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The Fort Museum and Event Centre, Cultural Quarter, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 20 November at 12:00 — 19 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
This tender relates to a competition for the appointment of a suitably qualified and experienced architectural led design team for this heritage led urban regeneration project.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (35 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to TA Group.n = 35
- 22% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (260 awards since 2013, spread over 187 companies). That is well below the sector norm (38%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 260 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (253 procedures with a bid count); 28% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 253
- The award came in at a median 89% of the estimated value (14 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 97%.n = 14
- 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (260 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 260
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 29/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HPMP Fire c/o High Precision Motor Products | 7 | 2019–2026 |
| Breencore ltd | 5 | 2014–2025 |
| Dunne Brothers Ltd | 4 | 2016–2022 |
| Ground Investigations Ireland Ltd | 4 | 2021–2024 |
| Campion construction | 4 | 2017–2022 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 32 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 39 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 863 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Architecture & engineering, 396 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,485 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Spain, France.
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