Introduction
Ireland has announced a major public sector energy services contract award, with Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) confirming the award of a nationwide framework for the provision of Energy Consultancy Services across 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). The services contract, valued at an estimated €14 million, supports Ireland’s drive toward improved energy efficiency, compliance, and decarbonisation in the education sector. The contract was signed on 24 November 2025 and published shortly thereafter.
Contract Details
The awarded contract, titled “CMETB – 2025 604: Request for Tenders for the Provision of Energy Consultancy Services for 16 Education and Training Boards”, establishes a multi-lot services framework to deliver specialist energy expertise across ETB-owned buildings nationwide.
Energy consultancy services under the framework include:
Energy Management Consultancy Services
Building Energy Rating (BER) inspections
Display Energy Certificates (DEC)
Energy audits in compliance with SI 426
Energy efficiency and low-carbon design services
Measurement and Verification (M&V) audits
Dynamic simulation modelling
The procurement is structured into 16 separate lots, allowing tenderers to bid for one or multiple lots. For each lot, the two highest-ranked suppliers will be appointed, with services delivered through a cascade arrangement. While CMETB acted as the contracting authority for the competition, each ETB will enter into and manage its own individual services contract.
Estimated Contract Value: €14,000,000
Contract Type: Services
Project Location: Ireland
Contract Date: 24 November 2025
Entities Involved
The contracting authority is Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of 15 other ETBs across Ireland.
The framework has been awarded to a panel of specialist energy and building performance consultancies, including:
Enerj Building Services Engineering and Building Performance
Semple and McKillop Ltd
Cork Energy Consultancy
Tipperary Energy Agency Ltd
Integrated Environmental Solutions
KSN Project Management
This multi-supplier approach ensures regional coverage, technical depth, and capacity across a broad and diverse education estate.
Strategic and Environmental Significance
This government contract award is strategically aligned with Ireland’s Climate Action Plan, public sector energy efficiency targets, and statutory compliance requirements. ETBs manage extensive portfolios of schools, training centres, and administrative buildings, making professional energy consultancy critical to reducing energy consumption, lowering carbon emissions, and improving building performance.
The framework will support ETBs in planning retrofit programmes, achieving regulatory compliance, prioritising capital investment, and measuring real-world energy savings.
Background on the Appointed Suppliers
The appointed consultancies bring combined expertise in energy management, building physics, sustainability design, and performance modelling. Many have extensive experience delivering public sector energy programmes, retrofit advisory services, and compliance audits for education, healthcare, and local authority clients across Ireland.
Technical and Financial Overview
Services delivered under the framework will include site surveys, energy modelling, compliance audits, performance verification, and strategic energy planning. The €14 million estimated value reflects a multi-year, multi-client framework, with work packages commissioned by individual ETBs based on their specific building portfolios and project requirements.
Conclusion
The award of the Energy Consultancy Services framework for 16 ETBs marks an important milestone in Ireland’s education infrastructure sustainability agenda. As ETBs roll out energy audits, retrofit designs, and performance monitoring initiatives, the framework is expected to deliver measurable energy savings, improved compliance, and long-term operational efficiencies. The contract also highlights continued momentum in awarded tenders supporting Ireland’s transition to a low-carbon public sector.
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