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Ireland – Education and training services – Call for Tender (CFT) for The Provision of Contracted Training Services for Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) in Seven (7) Lots

Issued by Cork Education and Training Board · via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)

Published
30 Aug 2026
Closes
25 Sept 2026, 23:59 UTC
Value
EUR 15,00,000
Reference
585007-2026
Location
Ireland
Sector
Education & Training
Type
services

Details

Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots.

Lots Lot 1 — Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots. Lot 2 — Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots. Lot 3 — Professional Driving: Bus D Licence (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots. Lot 4 — Basic Welding (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots. Lot 5 — Coded Pipe Welding (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots. Lot 6 — Pre Paramedic Training Programme – CCFET Morrisons Island Campus and Mallow Campus (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots. Lot 7 — Intermediate Welding STC (estimated 1500000): Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB) invites tenders from suitably qualified economic operators for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of Contracted Training Services to Cork ETB across seven (7) lots. The lots are as follows: Lot 1 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Artic; Lot 2 – Professional Driving: Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) – Rigid; Lot 3 – Professional Driving: Bus D Licence; Lot 4 – Basic Welding; Lot 5 – Coded Pipe Welding; Lot 6 – Pre-Paramedic Training Programme; and Lot 7 – Intermediate Welding STC. The contracted training services will be delivered across three Cork College of FET campuses, namely CCFET Bishopstown Campus, CCFET Morrison’s Island Campus and CCFET Mallow Campus. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots.

Buyer: Cork Education and Training Board

Buyer country: IRL

Procedure: open

CPV code: 80000000

Full notice, tender documents and how to bid are on the official TED page (link above).

Context for bidders

Cork Education and Training Board has 1 open notice on FreeTender. There are 16 open Education & Training tenders in Ireland. This one closes in 27 days.

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