SPECIALIST DIGITAL CONSULTING SERVICES under the PEACEPLUS Smart Village Network Project (SVNP)

Donegal County Council_1193

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a multi-supplier Framework Agreement. A framework agreement establishes the terms and conditions under which individual contracts may or may not be awarded during a specified period. Tenderers may apply for one or more Lots, each of which will be evaluated separately. Admission does not constitute the award of a contract and does not guarantee work. Donegal County Council is inviting suitably qualified service providers to deliver specialist digital mentoring under the SVNP. Services include business discovery and diagnostic support, action planning, one-to-one mentoring, group mentoring, practical demonstration, guided implementation, use of hub infrastructure and equipment, knowledge transfer, referral support, monitoring and assignment-level reporting.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-11-26

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2026-10-27 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-10-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: SPECIALIST DIGITAL CONSULTING SERVICES under the PEACEPLUS Smart Village Network Project (SVNP)
Short description:
The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a multi-supplier Framework Agreement. A framework agreement establishes the terms and conditions under which individual contracts may or may not be awarded during a specified period. Tenderers may apply for one or more Lots, each of which will be evaluated separately. Admission does not constitute the award of a contract and does not guarantee work. Donegal County Council is inviting suitably qualified service providers to deliver specialist digital mentoring under the SVNP. Services include business discovery and diagnostic support, action planning, one-to-one mentoring, group mentoring, practical demonstration, guided implementation, use of hub infrastructure and equipment, knowledge transfer, referral support, monitoring and assignment-level reporting.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: General management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 130 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
Tenders may be submitted for all lots โœ…

1๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 1
Title: Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Data Solutions
Additional products/services: Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Criterion E will assess environmental measures, accessibility, inclusion, cross-border learning and proportionate added value.
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Climate change mitigation
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 24 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 2
Title: Digital Transformation and Business Systems
One of the criterion on the competition is Sustainability - incentivisting economic operators to compete in a envionmentally concious manner
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Pollution prevention and control
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 3
Title: Digital Content Creation and Marketing
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

4๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 4
Title: Sector-Specific Digital Solutions for Rural Businesses
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004

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: 2026-11-26 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-11-26 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9368551
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: 24 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 20
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-11-26 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9368551
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-11-19 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Donegal County Council_1193
National registration number: 8F28103W
Postal address: County House
Postal code: F93 Y622
Postal town: Lifford
Region: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@donegalcoco.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 749153900 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.donegalcoco.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.donegalcoco.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=9368551 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9368551 ๐ŸŒ
Identifier of EU funds: Peaceplus
EU funds programme: European territorial cooperation (2014/2020)
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 210-751505 (2026-10-27)