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Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: Monaghan Peace Campus Café (The Monaghan Peace Campus facility is funded through PEACE IV Programme managed by SEUPB)

Issued by Monaghan County Council · via eTenders — Ireland (national public procurement portal)

Published
24 Sept 2026
Closes
15 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTC
Bid opening
15 Oct 2026, 15:30 UTC
Reference
Proc 97 - 2026
Location
Ireland
Sector
Agriculture & Food
Type
services

Details

The Monaghan Peace Campus Café will form part of the wider Monaghan Peace Campus, a public, multi use civic building that accommodates cultural, educational, community, and public services. The café is intended to operate as a social enterprise and also as a welcoming, accessible hospitality space that supports the overall function of the Peace Campus as a shared community and events hub. The café offering is envisaged as providing high quality food and beverage services to support: • staff and service users within the Peace Campus, • 128,068.00 visitors to the building in the year 2025 • Over 400 attendees at meetings, events, and programmed activities. The café operation is designed to complement and enhance the activities of co located services within the Campus, including cultural and public facilities, while contributing to a vibrant, inclusive atmosphere within the building. The Peace Campus hosts over 600 events and programmed activities each year, generating substantial visitor traffic. Attendance levels regularly exceed 400 people per week, with activity taking place during both daytime and evening hours, providing consistent opportunities for café trade throughout the week. At present, Monaghan Peace Campus is not operating a full café service. Historic trading activity relating to food and beverage services is limited to external catering provision and sales from the on site barista bar. The future development of the café will be shaped by demand, programming within the Peace Campus, and the approach proposed by the appointed Tenderer. The café operation will be expected to align with the values and ethos of Monaghan Peace Campus, including: • community engagement, • quality and value for money, • sustainability, • and collaboration with other services and stakeholders located within the building. The Monaghan Peace Campus facility is funded through PEACE IV Programme managed by SEUPB.

Contracting authority: Monaghan County Council

Procurement type: Services

Procedure: Open

Contract involves: A Public Contract

CPV codes: 55500000-Canteen and catering services; 98000000-Other community, social and personal services; 55400000-Beverage-serving services; 55300000-Restaurant and food-serving services

Contract duration: 5 years

Awarded in lots: No

Evaluation: Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)

Clarification period ends: 08/10/2026 16:00

Tender opening: 15/10/2026 16:30

EU funding: Yes

Directive: No Directive: 2014/24/EU (Classic)

Region (NUTS): IE IE041

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Context for bidders

We hold 7 notices from Monaghan County Council, going back to August 2026 — 6 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Power. There are 39 open Agriculture & Food tenders in Ireland. This one closes in 21 days.

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