Dublin City Council's €2.5bn framework headline a heavyweight week for Irish construction

Dublin City Council has published a Lot A Framework with an estimated value of €2.5 billion, signalling a major pipeline of civil and building works for the capital. Alongside it, Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s Heavy Civils Enabling Works lot — scoped for call-offs of €50 million or more — underscores the scale of infrastructure investment moving through procurement right now.

Construction

Dublin City Council’s Lot A Framework dominates the sector with a €2.5 billion estimated ceiling, though contractors should read that figure as a lifetime framework cap rather than committed spend. More immediately actionable is Cavan County Council’s €14 million contract for 44 social homes at Lios na Rí, Cootehill, with a deadline of 19 August 2026, and Beaumont Hospital’s €7 million emergency department refurbishment closing a day later on 24 August.

• TEN2600141 - CfT for Construction of 44 Units at Lios na Ri, Cootehill, Co. Cavan for Cavan County Council — Cavan County Council · €14.0m · Deadline 19 Aug
• Works Contract for Proposed Modular Expansions and Internal Refurbishment Works to Emergency Department at Beaumont Hospital — Beaumont Hospital · €7.0m · Deadline 24 Aug
• Lot A Framework — Dublin City Council · €2500.0m

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Transport

Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s Heavy Civils Enabling Works lot — reserved for call-offs estimated at €50 million or more — is the headline opportunity for major civil engineering contractors, sitting within a €1 billion framework envelope. At the smaller end, Iarnród Éireann is seeking suppliers for a DART EMU pantograph overhaul and Medite Europe has issued an RFT for shunting services at its DAC facility, closing 18 August 2026.

• Lot 1 Heavy Civils Enabling Works for Call-off Contracts with an estimated value of €50 million or more (excluding VAT) and those determined by the Contracting Authority to be complex call-off contracts of any value which may require specific technical or specialist resources. — Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) · €1000.0m
• RFT for the Provision of Shunting Services at Medite Europe DAC’26 — Medite Europe DAC · €900k · Deadline 18 Aug
• 9649 - DART EMU Pantograph MU20A Overhaul — Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail · €968k

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Healthcare

The HSE has published an architect services opportunity valued at €600 million, closing 31 August 2026 — one of the largest professional appointments in the public health estate in recent memory. The State Laboratory is also in the market for laboratory instrument service contracts across 19 categories, worth €4 million in total, with a deadline of 27 August 2026.

• Architect — Health Service Executive (HSE) · €600.0m · Deadline 31 Aug
• Request-for-Tenders under Open Procedure for the Supply of Service Contracts [1 Lot 19 Categories] for Multiple Laboratory Instruments to The State Laboratory TENDER REFERENCE: SL2026SC — State Laboratory · €4.0m · Deadline 27 Aug
• Lot 1 Spinal Scoops — National Paediatric Hospital Development Board · €10k · Deadline 24 Aug

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Facilities

DAA plc is seeking a partner for the P21114 T1 Atrium Foodvenience concession, valued at €57 million, making it the standout opportunity in the sector this week. The Irish Prison Service has two live procurements running concurrently: a €5 million operational uniform contract and a €1.2 million art and craft supplies framework closing 28 August 2026.

• P21114 T1 Atrium Foodvenience — daa plc · €57.0m
• Restricted procedure for the supply of Prison Officer Uniforms (Operational Uniforms and Service Dress) for the Irish Prison Service (IPS) — Irish Prison Service · €5.0m
• Art and Craft Supplies — Irish Prison Service · €1.2m · Deadline 28 Aug

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Professional Services

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is tendering design and professional services for a new visitor centre at the Burren National Park, valued at just over €16.6 million, with a tight deadline of 21 August 2026. RTÉ, meanwhile, is seeking an insurance brokerage partner in a €10 million contract closing 24 August 2026 — a rare public-sector insurance mandate of this scale.

• Development of a New NPWS Visitor Park Centre for The Burren National Park — Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage · €16.6m · Deadline 21 Aug
• Provision of Insurance Brokerage Services — Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ) · €10.0m · Deadline 24 Aug
• Personnel Placement Services — Residential Tenancies Board · €2.5m

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Social Services

Uisce Éireann’s single-supplier case management framework, valued at approximately €37.7 million, is the sector’s largest notice and will suit established case management consultancies with utility sector experience. St John of God Community Services is also tendering a Leinster-region contract valued at €4.95 million, with a deadline of 21 August 2026.

• Leinster — St John of God Community Services clg · €5.0m · Deadline 21 Aug
• Lot 1 Single supplier Framework for the Provision of Case Management Services — Uisce Éireann · €37.7m

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