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Ireland – Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment – Containerised Communications Solutions

Issued by Irish Defence Forces_1144 · via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)

Published
15 Sept 2026
Closes
11 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC
Value
EUR 18,00,000
Reference
634306-2026
Location
Ireland
Sector
IT & Telecom
Type
goods

Details

The Defence Forces have a requirement to procure a quantity of Containerised Communications solutions over the next 5 years. The purpose of these containers is to provide a mobile communications centre / office space which will be used to support Defence Forces operational deployments in the field. The containers will be mounted to an existing fleet of 4 x 4 trucks which will potentially change over time. To account for the changing nature of vehicle platforms the containers must be of a standard 20 Foot ISO (TEU) design complete with standard ISO corner casting / twist lock fitting to enable the rapid changing, mounting, demounting and movement via other means etc. When deployed the container must be capable to providing a shared work space for a minimum of 3 x communications operatives and capable of housing/running/sustaining a wide array of communications services in the field for up to 96 hours. The attached documents outlines the Mandatory Requirements (MR) and Optional Requirements (OR) for each of the individual Lots.

Lots Lot 1 — LOT 1 - Design, build and deliver bespoke Communications Containerised solution, standard 20ft ISO Container (TEU) for mounting to existing Irish Defence Forces trucks via ISO corner casting / twistlock. (estimated 1800000): The Defence Forces have a requirement to procure a quantity of Containerised Communications solutions over the next 5 years. The purpose of these containers is to provide a mobile communications centre / office space which will be used to support Defence Forces operational deployments in the field. The containers will be mounted to an existing fleet of 4 x 4 trucks which will potentially change over time. To account for the changing nature of vehicle platforms the containers must be of a standard 20 Foot ISO (TEU) design complete with standard ISO corner casting / twist lock fitting to enable the rapid changing, mounting, demounting and movement via other means etc. When deployed the container must be capable to providing a shared work space for a minimum of 3 x communications operatives and capable of housing/running/sustaining a wide array of communications services in the field for up to 96 hours. The attached documents outlines the Mandatory Requirements (MR) and Optional Requirements (OR) for each of the individual Lots. Lot 2 — LOT 2 - Supply existing design Communications Containerised solution, standard 20ft ISO Container (TEU) for mounting to existing Irish Defence Forces trucks via ISO corner casting / twistlock. (estimated 1800000): The Defence Forces have a requirement to procure a quantity of Containerised Communications solutions over the next 5 years. The purpose of these containers is to provide a mobile communications centre / office space which will be used to support Defence Forces operational deployments in the field. The containers will be mounted to an existing fleet of 4 x 4 trucks which will potentially change over time. To account for the changing nature of vehicle platforms the containers must be of a standard 20 Foot ISO (TEU) design complete with standard ISO corner casting / twist lock fitting to enable the rapid changing, mounting, demounting and movement via other means etc. When deployed the container must be capable to providing a shared work space for a minimum of 3 x communications operatives and capable of housing/running/sustaining a wide array of communications services in the field for up to 96 hours. The attached documents outlines the Mandatory Requirements (MR) and Optional Requirements (OR) for each of the individual Lots.

Buyer: Irish Defence Forces_1144

Buyer country: IRL

Procedure: open

CPV code: 32000000

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

Context for bidders

We hold 10 notices from Irish Defence Forces_1144, going back to August 20267 of them still open. They buy mostly in Manufacturing & Supply, Education & Training and Construction & Infrastructure. There are 34 open IT & Telecom tenders in Ireland. This one closes in 27 days.

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