# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=military-technical-training 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: "Contracted specialist instructors for the Ordnance School" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/ed340c6a-586e-4e53-b8b5-8ddb53c6c099/specialised-instructors-ordnance-school" last-updated: 2026-10-13T13:00:04.907153+00:00 --- # Contracted specialist instructors for the Ordnance School The Irish Defence Forces seek contracted specialist instructors to provide technical training support at the Ordnance School in the Defence Forces Training Centre at Curragh Camp, County Kildare. The notice explains that the school trains Armourers and Armament Artificer Instrumentation personnel through an annual four-year trainee technician scheme. Instructors are expected to work alongside existing school staff. The detailed service specification, value and evaluation criteria are not available in the supplied notice text. - Status: open - Country: IE - Buyer: Irish Defence Forces_1144 - Submission deadline: 2026-11-02T12:00:00+00:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9200596 - Source checked: 2026-10-13T12:58:17.175934Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "ed340c6a-586e-4e53-b8b5-8ddb53c6c099", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-13T13:00:04.907153+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-13T12:58:17.175934Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/ed340c6a-586e-4e53-b8b5-8ddb53c6c099/specialised-instructors-ordnance-school", "locale": "en", "title": "Contracted specialist instructors for the Ordnance School", "summary": "The Irish Defence Forces seek contracted specialist instructors to provide technical training support at the Ordnance School in the Defence Forces Training Centre at Curragh Camp, County Kildare. 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