Education Procurement Service (EPS)
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Procurement Intelligence
The Education Procurement Service (EPS) is the Department of Education and Youth (DEY) sector sourcing hub, operating as a shared service for the DEY, its agencies, schools sector, Education and Training Boards (ETBs), and the higher education sector. As one of four sector-specific procurement functions (alongside Health, Defence, and Local Government), EPS manages centralised procurement competitions for common goods and services, focusing on value for money through whole life-cycle cost methodology. It supports a large-scale education system with 13 current open tenders valued at €502,688,700, primarily in education-related categories including goods, services, and potentially transport.
Strategic Context
EPS aligns with the Government’s Public Service Reform agenda, emphasising centralised procurement to optimise spending across the education sector. It provides streamlined sourcing for higher education institutions (HEIs) and schools via the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), with Procurement Support Requests routed through support@ogp.gov.ie. No specific recent capital programmes or budget details are highlighted, but it promotes compliant, sustainable procurement practices amid ongoing sector needs.
Typical Suppliers
- Suppliers of educational goods and services for schools and HEIs
- Furniture, equipment, and ICT providers for higher education
- Service providers for common categories like cleaning, maintenance, and transport
- Vendors participating in EPS-led frameworks via eTenders
- National framework contractors approved through OGP/EPS portfolios
Supplier Tips
- Submit Procurement Support Requests (PSRs) to support@ogp.gov.ie for goods/services in EPS portfolio, allowing EPS to initiate sourcing
- Check HEI procurement offices and EPS website for current contracts and frameworks before approaching directly
- Align bids with EPS's whole life-cycle cost methodology and sustainability focus for better compliance and value demonstration
Updated 10 May 2026
Open Tenders
7 liveLA3687C - RFT for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of a Head Space Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer for University College Dublin (UCD)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Verify deadline on the official notice before bidding.
FSI - Supply, Delivery, Installation, and Commissioning of a Benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Verify deadline on the official notice before bidding.
Continuous Certified Inorganic Gas Analyser for the monitoring of Nitrogen Oxides (3 instruments) • Continuous Certified Inorganic Gas Analyser for the monitoring of Ozone (2 instruments) • Continuous Certified Inorganic Gas Analyser for the monitoring of Carbon Monoxide (3 instruments) • Continuous Certified Inorganic Gas Analyser for the monitoring of Sulphur Dioxide (2 instruments)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Verify deadline on the official notice before bidding.
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Verify deadline on the official notice before bidding.
Prior Information Notice (PIN) for the Provision of Contracted Further Education & Training (FET) Services for the Education Training Boards (ETBs)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Deadline TBC — verify on the official notice.
LA3067DPS - Dynamic Purchasing System for the Supply of Laboratory and Research Equipment to the Irish Public Sector
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Deadline TBC — verify on the official notice.
LA3587C Request for Tenders under Open National Procedure for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer System for the University of Galway (UG)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Deadline TBC — verify on the official notice.
Recently Closed
Most recent 6 of 18Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
LA3679C - RFT for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Calibration of a Universal Testing Machine Including Thermal Exposure Equipment for University College Dublin (UCD)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
TR3683F - Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Bus Hire Services - Cork Education and Training Board
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
LA3405C UoG RFT for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Automated Benchtop Microscope
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Request for Tenders to establish a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Photography Services for Graduation Events for Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
LA3634C-DCC-CFT for the Supply of a Gas Chromatography system with a Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (GC-QQQ), Helium Saver Autosamplers for Purge and Trap and Solid Phase Micro Extraction
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Closed notices are retained as a signal of what this authority actually procures. Deadlines have passed, do not bid.