Cleaning tenders in Ireland

Open cleaning and FM tenders in Ireland

On 8 Oct 2026 this page lists 6 open notices for Ireland. Of the 5 with a stated value in EUR, values run from €60k to €6.0m (median €2.9m). The next deadline is 15 Oct 2026. Buyers include Fingal County Council, Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA), Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).

In the 12 months to 8 Oct 2026 we found 35 published contract awards for Ireland on TED. The median published value of single-supplier awards was €450k. Buyers that awarded more than one contract: Health Service Executive (HSE), Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin, Department of Justice Home Affairs and Migration.

Tender data last fetched 8 Oct 2026.

What cleaning and FM contracts in Ireland involve

Public cleaning contracts usually cover routine cleaning of offices, schools, depots, libraries, leisure centres or housing common areas, plus periodic work such as deep cleans, window and high-level cleaning, floor care and washroom services. The specification sets the frequencies or outcome standards, the hours the site is open, who supplies consumables and how quality will be audited. Facilities management notices can bundle cleaning with caretaking, waste, pest control or reception. The notice states the contract term and any extension options, and many run for several years.

Where tenders in Ireland are published

Irish public bodies publish on etenders.gov.ie. Notices above the EU thresholds also appear in TED, the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily, which is the only source for this page: lower-value notices that appear only on etenders.gov.ie are not shown, because that platform's terms require permission for reuse. Contracts above the EU thresholds are governed by the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016. Register on etenders.gov.ie for its own CPV alerts.

TUPE and staff transfers

In Ireland, staff transfers are governed by the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003. Irish law has no separate service provision change rule, so whether a change of contractor transfers staff depends on the facts, for example whether the new contractor takes on most of the workforce. Take advice on the specific contract.

For cleaning, check the tender pack for any statement that staff may transfer and ask the buyer if it is silent: if the existing team does transfer, you inherit their pay, hours and service. Our guide to TUPE in cleaning tenders explains the pricing questions, which are the same in Ireland.

How to bid

1. Open the notice and note the procedure, the deadline and the deadline for clarification questions.
2. Register on the buyer's e-tendering portal named in the notice, register interest and download every document.
3. Read the specification, the pricing schedule and the evaluation criteria before writing anything.
4. Book any site visit early; some buyers make it a condition of bidding.
5. Send clarification questions before the clarification deadline, and re-read the Q&A log before you submit.
6. Make a go/no-go decision: eligibility, capacity, price and the chance of winning. Our go/no-go checklist takes about ten minutes.
7. Write, price and check compliance, then upload with at least a day to spare and save the receipt.

Common pitfalls

• Pricing below the transferring staff's current pay, hours or pension because the TUPE data was not read or was not asked for.
• Missing a pass/fail requirement, such as minimum insurance cover, accreditations or a mandatory site visit.
• Pricing consumables, periodic cleans or out-of-hours access on assumptions the specification does not support.
• School contracts: staffing for term time and holiday deep cleans, and safeguarding checks for staff on site.
• Generic quality answers that do not mention the buyer's sites, hours or service levels.
• Leaving the upload to the last hour; portals close exactly on time.

Award history in Ireland

Showing the 25 most recent of 35. Values are as published by the buyer; framework awards often state a ceiling for all suppliers, not what one supplier will earn.

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All cleaning and FM tenders

Notice data: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We show only the title, buyer, value, deadlines and a link to each original notice; contact names and other personal data are not shown. Irish notices and awards: © European Union, source TED (ted.europa.eu), reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Always check the original notice and tender pack before bidding: deadlines and values can change. This page is information, not legal advice.