# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?buyer=laois-county-council 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Architect-led design team for the Fort Museum and Event Centre" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/d54e1d46-b54a-49c2-ba1d-01514415b914/architect-led-design-team-for-the-fort-museum-and-event-centre" last-updated: 2026-11-13T12:00:00+00:00 --- # Architect-led design team for the Fort Museum and Event Centre Laois County Council seeks a suitably qualified and experienced architecture-led design team for the Fort Museum and Event Centre in the Cultural Quarter, Portlaoise, as part of a heritage-led urban regeneration project. This open public contract is for services related to works, with an estimated value of EUR 300,000. The stated evaluation mechanism is Price/Cost Effectiveness. The contract lasts four years including options and renewals, and tenders remain valid for 180 days. The contract is above threshold, EU-funded and not divided into lots; multiple tenders are not accepted. The current eTenders portal lists a tender deadline of 20 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC, while TED notice 701863-2026 dated 9 October lists 30 October at 12:00 with its explicit +01:00 offset (11:00 UTC). eTenders gives a clarification deadline of 12 November at 12:00 UTC and an opening time of 20 November at 12:30 UTC. - Status: closing-soon - Country: IE - Buyer: Laois County Council - Submission deadline: 2026-11-20T12:00:00+00:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9234651 - Source checked: 2026-10-23T18:53:40.538761Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "d54e1d46-b54a-49c2-ba1d-01514415b914", "revision": 4, "modifiedAt": "2026-11-13T12:00:00+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-23T18:53:40.538761Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/d54e1d46-b54a-49c2-ba1d-01514415b914/architect-led-design-team-for-the-fort-museum-and-event-centre", "locale": "en", "title": "Architect-led design team for the Fort Museum and Event Centre", "summary": "Laois County Council seeks a suitably qualified and experienced architecture-led design team for the Fort Museum and Event Centre in the Cultural Quarter, Portlaoise, as part of a heritage-led urban regeneration project. 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