Stewarts Care Kilcloon Equine Centre design team

Verified opportunity overview

Stewarts Care is procuring a multidisciplinary design team to progress refurbishment and reconfiguration of Kilcloon Equine Centre from feasibility through construction tender. 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 2 October 2026, 13:00 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.

Scope and deliverables

Stewarts Care DAC (the “Contracting Authority”) invites suitably qualified and experienced consultants to submit tenders for the appointment of a multi-disciplinary Design Team for the refurbishment and reconfiguration of Kilcloon Equine Centre, Brownrath, Co. Meath. This procurement relates solely to the provision of professional design services and does not include the appointment of a contractor for the execution of works. The purpose of this RFT is to appoint a Design Team capable of delivering a coordinated, compliant and cost-controlled design solution, progressing the project from the current feasibility stage through to construction tender. 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 2 October 2026, 13:00 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 10 September 2026, 13:00 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 2 October 2026, 13:30 Europe/Dublin. An online expression of interest is required. Multiple tenders are not accepted. Tender validity is 90 days. These are current official submission mechanics; the procurement documents remain authoritative for response forms and eligibility.

Value explanation

The displayed value is EUR 50,000. 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 coordinated design consultancies able to deliver compliant, cost-controlled professional services for an equine-centre refurbishment. Relevance does not establish eligibility, capacity, selection or likely award for any specific supplier.

Procurement data limitations and missing details

EUR 50,000 is the official estimated services value and not guaranteed expenditure or supplier revenue. The source explicitly excludes contractor appointment; no works award, construction or completed refurbishment is inferred. 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=8982103, checked on 5 September 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.