Request for Quotation (RFQ)
As Gaeilge: Iarratas ar Luachan
Also known as: RFQ
Last reviewed April 2026
A lighter-touch process for low-value purchases where suppliers submit a price quote against a short brief.
A quotation-only process used by Irish public bodies for low-value procurement, typically below €50k. Suppliers receive a short brief and submit a fixed price (and sometimes a brief methodology). Public Spending Code rules require at least three written quotes for purchases between €5k and €25k. RFQs sit below the formal RFT process and are often run by email or via eTenders mini-competitions.
Recent tenders mentioning Request for Quotation (RFQ)
CA17303 RFQ2025/65 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS Local Action Plan, Market Ready Programme, Sustainably Served from Kitchen to Market. For the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.
Newry Mourne and Down District Council · Not disclosed
RFQ 2025 73 CA17462 - PEACEPLUS Community Led Shared History Culture Programme Sacred Spaces of Slieve Gullion - Retender
Newry Mourne and Down District Council · Not disclosed
CA17449 - RFQ2025/72 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS 3.6 Crossing Paths Stories in Motion
Newry Mourne and Down District Council · Not disclosed
RFQ 2025/71 - CA17443 - PEACEPLUS Home is a Journey Migration in Film and theatre
Newry Mourne and Down District Council · Not disclosed
CA17445 RFQ 2025/70 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS Thriving Together - PEACEPLUS 3.7 Reimaging the History of Mental Health Care in Down
Newry Mourne and Down District Council · Not disclosed
CA17370 RFQ2025/69 - PEACEPLUS Cross-Community project - Weaving Our Past into Our Future for the NMDDC Area
Newry Mourne and Down District Council · Not disclosed
Related terms
Below-Threshold Procurement
Contracts below EU thresholds, governed by Irish national rules rather than EU directives.
Public Spending Code
Ireland's rules for ensuring value for money in public expenditure, published by DPENDR.
Mini-Competition
A competition held among suppliers already on a framework or DPS to award a specific contract.