The Supply of Bus Hire Services to Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board for Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College

Contract notice (2026-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Supply of Bus Hire Services to Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board for Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College
Short description:
“Bus Hire Services for GRETB will provide buses for students/participants and staff travelling from and to Schools and Centres for various individual trips...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 320 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 320 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Bus Hire Services for GRETB will provide buses for students/participants and staff travelling from and to Schools and Centres for various individual trips...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver 📦
Additional products/services: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver 📦
Minibuses 📦
Buses and coaches 📦
Non-scheduled passenger transport 📦
Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: West 🏙️
Duration: 48 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver 📦
Minibuses 📦
Buses and coaches 📦
Non-scheduled passenger transport 📦
Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-06-16 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-06-16 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8147613
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 365
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 10
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-06-16 12:30:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8147613”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-06-09 12:00:00 📅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board_92189
National registration number: 3185025HH
Postal address: An Coilear Ban,
Postal code: H65 AT81
Postal town: Athenry
Region: West 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: hilary.molloy@gretb.ie 📧
Phone: 091874505 📞
URL: https://www.gretb.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gretb.ie 🌏
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=8147613 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8147613 🌏
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 🏙️
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
Department: 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 094-335599 (2026-05-14)