0039 - Qualification System for the Provision of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services
Ireland · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 September 2031 at 12:00 — 1794 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 6 months (24 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around February 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Strata3 t/a All human.n = 24
- 22% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (460 awards since 2013, spread over 248 companies). That is well below the sector norm (43%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 460 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 8 bids (323 procedures with a bid count); 6% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 323
- 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (460 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 15%.n = 460
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 · IT services, 531 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,642 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, United Kingdom.
Typical field: median 5 (from 15 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
An Post is establishing a Qualification System for the provision of specialist Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineering and implementation services. This Qualification System is intended to support the delivery of secure, production grade AI capabilities across An Post and its subsidiary operations, where AI solutions must be designed, built, integrated, deployed, and operated at scale within regulated and security sensitive environments. This Qualification System is focused on hands on AI engineering capability. It is not intended to focus on AI strategy, advisory services, or data engineering services. It is intended to secure specialist AI engineering and implementation capability and is not intended to procure a supplier-owned standalone AI platform, core hosting environment or proprietary technology stack. The Qualification System may operate until 2nd September 2031. An Post reserves the right to extend or close the panel early in line with Operational Requirements.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG | 6 | 2014–2026 |
| Strata3 t/a All human | 5 | 2014–2026 |
| Empathy Research | 5 | 2025–2026 |
| IO Systems Ltd | 4 | 2017–2023 |
| Dunwoody and Dobson Ltd | 4 | 2014–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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