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Provision of a Managed Software Asset Management (SAM), Licence Compliance and Optimisation Service for the EPA
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 13 November at 16:00 — 12 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
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking a suitably qualified service provider to deliver a fully managed Software Asset Management (SAM), Licence Compliance and Optimisation Service to support the effective governance, control and optimisation of its software estate, including in-scope on-premises software, cloud and SaaS subscriptions. The service will include a cloud-hosted SAM platform delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), together with deployment, onboarding, ongoing platform management and an actively managed service. The provider will carry out software discovery and inventory management, licence entitlement and compliance management, usage monitoring and optimisation, renewal planning, application rationalisation, technology lifecycle and technical debt management, audit support, technical support, regular reporting and continuous improvement.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (65 awards, most recently February 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around May 2026. The last award went to PnP CRM Solutions (Trading as Ecleva Ireland).n = 65
- 37% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (458 awards since 2013, spread over 243 companies). 63% went to new names.n = 458 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (386 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 386
- The award came in at a median 83% of the estimated value (6 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 88%.n = 6
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (458 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 15%.n = 458
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RPS Group Limited | 13 | 2014–2021 |
| Fehily Timoney and Company | 11 | 2014–2024 |
| Amtivo (Ireland) Ltd. | 9 | 2020–2025 |
| Compass Informatics Ltd | 8 | 2017–2023 |
| AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited | 7 | 2017–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 7 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 50 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 22 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 · IT services, 532 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,661 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, United Kingdom.
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