Establishment of a Panel for Market Engagement Consultants for Technological University Dublin
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Your path to submission
- Deadline: 27 January 2028 at 12:00 — 480 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: ENG.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 22% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (330 awards since 2013, spread over 214 companies). 78% went to new names.n = 330 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (295 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 295
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (330 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 15%.n = 330
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 04/10/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · R&D services, 158 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,179 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United Kingdom, Spain.
Typical field: median 3 (from 1,051 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
Each year funding is provided by Funding bodies to researchers with an innovative idea to validate the commercial opportunity for their technology whilst supporting the applicant's engagement with industry. In particular, feasibility grants provide funding to hire an independent industry expert consultant to conduct a market opportunity assessment and explore potential routes to commercialisation for their technology. TU Dublin requires a panel of market engagement consultants under the following Lot descriptors. • ICT • MEEC [Manufacturing, Engineering and Energy Commercialisation] • Food • Life Science
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| McKeon Contech Ltd. t/a McKeon Group and Hereworks | 5 | 2017–2026 |
| Shelbourne Engineering Ltd | 4 | 2020–2024 |
| Royal Upholstery Ltd - Building Maintenance | 4 | 2022–2024 |
| Cooney Electronics Ltd | 4 | 2019–2023 |
| Imex Instruments Limited | 3 | 2019–2023 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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