Official source
| Original official title | 2026/028 Establishment of a Single Party Framework for a Digital Platform for Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre Programmes |
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| Source language | English |
| Buyer | Enterprise Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Identifier | resourceId 8927804 |
| Procedure | Open |
| Deadline | 12 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin |
| Value | EUR 500,000 |
Boundary
EUR 500,000 is the official estimated value, not guaranteed expenditure, award value or supplier revenue. This procurement does not prove supplier appointment, contract award, implementation, operational use or realised outcomes.
Verified opportunity overview
Enterprise Ireland is establishing a single-party framework for a digital platform supporting Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre programmes. The official procurement workspace remains the controlling source for supplier decisions and current documents.
Current status and key dates
The opportunity lifecycle is open. The controlling submission deadline is 12 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.
Scope and deliverables
Enterprise Ireland wishes to establish a Single Party Framework for a Digital Platform for Startup Ireland National Accelerator, New Frontiers and Irish Business Innovation Centre Programmes. Startup Ireland is a central initiative, established to enhance alignment and collaboration across the national start-up ecosystem. It is a national government initiative led by Enterprise Ireland under the Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity, to strengthen Ireland’s capacity to create, grow, and scale indigenous businesses. Startup Ireland leads on the design, implementation, coordination and delivery of the new National Accelerator Programme with a core objective to support the creation of 1,000 new start-up businesses by 2029, alongside a wider ambition to support entrepreneurial activity nationally and regionally. A full list of requirements is outlined in the tender documents. This description is deliberately bounded to what the official public workspace states and does not extend unstated deliverables.
Lots and contract structure
Refer to the current official procurement documents. Complete lot schedules, quantities, specifications and allocation mechanics remain within the live procurement documents.
Supplier requirements
Refer to the current official procurement documents. Suppliers must use the official documents rather than this research brief to determine eligibility and compliance.
Submission and award method
The official procedure is Open. The submission deadline is 12 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin. The evaluation mechanism is Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT). The workspace identifies directive 2014/24/EU (Classic). The workspace marks the procurement as above threshold. The clarification deadline is 30 September 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 12 October 2026, 12:30 Europe/Dublin. An online expression of interest is required. Multiple tenders are not accepted. Tender validity is 12 months. These are current official submission mechanics; the procurement documents remain authoritative for response forms and eligibility.
Value explanation
The displayed value is EUR 500,000. An estimate is not guaranteed expenditure, supplier revenue, call-off volume or realised award value.
Amendments and status history
The public workspace should be checked for later clarifications, deadline changes, document replacements, cancellations, awards and other status notices before acting.
Supplier relevance
Relevant to suppliers able to deliver and support a national digital platform for accelerator, entrepreneurship and business-innovation programmes under official eTenders resource 8927804. Relevance does not establish eligibility, capacity, selection or likely award for any specific supplier.
Procurement data limitations and missing details
EUR 500,000 is the official estimated value, not guaranteed expenditure, award value or supplier revenue. This procurement does not prove supplier appointment, contract award, implementation, operational use or realised outcomes. Missing facts are preserved as unknowns and are not inferred from comparable procurements, market prices or supplier assumptions.
Official sources and verification history
Primary evidence is the official procurement source at https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8927804, checked on 12 September 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.