An Area Monitoring System Service
Ireland · Dublin · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 September at 00:00 — 20 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
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (43 awards, most recently April 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around July 2026. The last award went to Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI).n = 43
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (503 procedures with a bid count); 26% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 503
- 31% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (565 awards since 2013, spread over 294 companies). That is well below the sector norm (44%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 565 awards since 2013
- The award came in at a median 100% of the estimated value (64 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 100%.n = 64
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (565 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 565
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 09/09/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Architecture & engineering, 271 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,523 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Spain, France.
Typical field: median 2 (from 37 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is issuing this tender competition to enter into a contract with a vendor to supply an Area Monitoring System (AMS) Service within DAFM which has the capacity to deliver the obligations of Article 70 of Regulation 2021/2116 which requires the continued delivery of an AMS service. Article 65 of 2021/2116 defines an area monitoring system as a procedure of regular and systematic observation, tracking and assessment of agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas by Copernicus Sentinels satellite data or other data of at least equivalent value. It is the intent of this tender competition to solicit proposals from all interested vendors possessing expertise to provide an AMS solution to accommodate the needs of the Area Monitoring and Land Systems Division, within the guidelines established in the tender documents.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd | 13 | 2020–2026 |
| Inland and Coastal Marina Systems Ltd | 11 | 2015–2026 |
| Ayesa (formerly ByrneLooby) | 10 | 2017–2025 |
| LandM Keating Ltd., T/A Keating | 9 | 2015–2017 |
| ABCO Marine (IRL) Ltd | 8 | 2015–2018 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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