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Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for Engineering Consultancy Services (Phase 1 to 4) – Carrickmacross Inner Link Road

IEIrelandBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

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  1. Deadline: 11 November at 16:00 — 10 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

Procurement of an Engineering Consultancy Services to progress the design of the Carrickmacross Inner Link Road which is approximately 2.2km in length. This link road would connect the N2 via the R180, R178 to the R179 on the west of Carrickmacross Town. This project would include Active Travel infrastructure, open development lands and provide congestion relief for Carrickmacross Town. Provision of Inner Link Road. • The upgrade of the existing private 340m access road from the Roundabout on the R180. • The construction of a new Inner link road from the private road off the R180 through the R178 to the R179 to provide access to the residential development lands. • The construction of priority junctions on the existing Regional Roads R178 and the R179.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€60,000
Published12 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

79 · Business services71 · Architecture & engineering
CPV 79415200 · 71311210 · 71631480 · 79417000 · 71317200

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (110 awards, most recently June 2024) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2024. The last award went to KE Harford Business Advice Bookkeeping and Training Ltd.n = 110
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (596 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 596
  • 41% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (684 awards since 2013, spread over 362 companies). 59% went to new names.n = 684 awards since 2013
  • 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (684 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 684

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.

Clement
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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
NC Plant Hire Ltd192014–2025
Gibson Bros. (Ireland) Ltd172014–2025
T. H. MOORE (CONTRACTS) LTD122019–2025
Craftstudio Architecture112018–2025
John McQuillan Contracts Ltd92016–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

3
2019
4
2020
3
2021
7
2022
2
2023
2
2024
4
2026
25 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Wednesday 11 November at 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 58 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 109 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 30 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Ireland · Business services, 525 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,134 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, United Kingdom.

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

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