RFT for the provision of Vulnerability Assessments to International Protection Applicants
Ireland · Dublin · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 12 October at 00:00 — 33 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
- Offer and evidence in: ENG.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (70 procedures with a bid count); 23% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 12 bids.n = 70
- 64% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,431 awards since 2013, spread over 514 companies). That is well above the sector norm (31%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 1,431 awards since 2013
- The award came in at a median 100% of the estimated value (11 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 100%.n = 11
- 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,431 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 1,431
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 08/09/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Health & social work, 22 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 795 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Romania, France.
Typical field: median 12 (from 545 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The Service will comprise of the completion of vulnerability assessments for all International Protection applicants upon arrival to the State. In accordance with the 2026 International Protection Act, an officer or agent of the Minister, in this case, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS), must carry out or cause to be carried out an assessment of an International Protection applicant for the purpose of identifying if the applicant is vulnerable or a victim of torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment, or has special reception needs, and if so, the nature of those special reception needs, or require special procedural guarantees.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in ENG.
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Vesada Private Limited | 12 | 2025–2026 |
| Windbury Limited | 11 | 2025–2026 |
| Brimwood Unlimited Company | 9 | 2025–2026 |
| Tiglin Challenge LTD | 9 | 2025–2026 |
| Gormanston Park Limited | 9 | 2025–2026 |