Community tendering for Ireland
Three quotes, one place.
Describe the works once, put them in front of contractors, and get back comparable bids — with the defensible record your grant application needs. Free to post, free to bid.
For below-threshold work by communities and organisations. e-Tender.ie is an independent platform for below-threshold community and organisational tendering. It is not affiliated with eTenders, the Irish Government procurement platform.
For communities & organisations
From works to award, on the record
A guided form asks the right questions for each category — solar, insulation, heat pumps and thirty more — so every bid prices the same job.
Publish openly and registered contractors in your categories and county are notified, or keep it closed and invite exactly who you choose.
Bids side by side with VAT normalised, questions answered once for everyone, and a record-of-procurement PDF to attach to the grant application.
For contractors
Real local work, straight to you
Pick the categories you offer and the counties you cover. When a matching tender is published, you get an email.
Structured tenders mean you know the scope before you price. Ask questions; every bidder sees the same answers. Your bid is never shown to competitors.
Edit or withdraw up to the deadline. The tenderer compares like for like and awards on the platform — then it's between you and them.
Who it’s for
Sustainable Energy Communities preparing SEAI grant applications. Clubs and community halls upgrading their buildings. Local development companies, schools and businesses that need comparable quotes and a clean paper trail — for energy upgrades first, and any below-threshold works after that.
e-tender.ie hosts the process. It is not a party to any contract and does not verify credentials — checking them stays the tenderer’s job, and the platform says so everywhere.
Every publish, bid, query, answer and award is written to an append-only log. Records are kept for 7 years — the audit trail behind the PDF.
Posting and bidding cost nothing. If fees ever come, they will be stated plainly before anyone pays a cent.
Ready when you are
Posting takes about ten minutes, and nothing is visible until you publish. Questions first? Read how it works.