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Schools Energy Pathfinder 2025 - Biomass Programme - Heating Upgrade and Building Enabling Works Package - Bundle 3 (Cork ETB)
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 19 November at 12:00 — 18 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
Invitations to tender are sought from suitably qualified Works Contractors to undertake heating plantroom upgrade and associated electrical works including all associated builder’s works and site works to facilitate the biomass heating installation at six (6) school site locations in County Cork. The biomass heating installation will be completed by a separately appointed Biomass Contractor.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (49 awards, most recently September 2024) — by that rhythm the next award was due around December 2024. The last award went to DJ Cahill Construction Ltd.n = 49
- 47% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (393 awards since 2013, spread over 187 companies). 53% went to new names.n = 393 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (382 procedures with a bid count); 21% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 382
- 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (393 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 393
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
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.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Walsh and Sons (Manuf) Ltd | 15 | 2015–2022 |
| Shaw Scientific | 12 | 2015–2021 |
| Laboratory Supplies Ltd. T/A Lennox | 11 | 2015–2023 |
| Central Technology Supplies.ie | 10 | 2016–2023 |
| Sperrin Metal Products Ltd | 10 | 2015–2023 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 47 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 43 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Construction work, 129 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 9,914 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Greece, Germany.
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