Awarded contract

Provision of Artefact Archive Processing Services

Details

Buyer: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Topic: Archaeological services
Published: 19 September 2025
Source: ie:e_tenders

Tender description

The National Monuments Service (NMS) Archive Unit requires the services of an archaeologist with archival experience on a 450 working days contract to process legacy deposits of archaeological artefacts from legacy excavations carried out by past and present staff of the NMS, or by persons contracted to work on National Monuments. The person employed may also have to deal with paper records of excavations, legacy business records and files, private sector archives, maps and plans, etc.

Timeline

Completed: Award published19 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date19 September 2025

About the buyer

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage sets national policy on housing, planning and heritage, and buys through its own procurement team. Current tender competitions are published on the eTenders website, Ireland's national procurement platform. Frameworks, live contracts and guidance come from the Office of Government Procurement. Procurement rules follow the National Public Procurement Policy Framework and EU directives. Awarded public contracts are published under the Freedom of Information Publication Scheme. The department's procurement processes aim to deliver value for money for works, goods and services.

€29.5bn was the estimated value of contracts awarded across the Irish public sector in 2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's contract awards have been in waste, cleaning and environmental services, architectural and engineering services and agricultural and horticultural services.

Relevant CPV codes

71351914 · Archaeological services
92512000 · Archive services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage.gov