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WCCC26 496 Integrated Design Team for the Development of 22 Lady Lane
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 19 November at 15:00 — 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
Waterford City and County Council wish to procure an Architect-led multidisciplinary design team for the proposed redevelopment of 22 Lady Lane. The design team will include a Conservation Architect, Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers , Quantity Surveyors and a Building Energy Consultant.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (41 procedures with a bid count); 27% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 41
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (3 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around March 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Waterford Academy of Music Arts.n = 3
- 7% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (46 awards since 2023, spread over 41 companies). That is well below the sector norm (34%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 46 awards since 2023
- The award came in at a median 96% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 94%.n = 12
- 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (46 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 46
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drake Hourigan Architects_25903 | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| IBSL Limited | 2 | 2025 |
| TRIUR Construction Limited | 2 | 2025 |
| Starrus Eco Holdings Ltd | 1 | 2025 |
| The High Court of Ireland | 1 | 2025 |
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 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 29 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.
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