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TR3195C - RFT for the supply of an MBA Study Visit Facilitation Service for University College Cork (UCC)

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Awarded
IE
services
Ireland

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Ireland
Contract value
€330,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
29 May 2025
Published
29 April 2025

Procurement

Contract period
Until 20 January 2031
60 months
Procedure type
Open Procedure
Evaluation method
MEAT
CPV classifications
  • 63500000 Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services
  • 63510000 Travel agency and similar services
  • 80300000 Higher education services
  • 80500000 Training services

What happened

Education Procurement Service (EPS) awarded this contract to Austral Services LLC worth €185,573 on 20 Jan 2026. The contract runs until 20 Jan 2031.

Description

Cork University Business School (CUBS) is a key part of UCC’s academic offering with its activities at a level one would expect of a university with a history and tradition of international class teaching and research. CUBS is one of the two largest business schools in Ireland with: • The largest number of fulltime undergraduate students. • The second largest number of full-time graduate students. • The largest amount of research income. CUBS is accredited by AACSB, and the UCC CUBS Executive MBA is accredited by AMBA. UCC and CUBS seeks applications to provide an International Study Visit module for its UCC CUBS Executive MBA degree. The successful organisation will work with CUBS (when required) to provide International Study Visit services for the programme module BU6511 Managing Change in an International Context, which forms part of the Executive MBA degree programme. UCC invites tenders for the following services relating to the delivery development of the International Study Visit module BU6511 Managing Change in an International Context. The Academic Context. The UCC CUBS Executive MBA is a part-time programme delivered on a part time basis over two academic years, to a class made up of working managers and professionals. The programme is delivered across four semesters (two per academic year) in a block lecture model. Each two-year programme cycle is completed before another programme cycle commences. In other words, the 2025-2027 programme will be followed by a 2027-2029 programme. Therefore, the study visit occurs every two years. Visits are planned in the years 2026, 2028 and 2030. BU6511 Managing Change in an International Context is delivered in Semester 2 of Year 1 of the programme. It comes at the end of the semester.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Austral Services LLC
Award value
€185,573
Award date
20 January 2026

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External ID: ie-5569343 • Added 18 April 2026