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Bespoke Panel Arrangement for the Provision of Children’s Residential Services to complement existing community based residential services operated by/on Behalf Of Tusla - The Child and Family Agency
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 12 November at 18:00 — 11 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.
What the buyer is looking for
Tusla hereby invites suitably qualified and experienced Service Providers to submit tenders for the provision of Children’s Residential Services to complement existing community based residential services operated by/on behalf of Tusla. It is envisaged that all the required services of this tender will be funded and managed by Tusla. Please note that this tender was previously published on 09/03/2026 under the following eTenders Resource ID: 7641990 and OJEU Reference Number 2026- 162039 with the following title; Bespoke Panel Arrangement for the Provision of Children’s Residential Services to Complement Existing Community Based Residential Services Operated by/on Behalf of Tusla Following that competition a bespoke panel has been established and contracts have been awarded to successful tenderers. The purpose of this Contract Notice is to fulfil the obligations of the original bespoke…
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… panel competition by reopening the competition to interested parties as set out in Section 1.13 of the original Invitation to Tender. In that context, Service Providers that believe that they have the requisite capacity, suitability qualified staff, experience and expertise within their organisation to deliver the services required as outlined in the tender documentation, are invited to submit tenders for the provision of Children’s Residential Services to complement existing community based residential services operated by / on behalf of Tusla. Tusla now invites organisations to tender to join a Bespoke Panel Arrangement to provide high quality Children’s Residential Services. Requirements which arise under the Arrangement will be procured using spot purchasing. The Rates for services are set in the tender documents and interested parties applying to participate on the panel will be required to sign a declaration within the Tender Response Document. By signing the declaration, Applicants declaration confirms their agreement to these rates. It is envisaged that all the required services of this tender will be funded and managed by Tusla. This tender process is being conducted under Annex XIV of Procurement directives 2014/24/EU. The required services are listed as Annex XIV services, and accordingly, only Articles 74 to 77 of Directive 2014/24/EC applies to the award of any contract (s) that arise from this process.
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 21% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (49 awards since 2020, spread over 32 companies). 79% went to new names.n = 49 awards since 2020
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (42 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 42
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (49 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 49
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Micromail | 3 | 2022–2025 |
| Sentinel Risk | 3 | 2025–2026 |
| Hegarty and Armstrong | 2 | 2024 |
| Dermot G O'Donovan Solicitors | 2 | 2024 |
| UCD School of Business | 2 | 2024–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 5 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 29 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Health & social work, 28 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,134 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Romania, France.
Submission language: English.
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