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CL3028DPS - Dynamic Purchasing System for the Supply of Schoolbooks incl eBooks to Community and Comprehensive, and Voluntary Secondary Schools (excluding ETB schools) within the Free Education Scheme

Details

Buyer: Education Procurement Service EPS
Value: €420,000,000
Topic: Printed matter and related products
Published: 18 November 2024
Submission: 14 November 2029in 3 years
Source: ie:e_tenders

Tender description

The Department of Education is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of Schoolbooks, including eBooks, to Community and Comprehensive, and Voluntary Secondary Schools (excluding ETB Schools) within the Free Education Scheme. The Department has identified the need to put in place a central procurement solution for Voluntary Secondary Schools and Community and Comprehensive Schools in the Free Education Scheme for 2025/2026 and subsequent years to assist schools with the process of procuring schoolbooks, including eBooks.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published18 November 2024
Current notice
Next: Submission date14 November 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Education Procurement Service EPS is the sector sourcing hub of the Department of Education and Youth. EPS is a shared service for schools, Education and Training Boards and higher education. Contracts are run as framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. Most frameworks come with a user guide and summary sheet.

A monthly contract completion database lists one-off requisitions, mini-competitions and drawdowns.

Over the past 5 years, most of Education Procurement Service EPS's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, electrical equipment and lighting and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.