Uisce Éireann has awarded a framework agreement for the provision of recruitment services and managed service provision for contingent workers, with a maximum value of €58,000,000 excluding VAT.

Hays Specialist Recruitment (Ireland) Limited was selected as the framework supplier. CPL Solutions Limited was named as reserve supplier, and may replace the framework supplier in accordance with the framework agreement. The contract was concluded on 26 May 2026.

The competition attracted six tenders. Uisce Éireann ran the procurement as a negotiated procedure with prior publication of a call for competition, establishing a single supplier framework with a maximum of one reserve supplier. The framework operates with reopening of competition.

The award notice was published in the Official Journal on 12 June 2026 under publication number 404286-2026, having been dispatched on 11 June 2026. The procurement is classified under recruitment services, alongside related classifications including supply services of personnel including temporary staff, placement services of personnel, and human resources management consultancy services.

Uisce Éireann ran the procurement from Dublin.