TTT047F Request for Applicants to Participate in a Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Courier Services.
Ireland · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 31 October 2031 at 12:00 — 1853 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: ENG, 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
- The median procedure drew 16 bids (3,463 procedures with a bid count); 3% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 3,463
- 79% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (10,251 awards since 2013, spread over 1,728 companies). That is well above the sector norm (36%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 10,251 awards since 2013
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 7 months (42 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around February 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to First Direct Medical Couriers.n = 42
- The award came in at a median 66% of the estimated value (9 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 9
- 12% of awards went to companies from abroad (10,251 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 15%.n = 10,251
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 27/09/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Post & telecom services, 35 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 325 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, France.
Typical field: median 5 (from 22 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The Minister for Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this Request for Applicants to Participate (“RFATP”) in a Dynamic Purchasing System (“DPS”) as a central purchasing body (“CPB”). The Office of Government Procurement (the “OGP”) is an office within the Department of Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service Reform and Digitalisation tasked with sourcing goods and services on behalf of the public service.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MAZARS | 250 | 2016–2023 |
| Deloitte Ireland LLP | 202 | 2015–2026 |
| PFH Technology Group | 174 | 2015–2026 |
| ERGO | 165 | 2015–2026 |
| Crowleys DFK | 154 | 2015–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this
Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.