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Provision of a Test of Professional Competence for Dietitians

IEIrelandBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

Deadline: 20 November at 15:00 — 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.

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What the buyer is looking for

CORU is seeking qualified tenders for the provision of a Test of Professional Competence for Dietitians.

Contract

BuyerHealth and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) →

TypeServices

Estimated value€200,000

Published16 Oct 2026

ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

85 · Health & social work

CPV 85100000 · 85140000 · 85141000 · 85323000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

23% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (67 awards since 2014, spread over 44 companies). 77% went to new names.n = 67 awards since 2014
The median procedure drew 4 bids (62 procedures with a bid count); 15% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 62
13% of awards went to companies from abroad (67 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 67

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

You don't need a GmbH or Ltd for this procedure — sole traders and freelancers may bid (Art. 19 Dir. 2014/24/EU). Eligibility counts, not legal form. More in the guide →

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
Julie Byrne	4	2014–2022
University College Dublin	3	2018–2020
GRANT THORNTON	3	2021–2023
XpertDPO	2	2022–2025
Servisource Recruitment	2	2016–2019

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Deadline — Friday 20 November at 15:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 997 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 35 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.

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Foreign bidders

In Ireland · Health & social work, 28 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,134 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Romania, France.

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

Goes directly to this tender on eTenders Ireland. The full specification and all annexes are there.

Put together the evidence

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via eTenders Ireland before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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