TR3317F - RFT for the Supply of Bus Hire Services for Monaghan Town Centre and Surrounding Area for Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB)

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Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board CMETB invites tenders from authorised Bus Transport companies. Education and Training Boards ETBs are statutory authorities which have responsibility for education and training, youth work and a range of other functions. Formerly known as Vocational Education Committees VECs .ETBs manage and operate second‐level schools, further education colleges, multi‐faith community national schools and a range of adult, further education and training centres delivering education and training programmes, including 19 former FAS training centres. There are 16 Education and Training Boards spread throughout the country with over 650 sites under their remit. The Chief Executive CE of each ETB carries out the executive functions of the ETB, including those in relation to procurement. Education and Training Boards Ireland ETBI, based in Naas, Co Kildare is the national representative association for ETBs. Its job is to represent ETBs and promote their interests. It also provides services to its members in areas such as Policy, HR IR, Corporate and Procurement and Reform. ETBI coordinates the ETB Procurement Network, which brings procurement personnel from the 16 ETBs together on a quarterly basis. The Contracting Authority is an ETB responsible for the delivery of services in the following location: Cavan and Monaghan In 2013, the Education and Training Boards Act was enacted, providing for the establishment of 16 Education and Training Boards ETBs to replace the existing 33 Vocational Education Committees VECs. The Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) was established as a result of this legislation, with the Monaghan office being designated as the head office and the Cavan office being given sub office status. CMETB provides a comprehensive range of education services throughout Cavan and Monaghan and is the largest educational provider in counties Cavan and Monaghan. CMETB’s educational and training provision includes second level schools, further education colleges and a range of adult and further education centres delivering education and training programmes, Traineeships and Apprenticeships, Post Leaving Certificate Courses PLCs, YouthReach centres, Outdoor Education, Prison Education, Arts Education and Youth Services. Cavan and Monaghan ETB places learning and the learner at the heart of its educational provision. CMETB provides services to both counties Cavan and Monaghan by employing approximately 1,400 staff and providing full time education to over 13,000 students at second level and PLC and also learners in Adult Education.