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Supply and delivery of 2 no. mid sized telescopic loaders complete with attachments

IEIrelandBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 18 November at 18:00 — 18 days left.
  2. You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Kildare County Council have a requirement for supply and delivery of 2 no. mid sized telescopic loaders complete with attachments as per specification set out at Appendix I in the request for tenders document included in this competition.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€140,000
Published27 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

16 · Agricultural machinery43 · Mining & construction machinery42 · Industrial machinery
CPV 16000000 · 43000000 · 42415110

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The median procedure drew 17 bids (134 procedures with a bid count); 2% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 134
  • 25% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (155 awards since 2023, spread over 116 companies). That is well below the sector norm (42%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 155 awards since 2023
  • The award came in at a median 96% of the estimated value (21 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 21
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (155 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 155

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

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
RBK Construction Ltd52025–2026
Treeline Ltd52023–2026
Bluestone Facilities Management Ltd42025–2026
Hawthorn Heights Ltd42024–2026
Dunne Brothers Ltd42025–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.
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Deadline — Wednesday 18 November at 18:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 250 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 863 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

Foreign bidders

In Ireland · Agricultural machinery, 9 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 271 recorded awards).

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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