2026/006 Establishment of a Panel for the coordination, design, implementation, and training for the National Start-up Accelerator Programmes – Sectoral/Specialist
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Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 October 2032 at 12:00 — 2197 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
- Offer and evidence in: ENG.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis above: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 6 months (37 awards, most recently May 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to IESE Business School.n = 37
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (257 procedures with a bid count); 12% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 257
- 20% of awards went to companies from abroad (292 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 292
- 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (292 awards since 2018, spread over 175 companies). 76% went to new names.n = 292 awards since 2018
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 04/10/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Education & training, 82 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,411 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, France, Germany.
Typical field: median 9 (from 34 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
This Competition forms one of three (3) proposed programmes (outlined below) under Enterprise Ireland’s new National Accelerator Programme, a flagship initiative under Startup Ireland as part of Enterprise Ireland’s "Delivering for Ireland, Leading Globally (2025-2029)" strategy. Enterprise Ireland will use the Panel as and when requirements within their scope arise. However, there is no obligation upon Enterprise Ireland to use the Panel in every instance. Should the circumstances arise, the Panel as a whole may be terminated in accordance with the Panel terms and conditions. The Panel may also be employed for the award of accelerator related programmes connected with new sectoral / specialist needs in response to industry developments, trends and new technologies. To this end Enterprise Ireland will exercise its sole discretion in determining whether new accelerator programmes come…
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… within the sector or specialist area initially indicated by Applicants. Panel Members may be requested to deliver accelerator programmes falling within the scope of the panel either fully, partially, or variations of same including delivery of accelerator programmes which are closely related. Enterprise Ireland currently has a requirement for an AI Specialist Accelerator Programme and therefore intends to award an Initial Call-Off Contract immediately following the establishment of the Panel. Applicants should note that the closing date for the call for initial work is Monday 7th of September 2026 @ 12 Noon Irish Time. Applicants, who are in the AI specialist area, are requested to submit, with their Application for admission on to the Panel, a separate tender response (“Response”) to the Supplementary Invitation to Tender published with this Panel Application. The Response to the Supplementary Invitation to Tender should be submitted via the eTenders post-box facility on www.etenders.gov.ie only, as a separate document. Responses to the Supplementary Invitation to Tender must use the response document issued with the Supplementary Invitation to Tender. For the avoidance of any doubt Applicants (in the AI specialist area) are not required to submit a response to the Supplementary Invitation to Tender. The full scope of requirements under this Panel can be found in the Panel documents.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
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Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Frontline Consultants | 9 | 2018–2023 |
| IESE Business School | 4 | 2023–2026 |
| Ernst and Young | 4 | 2020–2026 |
| GRANT THORNTON | 4 | 2018–2020 |
| IBISWorld Limited | 4 | 2023–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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