Payments over €20,000 2025

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2025	Sealbhú DCU	Third payment to DCU SEALBHÚ for JC Irish research (Interim Report 2) as per payment schedule attached below. Total including VAT = €38,437.50	Purchase Order	€38,437.50
31 Dec 2025	3C Consulting	People Strategy Consultants	Purchase Order	€56,457.00
31 Dec 2025	i3 Digital	NCCA are currently reviewing the structure of their existing Curriculum Online website’s primary section and have conducted User Tests and a UI/UX assessment. Following initial review of the UX outcomes there are a number of updates that the team would like to make to the Primary section of curriculumonline.ie. This proposal is for the development, testing and deployment of the agreed requirements.	Purchase Order	€58,725.00
31 Dec 2025	SLA with Schools	57 schools and preschools are working closely with the NCCA on the redevelopment of the Primary School Curriculum. Collectively they form a 'Schools Forum'. Within the Forum, participating schools / preschools contribute their time, experience and input to the primary curriculum and assessmnet developments. Each school/preschool receives a payment of €500 for participation in the Forum from January 2026 - December 2026.	Purchase Order	€28,500.00
31 Dec 2025	OECD	Work with OECD on the Pathways project. OECD will be conducting a policy review to support NCCA work on senior cycle pathways	Purchase Order	€33,750.00
31 Dec 2025	Context	Estimated costs for translations for the months of October to end December.	Purchase Order	€40,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Board Excellence	Evaluation and report of the effectiveness of the NCCA Council and its two committees.	Purchase Order	€24,600.00
31 Dec 2025	14 schools (details with accounts team)	SLA payment for schools involvement in the Pathways Project. 14 schools x €2000	Purchase Order	€28,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Learnovate Trinity College Dublin	NCCA seeks to engage suitably qualified and experienced individuals to undertake a research, review and solution design project relating to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential use to support primary and special school teachers in their planning and preparation for learning and teaching. The use of artificial intelligence in educational contexts is becoming more widespread and Irish teachers are beginning to consider AI tools to support preparation for learning and teaching. Within thi	Purchase Order	€37,023.02
31 Dec 2025	Granite Digital	Annual website hosting for the corporate website, NCCA.ie and Umbraco CMS for 1st July, 2025 - 30th June, 2026. This includes the following: Application Server (Hosting and Management) €6,000 Database Server (Hosting and Management) €3,600 Automated Pen Tests €800 24/7 Monitoring service €300 Sucuri (Web Application Level Firewall) €400 Patching /Support /Backups /Disaster Recovery €3,000 Staging/UAT Environment €3,000	Purchase Order	€21,033.00
31 Dec 2025	i3 Digital	NCCA are currently reviewing the structure of their existing Curriculum Online website’s primary section and have conducted User Tests and a UI/UX assessment. Following initial review of the UX outcomes there are a number of updates that the team would like to make to the Primary section of curriculumonline.ie. This proposal is for a detailed requirements gathering phase to define and clarify all requirements to achieve an initiative presentation of curriculum content to the user.	Purchase Order	€20,227.50
31 Dec 2025	Mary Immaculate College	Funding in support of T-REX Project 2nd payment (of 3) of €20,000	Purchase Order	€20,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Context	Estimated costs for translations for the months of June to end September.	Purchase Order	€50,000.00
31 Dec 2025	Truwood	RFQ issued on 14/02/2025 and a further updated spec on 06/03/2025 for a bespoke Boardroom Table Award email issued on 28/03/2025 informing Truwood quotation was selected as the most economically advantageous. Quote €42,907, VAT 9,868.61 Total Cost: €52,775.61 Payment terms in place for this project: 50% deposit with order 40% prior to installation 10% 30 days after install	Purchase Order	€52,775.61
31 Dec 2025	Farrell Furniture	Purchase of office furniture for the Dublin Office using the OGP Framework - The Supply & Installation of Desking, Pedestals and Storage Units	Purchase Order	€91,785.06
31 Dec 2025	Nostra	AV Dublin office	Purchase Order	€60,678.78
31 Dec 2025	Sealbhú DCU	Second payment to DCU for JC Irish research study Interim Report 1	Purchase Order	€38,437.50
31 Dec 2025	i3 DIgital	Support Level Agreement for COL - Business Class. Maintenance Service Level Agreement with Account Management & Monthly Reporting 12 Days @€725 €8,700 20% (€1,740) Support and Maintenance of Teaching Council API 4 Days @ €725 €2,900 20% (€580) Accessibility Audit & Production of Report per Annum (only) 2 Days @ €725 €1,450 20% (€290) Updating of existing documentation as scopes of work carried out 4 Days @ €725 €2,900 20% (€580) Maintaining Translation Tool 2 Days @ €725 €1,450 20% (€290) Total	Purchase Order	€20,880.00
31 Dec 2025	i3 DIgital	Production Environment (Azure North Europe): • D3 Server (4 cores, 14gb RAM, E20 SSD) • SQL Azure S3 Database • 500Gb Internet Egress • Cove Daily Backups (250Gb – 30 day retention) • N-Able 24/7 Server Monitoring + Managed AV • I3 24/7 Server Management (fully managed) Staging Environment: • D3 Server (4 cpu, 14Gb RAM, E20 SSD) • SQL Azure S3 Database • 500Gb Internet Egress • Cove Daily Backups (250Gb – 30 day retention) • N-Able 24/7 Server Monitoring + Managed AV • I3 24/7 Server Management	Purchase Order	€44,670.00

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