{"id":77,"date":"2016-06-10T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rteirp.wpengine.com\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:33:33","slug":"how-to-become-a-supplier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/irp\/how-to-become-a-supplier\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 eCommissioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>01 Registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In order to submit programme proposals or ideas to RT\u00c9\u00a0<strong>eCommissioning<\/strong>, you will need to register first with RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you need to register as a supplier:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It would be useful to have the following information to hand to assist you with registration to the system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>company name<\/li>\n<li>company address<\/li>\n<li>company email address<\/li>\n<li>company phone number<\/li>\n<li>your mobile number<\/li>\n<li>list of key company contacts and phone numbers,<br \/>e.g. producers \/ production accountant etc, etc<\/li>\n<li>company profile, i.e. information about your company\u2019s relevant history and experience where you can tell us about your work to date<\/li>\n<li>the name of an authorised administrator in your company who will keep your account information up to date<\/li>\n<li>the names of any additional users in your company who require access to the system<br \/>(N.B. any additional users in your company will be managed by your account administrator)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All independent producers \/ companies should register on the RT\u00c9 <strong>eCommissioning<\/strong>\u00a0system under the name in which they will be making their programme submissions or ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Please note that when you submit your registration request to RT\u00c9 eCommissioning that you should receive an acknowledgement return email from RT\u00c9. If for some reason you don\u2019t receive a response from RT\u00c9, please contact RT\u00c9 Independent Productions for further details.\u00a0 Also, this supplier email address needs to remain in place whilst you are registered with RT\u00c9 eCommissioning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To proceed to register to RT\u00c9 eCommissioning, please click here \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecommissioning.rtegroup.ie\/register.php\">eCommissioning | EDocs (rtegroup.ie)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RT\u00c9\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Terms and Conditions\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>A Guide to Registering as a Supplier<\/strong> are available to download:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/commissioning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/07\/RT%C3%89s-Terms-and-Conditions-1.pdf\">RT\u00c9s-Terms-and-Conditions-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/irp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/01\/User-guide-eCommissioning-system-v2.0.pdf\">eCommissioning User Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>02 Account Administration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Your company will be asked to nominate one account administrator. They will be able to add other \u2018users\u2019 within your company to submit programme proposals or ideas to RT\u00c9. They will be able to amend, suspend or disable \u2018users\u2019 (e.g. if they leave your company). In addition, they will be able to reset forgotten passwords automatically by email.<\/p>\n<p>The account administrator can update your company profile at all times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passwords:<\/strong><br \/>The system will automatically email you a token to your registered email address when you register as a supplier.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to have a number of users in your company, your account administrator or super-user can set up individual accounts for all other nominated system users and the system will automatically send each individual user a token.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changing or Forgotten Passwords:<br \/><\/strong>Each supplier\u2019s account administrator can reset their own passwords as well as those of users within their company. This is done through Admin&gt;Manage Company Users. See the Guide below for details. The new token will be emailed to your registered email address.<\/p>\n<p>Individual users within each company should contact their account administrator or super-user should they require their password to be reset. The system will automatically email the new password to the user and this should be reset on first login.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Guide to Account Administration<\/strong>\u00a0is available to download.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/commissioning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/A-guide-to-company-administration-eCommissioning-system-v1.0.pdf\">A guide to company administration \u2013 eCommissioning system v1.0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>03 Submitting a Programme Proposal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Programme proposals or ideas can only be submitted by suppliers who are registered on the<br \/>RT\u00c9 eCommissioning system.<\/p>\n<p>All programme proposals or ideas can now be submitted to RT\u00c9 eCommissioning by filling<br \/>in a submission form on the web.<\/p>\n<p>Each submission will automatically be routed to the relevant station&#8217;s commissioning team<br \/>that you choose.<\/p>\n<p>You will be able to store all your programme proposals or ideas in draft form in your \u201cMy Draft Submissions\u201d list until such time as you are ready to submit to RT\u00c9 eCommissioning. You will also be<br \/>able to amend your programme proposals or ideas as often as you wish prior to submitting<br \/>to RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have submitted your programme proposal or idea to RT\u00c9 eCommissioning you will<br \/>be able to track online the progress of your individual programme proposals and ideas<br \/>within the RT\u00c9 commissioning process.<\/p>\n<p>RT\u00c9\u2019s commissioning process currently operates on a rolling basis to facilitate the<br \/>communication of commissioning priorities (via online commissioning briefs) to the<br \/>independent sector where discussions, assessments and final decisions on programme<br \/>submissions can be made all year round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Guide to Submitting a Programme Proposal\u00a0<\/strong>is available to download here: <a href=\"https:\/\/about.rte.ie\/irp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/01\/User-guide-eCommissioning-system-v2.0.pdf\">eCommissioning User Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>For further assistance with RT\u00c9 e-Commissioning, please contact :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent Radio Productions,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 7,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RT\u00c9,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donnybrook,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dublin 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E: independentradioproductions@rte.ie <br>T: + 353 87 698 4810<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01 Registration In order to submit programme proposals or ideas to RT\u00c9\u00a0eCommissioning, you will need to register first with RT\u00c9. 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