Award notice Services
IT3507C- CFT for the Provision of a Customer Support Software and Ticketing System for the Education Shared Business Services (ESBS)
- Public buyer
- Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Limerick - Place of performance
- Limerick
- Estimated value
- €400,000 excl. VAT
- Amount awarded
- €328,934 excl. VAT
- Planned end of contract
- 1 September 2031
likely re-tender around March 2031 - Bids received
- 8
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Any company may submit a bid. - Publication
- 8 September 2026
- Notice language
- English
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Description
Education Shared Business Services ESBS is now seeking proposals from qualified tenderers for the supply, installation, configuration, and support of a Customer Support Software and Ticketing System. ESBS currently has five business units Higher Education Payroll Shared Services, ETB Apprentices and Learners, ETB Payroll, ETB Finance, ETB Data and Reporting Each Business unit operates independently and has unique workflows, processes, and support structures. Therefore, it is essential that the chosen software provides individual, configurable instances for each business unit, allowing for tailored configurations without compromising the consistency or integrity of the underlying platform.
The system will be a single helpdesk software platform that can be deployed across all Five business units. This approach ensures operational flexibility for each business unit while maintaining platform consistency and leveraging shared IT resources efficiently in ESBS.
Awarded to
CPV codes
European codes that classify what the contract is about. They are how we find the tenders for your trade.
72253000 48445000 72260000 72268000
Winning prices for comparable contracts
- A quarter below
- €328,934
- Median
- €408,098
- A quarter above
- €763,063
Amounts awarded (excl. VAT) over the last 3 years for 9 contracts in the same CPV group (7225…), excluding framework agreements. Half of the contracts fall between the two quartiles. TED source: mostly contracts above the EU thresholds, so amounts tend to be high.
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Source : TED – Office des publications de l'Union européenne © Union européenne, données retraitées. Reference 618420-2026.