TR3601F - Bus Hire Services - Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Multi Party Framework ("Framework") for the Provision of Bus Hire Services for KWETB for students/participants and staff travelling from and to Schools and Centres for various individual trips which may include day trips, sporting events, competitions, careers fairs, science outing, debates and award ceremonies etc. This list is not exhaustive. It is the intention of the Contracting Authority to establish Multi-Supplier Frameworks from which call-off contracts will be run by schools/ centres as requirements arise over the lifetime of the Framework.
DeadlineDeadline 2026-05-18
Who? What?- โข Specialist vehicles โบ Minibuses
- โข Buses and coaches โบ Public-service buses
- โข Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver โบ Hire of buses and coaches with driver
- โข Miscellaneous business-related services โบ Business travel services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2026-04-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: TR3601F - Bus Hire Services - Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB)
Short description:
โThis public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Multi Party Framework ("Framework") for the Provision of Bus Hire Services for KWETB...โ
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โThis public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Multi Party Framework ("Framework") for the Provision of Bus Hire Services for KWETB...โ
Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver ๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Business travel services ๐ฆ
Public-service buses ๐ฆ
Minibuses ๐ฆ
Buses and coaches ๐ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
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: Business travel services ๐ฆ
Public-service buses ๐ฆ
Minibuses ๐ฆ
Buses and coaches ๐ฆ
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: 2026-05-18 14:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-18 14:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7889515
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: 180
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Maximum number of participants: 100
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-05-18 14:30:00 ๐
Place:
โhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7889515โ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-05-08 14:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ง
Phone: 061 ๐
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ 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=7889515 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7889515 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
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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 072-253580 (2026-04-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: TR3601F - Bus Hire Services - Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB)
Short description:
โThis public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Multi Party Framework ("Framework") for the Provision of Bus Hire Services for KWETB...โ
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โThis public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Multi Party Framework ("Framework") for the Provision of Bus Hire Services for KWETB...โ
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of buses and coaches with driver ๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Business travel services ๐ฆ
Public-service buses ๐ฆ
Minibuses ๐ฆ
Buses and coaches ๐ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
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: Business travel services ๐ฆ
Public-service buses ๐ฆ
Minibuses ๐ฆ
Buses and coaches ๐ฆ
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: 2026-05-18 14:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-18 14:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7889515
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: 180
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Maximum number of participants: 100
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-05-18 14:30:00 ๐
Place:
โhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7889515โ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-05-08 14:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ง
Phone: 061 ๐
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ 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=7889515 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7889515 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
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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 072-253580 (2026-04-13)
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