Public contract award · TED 457767-2026
National Childcare Scheme (NCS) Evaluation
Department of Children Disability and Equality awarded this contract to Alma Economics on 3 July 2026, using an open procedure, and 5 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €189,375. The published term is 27 months, to Oct 2028.
- Award published
- Term ends
Open the official notice on TED (opens in a new tab)How to check this record
Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierAlma EconomicsNot matched to a company record
How big is it?
Larger than 49% of contract awards, and number 31 of 46 from this public body.
A log scale: each step is ten times the last. “Typical” is the median contract award, €200K.
How long does it run?
A published term of 27 months, to Oct 2028.
The term is the notice’s duration counted from the award date. A contract may be extended or end early; the notices do not say.
What the notice says
- Procedure
- Open ProcedureAny business could bid.
- Competition type
- BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
- Bids received
- 5Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- Subject (CPV)
- Research and development services and related consultancy services
- Estimated value
- €190,000What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
- Buyer town
- Dublin
- eTenders tender ID
- 6984157eTenders' own page for a tender needs a free supplier login, so this record links to the OGP open data on data.gov.ie instead.
- TED notice
- 457767-2026 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.
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The official records this page is built from.
- TED contract award notice 457767-2026 (opens in a new tab)
- eTenders awards dataset (OGP, data.gov.ie) (opens in a new tab)One file for every eTenders award: look for tender ID 6984157. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"National Childcare Scheme (NCS) Evaluation", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 457767-2026. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-457767-2026/national-childcare-scheme-ncs-evaluation. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.
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