Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Archaeology Services for Housing Building Projects for Cork County Council

Verified opportunity overview

Cork County Council is procuring this scope: The Archaeologist will be required to provide all of the professional archaeology services as necessary to comply with the Client's instructions and to ensure the satisfactory completion of projects under the framework. The Consultant will be required to…. 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 21 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.

Scope and deliverables

The Archaeologist will be required to provide all of the professional archaeology services as necessary to comply with the Client's instructions and to ensure the satisfactory completion of projects under the framework. The Consultant will be required to provide services for stages (i) – (iv) of the Capital Works Management Framework or a subset thereof. 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 21 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin. The evaluation mechanism is Price/Cost Effectiveness. The workspace identifies directive 2014/24/EU (Classic). The workspace marks the procurement as below threshold. The clarification deadline is 14 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 21 October 2026, 12:30 Europe/Dublin. An online expression of interest is required. Multiple tenders are not accepted. Tender validity is 365 days. These are current official submission mechanics; the procurement documents remain authoritative for response forms and eligibility.

Value explanation

The displayed value is EUR 200,000. 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 with evidenced capability to deliver the Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Archaeology Services for Housing Building Projects for Cork County Council scope for Cork County Council under official eTenders resource 9099348. Relevance does not establish eligibility, capacity, selection or likely award for any specific supplier.

Procurement data limitations and missing details

EUR 200,000 is the official estimated value, not guaranteed expenditure, award value or supplier revenue. This procurement does not prove supplier appointment, contract award, delivery, implementation or realised benefits. 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=9099348, checked on 20 September 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.