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Engineering Consultancy Services Marine Civil Engineering Consultant for Preliminary and Design (Stages 1 and 2) for a Pontoon

IEIrelandBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 24 November at 12:00 — 23 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

A Marine consultant is required for Preliminary (Feasibility) and Design (Stages 1 and 2) for a pontoon structure alongside the Abbey Pier on Sherkin Island. Concept and designs need to be developed followed by the submission of a Marine Area Consent (MAC)

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published23 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

71 · Architecture & engineering90 · Cleaning, environment & waste
CPV 71240000 · 71310000 · 71311000 · 71356400 · 90712500 · 90712300

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (138 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Tetra Tech Ireland Limited.n = 138
  • 44% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,031 awards since 2013, spread over 491 companies). 56% went to new names.n = 1,031 awards since 2013
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (982 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 982
  • The award came in at a median 96% of the estimated value (25 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 97%.n = 25
  • 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,031 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 1,031

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
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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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Cumnor Construction Ltd152014–2025
McGinty and O Shea Ltd.152018–2025
Dermot Clancy Plant Sales Ltd122015–2025
Martin O Callaghan Ltd112013–2025
Glas Civil Engineering Ltd102014–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

17
2019
13
2020
18
2021
11
2022
7
2023
14
2024
44
2025
20
2026
144 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Tuesday 24 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 130 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 32 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 · Architecture & engineering, 396 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,485 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Spain, France.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

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