Galway local-authority energy-pathfinder integrated design team

Verified opportunity overview

Galway County Council is procuring an architect and building mechanical-and-electrical services engineer-led integrated design team for the SEAI Local Authority Energy Pathfinder Programme 2. 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 9 October 2026, 16:00 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.

Scope and deliverables

The services contract is to provide an Architect and Building (M and E) Services Engineering Led Integrated Design Team Consultancy Services for: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the Local Authority have agreed to collaborate on the delivery of an Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme for the Local Authority sector (the 'Pathfinder'). The shared objective of SEAI and Local Authority is to implement a range of energy efficiency and decarbonisation measures in a small number of typical Local Authority buildings, to test a variety of approaches with a view to developing a scalable model for decarbonisation of the Local Authority building stock going forward should funding become available. 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 9 October 2026, 16:00 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 25 September 2026, 16:00 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 9 October 2026, 16:30 Europe/Dublin. An online expression of interest is required. Multiple tenders are not accepted. Tender validity is 180 days. 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 integrated architect, mechanical-and-electrical engineering and quantity-surveying teams able to design local-authority building energy-efficiency and decarbonisation measures under official eTenders resource 9018710. 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. The official workspace states a one-month duration and that value is preserved. This procurement does not prove supplier appointment, contract award, implementation, energy savings, decarbonisation outcomes 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=9018710, checked on 13 September 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.