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    ContractsBack for Business Programme – Service Provider Needed
    Open tender

    Back for Business Programme – Service Provider Needed

    Tender closes
    22d
    28 Oct 2026 · in 22 days

    Seeking an experienced service provider to deliver a four-year Back for Business programme supporting Irish emigrants returning home with entrepreneurship training and business development services.

    🇮🇪IrelandPublished 6 Oct 2026· TodayviaTED
    Tender closes
    22d
    28 Oct 2026 · in 22 days

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      est.€1,015,000
      Euros
    • Tender closes
      28 Oct 2026
      22 days left
    • Sector
      Education & Training
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    • Location
      🇮🇪Ireland

    Lifecycle

    Open

    22 days left to bid. Opened today, deadline 28 Oct 2026.

    6 Oct 202628 Oct 2026

    Brief

    The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is looking for a single experienced service provider to develop and deliver the Back for Business Programme. This four-year contract (with potential one-year extension) supports Irish emigrants who have returned or plan to return home by offering tailored services that address skills gaps, enterprise development, and capability building. The programme aims to foster entrepreneurship and economic participation among this returning diaspora. The selected provider may be an individual, firm, company, partnership, or other commercial entity with proven expertise in business development, skills training, and supporting entrepreneurs. The programme builds on successful annual initiatives run from 2022 to 2026 and seeks to continue this proven approach to helping returnees establish and grow businesses in Ireland.

    Track record

    1 award · 1 winner
    Thin record

    Only 1 prior award here — too little to read.

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    Who wins here
    1. Emma Simpson Consulting Ltd1× · 100%

    Across this category, the most active winners are SAXTON, KPMG LLP, Prison Advice & Care Trust (pact) — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    Publications Office of the European Union
    Licence
    EU 2011/833/EU + TED reuse notice
    Source
    ted.europa.eu
    Record ID
    687062-2026
    DF
    Buyer
    DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
    Sector
    Education & Training