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Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Ireland’s Ordnance Corps seeks contracted specialist instructors to support the Ordnance School’s annual training of Armourers and Armament Artificer Instrumentation personnel" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/d973b842-2c06-40fe-91a6-53943db895d8/irish-defence-ordnance-specialist-instructors" last-updated: 2026-10-14T07:05:06.292532+00:00 --- # Ireland’s Ordnance Corps seeks contracted specialist instructors to support the Ordnance School’s annual training of Armourers and Armament Artificer Instrumentation personnel Ireland’s Ordnance Corps seeks contracted specialist instructors to support the Ordnance School’s annual training of Armourers and Armament Artificer Instrumentation personnel. The instructors will work alongside existing school staff and support technical training for personnel who inspect and maintain Defence Forces weapon systems. The notice gives a 60-month term and an estimated value of €3.5 million excluding VAT. Offers may be submitted in English; the deadline is 2 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC+01:00. - Status: open - Country: IE - Buyer: Department of Defence - Submission deadline: 2026-11-02T12:00:00+01:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/682741-2026 - Source checked: 2026-10-14T07:02:47.666132Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "d973b842-2c06-40fe-91a6-53943db895d8", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-14T07:05:06.292532+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-14T07:02:47.666132Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/d973b842-2c06-40fe-91a6-53943db895d8/irish-defence-ordnance-specialist-instructors", "locale": "en", "title": "Ireland’s Ordnance Corps seeks contracted specialist instructors to support the Ordnance School’s annual training of Armourers and Armament Artificer Instrumentation personnel", "summary": "Ireland’s Ordnance Corps seeks contracted specialist instructors to support the Ordnance School’s annual training of Armourers and Armament Artificer Instrumentation personnel. 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