# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=community-consultancy-services 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: "Consultant judge for Carlow’s Pride of Place competition" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/3fb3d9fa-e225-4cb7-aa8a-38f85655f664/carlow-pride-of-place-competition-consultant-judge-2027" last-updated: 2026-10-16T19:50:21.076862+00:00 --- # Consultant judge for Carlow’s Pride of Place competition Carlow County Council seeks an experienced consultant/judge for its 2027 Pride of Place competition in partnership with the Council’s Community Section. The initial term is 12 months, with two discretionary 12-month extensions (up to three years total). Duties include helping develop the application process, at least two workshops per competition year, visiting each entrant group/town/village/housing estate and completing score sheets, written feedback for each entrant in each category, participation and PR at launch and awards, and an end-of-year evaluation. The consultant reports regularly to the Community Section and provides their own transport. Estimated value is EUR 74,000 excluding VAT. Electronic tenders in English are due 16 November 2026 at 17:00 as stated with UTC+01:00 in TED; tender validity is 180 days. The main notice leaves selection criteria in tender documents and states no award. - Status: open - Country: IE - Buyer: Carlow County Council - Submission deadline: 2026-11-16T16:00:00Z (instant) - Original notice: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/717532-2026 - Source checked: 2026-10-16T19:35:59.657351Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "3fb3d9fa-e225-4cb7-aa8a-38f85655f664", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-16T19:50:21.076862+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-16T19:35:59.657351Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/3fb3d9fa-e225-4cb7-aa8a-38f85655f664/carlow-pride-of-place-competition-consultant-judge-2027", "locale": "en", "title": "Consultant judge for Carlow’s Pride of Place competition", "summary": "Carlow County Council seeks an experienced consultant/judge for its 2027 Pride of Place competition in partnership with the Council’s Community Section. The initial term is 12 months, with two discretionary 12-month extensions (up to three years total). Duties include helping develop the application process, at least two workshops per competition year, visiting each entrant group/town/village/housing estate and completing score sheets, written feedback for each entrant in each category, participation and PR at launch and awards, and an end-of-year evaluation. The consultant reports regularly to the Community Section and provides their own transport. Estimated value is EUR 74,000 excluding VAT. Electronic tenders in English are due 16 November 2026 at 17:00 as stated with UTC+01:00 in TED; tender validity is 180 days. 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The initial term is 12 months, with two discretionary 12-month extensions (up to three years total). Duties include helping develop the application process, at least two workshops per competition year, visiting each entrant group/town/village/housing estate and completing score sheets, written feedback for each entrant in each category, participation and PR at launch and awards, and an end-of-year evaluation. The consultant reports regularly to the Community Section and provides their own transport. Estimated value is EUR 74,000 excluding VAT. Electronic tenders in English are due 16 November 2026 at 17:00 as stated with UTC+01:00 in TED; tender validity is 180 days. 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Linked tender documents were not opened.\n\n See the notice on TED website\n\n 717532-2026 - Competition\n Ireland – Other community, social and personal services – Provision of Consultant Judge for\n Carlow's Pride of Place Competition\n OJ S 201/2026 16/10/2026\n Contract or concession notice – standard regime\n Services\n\n\n 1. Buyer\n\n 1.1. Buyer\n Official name: Carlow County Council\n Email: etenders@carlowcoco.ie\n Legal type of the buyer: Local authority\n Activity of the contracting authority: General public services\n\n 2. Procedure\n\n 2.1. Procedure\n Title: Provision of Consultant Judge for Carlow's Pride of Place Competition\n Description: Carlow County Council are now seeking the services of an experienced consultant\n /judge to work on the Carlow’s Pride of Place Competition in partnership with the Community\n Section of Carlow County Council. So, we are seeking a consultant/ judge for a 12-month\n period (with an option to extend the arrangement for up to two further periods of twelve (12)\n months each, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority) who will have the following tasks to\n complete: • Support the development of the application and application process • Carry out, as\n a minimum, 2 workshops in a competition year • Judge the applicants that will involve visiting\n each group, town, village, and housing estate that have entered the competition for 2027\n throughout County Carlow and complete a marking sheet for each. • Provide a written report,\n which will include feedback for each entrant in each of the categories they have entered. •\n Participate in launch and the award ceremony events including PR obligations which will\n include video participation, interviews and contribution to press releases. • Provide and attend\n an end-of-year evaluation of the competition year The consultant/judge will report to the\n Community Section/key contact person of Carlow County Council on a regular basis through\n meetings and as necessary, email and telephone communication throughout the\n implementation of this programme. Tenderers are required to detail in their response their\n approach to the mobilization and implementation plan to deliver the requirements as outlined\n in this Request for Tender. The selected Service Provider will be expected to provide their own\n appropriate transportation, to fulfil the competition requirements. The competition encourages\n sustainable practices that protect and enhance the local environment and surrounding\n biodiversity.\n Procedure identifier: 7430d8b4-855d-4542-838f-ce7dd655bd95\n Type of procedure: Open\n The procedure is accelerated: no\n\n 2.1.1. Purpose\n Main nature of the contract: Services\n Main classification (cpv): 98000000 Other community, social and personal services\n\n 2.1.2. Place of performance\n\n717532-2026 Page 1/5\n\f 2.1.2. Place of performance\n Country subdivision (NUTS): South-East (IE052)\n Country: Ireland\n\n 2.1.3. Value\n Estimated value excluding VAT: 74 000,00 EUR\n\n 2.1.4. General information\n Legal basis:\n Other\n\n 2.1.6. Grounds for exclusion\n Sources of grounds for exclusion: Procurement Document\n\n 5. Lot\n\n 5.1. Lot: LOT-0001\n Title: Provision of Consultant Judge for Carlow's Pride of Place Competition\n Description: Carlow County Council are now seeking the services of an experienced consultant\n /judge to work on the Carlow’s Pride of Place Competition in partnership with the Community\n Section of Carlow County Council. So, we are seeking a consultant/ judge for a 12-month\n period (with an option to extend the arrangement for up to two further periods of twelve (12)\n months each, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority) who will have the following tasks to\n complete: • Support the development of the application and application process • Carry out, as\n a minimum, 2 workshops in a competition year • Judge the applicants that will involve visiting\n each group, town, village, and housing estate that have entered the competition for 2027\n throughout County Carlow and complete a marking sheet for each. • Provide a written report,\n which will include feedback for each entrant in each of the categories they have entered. •\n Participate in launch and the award ceremony events including PR obligations which will\n include video participation, interviews and contribution to press releases. • Provide and attend\n an end-of-year evaluation of the competition year The consultant/judge will report to the\n Community Section/key contact person of Carlow County Council on a regular basis through\n meetings and as necessary, email and telephone communication throughout the\n implementation of this programme. Tenderers are required to detail in their response their\n approach to the mobilization and implementation plan to deliver the requirements as outlined\n in this Request for Tender. The selected Service Provider will be expected to provide their own\n appropriate transportation, to fulfil the competition requirements. The competition encourages\n sustainable practices that protect and enhance the local environment and surrounding\n biodiversity.\n Internal identifier: 0\n\n 5.1.1. Purpose\n Main nature of the contract: Services\n Main classification (cpv): 98000000 Other community, social and personal services\n\n 5.1.2. Place of performance\n Country subdivision (NUTS): South-East (IE052)\n Country: Ireland\n\n 5.1.3. Estimated duration\n Duration: 3 Years\n\n 5.1.5. Value\n\n\n717532-2026 Page 2/5\n\f Estimated value excluding VAT: 74 000,00 EUR\n\n 5.1.6. General information\n Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.\n This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): yes\n\n 5.1.7. Strategic procurement\n Aim of strategic procurement: No strategic procurement\n\n 5.1.9. Selection criteria\n Sources of selection criteria: Procurement Document\n\n 5.1.11. Procurement documents\n Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English\n Languages in which the procurement documents (or their parts) are unofficially available:\n English\n Deadline for requesting additional information: 30/10/2026 15:00:00 (UTC+01:00) Central\n European Time, Western European Summer Time\n Address of the procurement documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft\n /listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9300365\n\n 5.1.12. Terms of procurement\n Terms of submission:\n Electronic submission: Required\n Address for submission: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?\n resourceId=9300365\n Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English\n Electronic catalogue: Not allowed\n Tenderers may submit more than one tender: Not allowed\n Deadline for receipt of tenders: 16/11/2026 17:00:00 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time,\n Western European Summer Time\n Duration during which the tender must remain valid: 180 Days\n\n 5.1.15. Techniques\n Framework agreement:\n No framework agreement\n Information about the dynamic purchasing system:\n No dynamic purchase system\n\n 5.1.16. Further information, mediation and review\n Review organisation: The High Court of Ireland\n Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents: Carlow County Council\n Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: The High Court of Ireland\n Organisation receiving requests to participate: Carlow County Council\n Organisation processing tenders: Carlow County Council\n\n 8. Organisations\n\n 8.1. ORG-0001\n Official name: Carlow County Council\n Registration number: 00250066U\n Postal address: Athy Road\n\n\n717532-2026 Page 3/5\n\f Town: Carlow\n Postcode: R93E7R7\n Country subdivision (NUTS): South-East (IE052)\n Country: Ireland\n Email: etenders@carlowcoco.ie\n Telephone: +353 599170300\n Internet address: https://www.carlow.ie\n Buyer profile: https://www.carlow.ie\n Roles of this organisation:\n Buyer\n Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents\n Organisation receiving requests to participate\n Organisation processing tenders\n\n 8.1. ORG-0002\n Official name: The High Court of Ireland\n Registration number: The High Court of Ireland\n Department: The High Court of Ireland\n Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7\n Town: Dublin\n Postcode: D07 WDX8\n Country subdivision (NUTS): Dublin (IE061)\n Country: Ireland\n Email: HighCourtCentralOffice@courts.ie\n Telephone: +353 1 8886000\n Roles of this organisation:\n Review organisation\n Organisation providing more information on the review procedures\n\n 8.1. ORG-0003\n Official name: European Dynamics S.A.\n Registration number: 002024901000\n Department: European Dynamics S.A.\n Town: Athens\n Postcode: 15125\n Country subdivision (NUTS): Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών (EL301)\n Country: Greece\n Email: eproc-esender@eurodyn.com\n Telephone: +30 2108094500\n Roles of this organisation:\n TED eSender\n\n Notice information\n\n Notice identifier/version: f1962952-bef9-46b9-aadf-cde992c23136 - 01\n Form type: Competition\n Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime\n Notice subtype: E3\n Notice dispatch date: 15/10/2026 12:45:04 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western\n European Summer Time\n\n\n717532-2026 Page 4/5\n\f Languages in which this notice is officially available: English\n Notice publication number: 717532-2026\n OJ S issue number: 201/2026\n Publication date: 16/10/2026\n\n\n\n\n717532-2026 Page 5/5\n\f", "language": "en", "source_ref": "ted_pdf#pages1-5" }, "updates": [ "The full TED notice displays UTC+01:00 for the 16 November deadline and this explicit stated offset is retained. 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