The Irish Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., yesterday announced the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) by the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) of the invitation to the market to tender for the Grangegorman Public Private Partnership (PPP) project.

The project consists of two new technologically-advanced education buildings - the Central and East quads - at DIT's new education campus at Grangegorman. This project is valued at some €180 million.

DIT's new campus will accommodate approximately 11,000 students and staff when completed and occupied in September 2017, consolidating up to 40 buildings into a single site. This will derive significant efficiencies for a key third-level institution, which constitutes some 10% of all third-level education places in Ireland.

"That this publication has taken place in a timely manner has been made possible by the hard work and dedication of the NDFA, the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) and my own Department," said the Minister.

The Minister said the Government is investing approximately €300 million into the Irish economy through the Grangegorman development.

Deadline for submission of proposals is 16 December 2013.

Tender notice: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:371587-2013:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0