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Supply and Delivery of Inflatable Water-Filled Temporary Flood Barriers and Ancillary Equipment
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 4 November at 12:00 — 3 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
Carlow County Council invites tenders for the supply and delivery of 1,600 metres of modular inflatable water-filled temporary flood barriers and associated ancillary equipment for use in emergency flood-response operations. The requirement comprises 3 m, 5 m and 10 m modular barrier sections capable of rapid deployment, air inflation, water filling, interconnection and recovery by Council and Fire Service personnel. The proposed system shall also provide for bi-tube/twin-tube configurations, including approved elevated configurations where increased flood-protection height may be required.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (4 awards, most recently February 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around June 2026. The last award went to Colas Contracting Ltd.n = 4
- 39% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (183 awards since 2013, spread over 102 companies). 61% went to new names.n = 183 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (158 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 158
- The award came in at a median 87% of the estimated value (13 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 13
- 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (183 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 183
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cahill Crafts Ltd. | 11 | 2015–2025 |
| kevin thorpe ltd | 6 | 2014–2021 |
| HPMP Fire c/o High Precision Motor Products | 5 | 2021–2026 |
| Clodywood Civi Engineering Co. Ltd. | 5 | 2024–2025 |
| KPM Contracting Ltd T/A Carlow Insulation Solutions | 4 | 2013–2016 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 14 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Construction materials, 42 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,346 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.
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