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MI-CFT26-039 Catering Services at Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 R673

IEIrelandBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 2 November at 10:00 — 1 day left.
  2. You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

The Marine Institute invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of Daily catering for staff and hospitality for meetings.

Contract

BuyerMarine Institute_1141 →
TypeServices
Estimated value€215,000
Published6 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

55 · Hotel & restaurant services
CPV 55520000 · 55500000 · 55523000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (51 procedures with a bid count); 20% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 15 bids.n = 51
  • 11% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (57 awards since 2024, spread over 51 companies). That is well below the sector norm (53%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 57 awards since 2024
  • The award came in at a median 97% of the estimated value (17 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 100%.n = 17
  • 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (57 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 57

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Clement
Too big for you alone? Consortium or reliance on capacity: a partner's references and turnover count (Art. 63 Dir. 2014/24) — cross-border too.

Who has won at this buyer so far

Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
APEM Limited42024–2026
KRCEcological Ltd22025–2026
OSMS22024
Atlantic Technological University (EO)22026
Owen O'Connell12025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.
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Deadline — Monday 2 November at 10:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 15 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 1,692 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 27 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 863 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

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Foreign bidders

In Ireland · Hotel & restaurant services, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,153 recorded awards).

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
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Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via eTenders Ireland before the deadline
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