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CfT: Digital for Business Programme

Workarea:
Local Enterprise Office - LEO
Name of Contracting Authority:
Carlow County Council
Publish on behalf of:
Carlow Local Authorities
Title:
Digital for Business Programme
CfT CA Unique ID:
LEO Carlow Digital 2026
Evaluation Mechanism:
Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)
Description:
Appointment to a single-party Framework for the provision of consultant led support to clients of Carlow County Council Local Enterprise Office Digital for Business Programme. Digital for Business aims to provide strategic intervention for businesses to: • assist them identify where they are on their digital business journey • develop a digital adaptation plan based on their identified need • implement their digital adaptation plan with support of Grow Digital voucher. The project scope should be developed further between the business and the consultant and agreed with Local Enterprise Office Carlow. The duration of each assignment will be decided by the Local Enterprise Office based on terms and the needs of the client but will be a maximum of 12 weeks unless agreed in advance. On completion of an assignment the consultant will complete a ‘Digital Adaptation Plan’ for the client on an online portal to be advised by Local Enterprise Office Carlow. This ‘Digital Adaptation Plan’ will identify a specific intervention which would be eligible for grant support under the ‘Grow Digital’ scheme. This ‘Digital Adaptation Plan’ must also clearly identify all elements of the plan which were generated by Artificial Intelligence and were not the original work of the consultant. The consultant will also complete an application for the ‘Grow Digital’ scheme on behalf of the client as part of this assignment.
Procurement Type:
Services
CPC Category:
Management consulting services and related services
Directive:
2014/24/EU (Classic)
Procedure:
Open
CfT Involves:
The establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement Timeframe:
N/A
CPV Codes:
79415000-Production management consultancy services
79411000-General management consultancy services
79411100-Business development consultancy services
79400000-Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000-Business and management consultancy services
Contact Point:
Seamus Doran
Award per Item:
No
Inclusion of e-Auctions :
No
NUTS codes:
IE052
Estimated value (EUR):
50,000
Above or Below threshold:
Below
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
02/04/2026 12:00
Deadline for dispatching invitations:
End of clarification period:
11/03/2026 12:00
Tenders Opening Date:
02/04/2026 12:30
Allow suppliers to make an online Expression Of Interest:
Yes
Contract awarded in Lots:
No
Contract duration in months or years, including any options and renewals:
2 years
Validity of Tender in days or months:
180 days
EU funding:
No
Multiple tenders will be accepted:
No
Date of Publication/Invitation:
17/02/2026 13:04
TED links for published notices:
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:115003-202...
Language of publication:
EN
Number of openers:
Two