learning milestone for all participants.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-06-16

Who? What? Where?
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  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2026-05-29 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-05-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: RFT for Design and Delivery of an AI Workforce Development Programme
Reference number: RFT280526
Short description:
Digital transformation and the adoption of AI technologies are now central to organisational competitiveness, productivity and resilience across all sectors. While many organisations are investing in digital technologies they are also committed to building structured and sustainable AI capability across its workforce. To support our member companies Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet now seek to appoint a suitably qualified provider to design and deliver an AI Workforce Development Programme. The objective of the programme is to move participants from occasional, ad-hoc AI use to embedded daily practice โ€” with documented, role-specific AI workflows they own and build upon. The programme will incorporate certification via Anthropic Academy as a standard learning milestone for all participants.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: RFT280526
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 24 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-06-16 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-06-17 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8277360
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: 90 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-06-17 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8277360
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-06-10 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive โ€“ CVD) โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet
National registration number: RFT 280526
Postal address: 84-86 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 H720
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: maire.hunt@digitalskillnet.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0868545143 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.digitalskillnet.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.digitalskillnet.ie ๐ŸŒ
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=8277360 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8277360 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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 104-377979 (2026-05-29)