Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System for International Student Recruitment Services across the a series of Regions
Ireland · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 October 2035 at 12:00 — 3288 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
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (49 awards, most recently August 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around December 2025. The last award went to Linkedin Ireland Unlimited Company.n = 49
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (628 procedures with a bid count); 22% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 628
- 30% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (723 awards since 2013, spread over 495 companies). 70% went to new names.n = 723 awards since 2013
- 13% of awards went to companies from abroad (723 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 723
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 · Business services, 522 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,083 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, United Kingdom.
Typical field: median 5 (from 46 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
University of Galway wishes to administer a tender process to secure the services of International Student Recruitment Agents to support the recruitment of highly qualified students to our programmes. This process will incorporate the principles of ethical recruitment (London Principles) and improve the process for recruiting international students using agents abroad. The purpose of this competition is to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to cover a series of territories (1. Sub-Saharan Africa, 2. North America, 3. Latin America, 4. Middle East and North Africa (MENA), 5. South Asia, 6. East Asia, 7. Central Asia, 8. Southeast Asia, 9. All other regions not covered above.) as described in Section 2.2.2 of the DPS document for the appointment of International Student Recruitment Agents.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Mc Namara and Sons Ltd t/a McNamara Construction | 10 | 2017–2025 |
| John Higgins Building Contractor Limited | 8 | 2019–2024 |
| Nuark limited | 8 | 2017–2025 |
| Dominic O'Connor Ltd. | 7 | 2019–2025 |
| Carey Building Contractors | 7 | 2017–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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