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Request for Tender for Website Optimisation, Hosting, Maintenance, Support and Development Services

IEIreland

Your path to submission

Deadline: 6 November at 13:00 — 5 days left.
You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
Offer and evidence in: English.
Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Skillnet Ireland is seeking a digital partner to support the ongoing hosting, maintenance, optimisation and enhancement of its website ecosystem, together with any additional development requirements that may arise during the contract period. The website must effectively communicate Skillnet Ireland's purpose, impact and value proposition while supporting engagement with businesses, stakeholders, policymakers, learners and the wider public. The successful tenderer will work collaboratively with Skillnet Ireland to ensure that www.skillnetireland.ie remains an effective corporate communications platform, stakeholder engagement tool, and gateway to Skillnet Ireland supports and services.

From the TED — Tenders Electronic Daily version of this same notice.

Contract

BuyerSkillnet Ireland →

TypeServices

Estimated valuevalue not published

Published6 Oct 2026

ProcedureOpen procedure

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

27% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (72 awards since 2013, spread over 50 companies). That is well below the national norm (39%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 72 awards since 2013
The median procedure drew 7 bids (65 procedures with a bid count); 12% ended with a single bidder. Country: median 5.3 bids.n = 65
4% of awards went to companies from abroad (72 awards with a known winner country). National average: 9%.n = 72

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

Selection criteria — in the procurement documents

The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.

Eligibility analysis from the tender documents

Tender documents — direct download

These addresses come from the notice of the same tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily — they lead straight to the documents at the buyer, without registering on eTenders Ireland.

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Annex 1

Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration

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Administrative conditions

The full notice, official wording

Part of a larger project

Request for Tender for Website Optimisation

The same buyer is tendering this project in several lots.

Hosting, Maintenance, Support and Development ServicesDeadline 6 Novthis lot
HostingDeadline 9 Nov

The deadlines differ — if you offer several trades you can work through them one after another. Matched by buyer and the start of the title; differently named lots may be missing.

Who has won at this buyer so far

Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.

Company	Awards	Period
it@cork Associatio Ltd	3	2024–2026
The Discovery Partnership Ltd	3	2013–2014
CSCL	3	2024
Lar Burke and Associates Ltd	2	2013–2014
Lean Business Systems	2	2013–2014

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Deadline — Friday 6 November at 13:00

Tactics

This procedure allows 31 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.

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Foreign bidders

In Ireland, 4,537 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 75,770 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United Kingdom, Germany.

Submission language: English.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents

Goes directly to this tender on eTenders Ireland. The full specification and all annexes are there.

This procedure is published on 2 portals

Bids are submitted on eTenders Ireland — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.

eTenders IrelandSubmission portalTEDNotice

Put together the evidence — in English

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via eTenders Ireland before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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