Closed tender

Provision of Service Design and Strategic Design support for the development of a Common Application System (CAS) for school admissions for the Department of Education and Youth

Details

Value
€1,200,000
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
6 May 2026
Submission
3 June 2026

Tender description

The Minister for Education and Youth invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT. In summary, the Services comprise: The Contracting Authority seeks specialist service and strategic design support over a 12 month period to advance priority transformation initiatives, including the Common Application System for school admissions and the Department’s 90 per cent digital target under Better Public Services 2030. Two Service Designers will be embedded within cross-functional project teams to lead research, journey mapping, prototyping and future-state service design across these initiatives. The designers will operate as part of the Department’s expanding Service Design practice within the PMO, led by a Service Design Lead at Assistant Principal level. The role requires both hands-on delivery and capability uplift, ensuring design methods and artefacts become embedded within ongoing transformation programme.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published6 May 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date3 June 2026

About the buyer

The Department of Education and Youth is a central government department in Dublin, and buys for the Irish education system. Departmental procurement policy says to use central frameworks where they suit the need. The Office of Government Procurement and the sectoral procurement hubs provide public service-wide frameworks and contracts. The Education Procurement Service runs procurement competitions for higher education partners.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Education and Youth's contract awards have been in business services and education and training.

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