About eTenders

www.eTenders.gov.ie has been developed as part of the Government's Action Plan on Implementing the Information Society in Ireland. The site is designed to be a central facility for all public sector contracting authorities to advertise procurement opportunities and award notices. The site is managed by the National Public Procurement Policy Unit (NPPPU) of the Department of Finance.The Unit sets the policy on content and functionality of the site however day to day management and maintenance of the site has been outsourced to a private company, Millstream Associates.

The site displays, on a daily basis, all public sector procurement opportunities currently being advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEC), and the national and local press and other opportunities directly uploaded to the site from awarding authorities. At any given time it will contain all open opportunities in the form of Tender Notices, Prior Indicative Notices (PIN) and Contract Award Notices (CAN). It also provides associated tender documents (where available) which can be downloaded from the site. Awarding authorities are encouraged to publish other opportunities, not currently being advertised in other media. In addition, the site has the functionality to allow Awarding Authorities to publish notices on the site which will then be sent to the OJEU automatically. www.etenders.gov.ie also provides background information on procurement rules and guidelines. These include European Directives and National Guidelines on the Public Procurement Process. The site also highlights news items which may be of interest to those involved in procurement.

The site offers the opportunity to widen the net of potential suppliers to the Irish Public Sector. There is no charge to contracting authorities for this service; the site is also freely available for use by the public.