UCDOPP5616 Request for Tender for Supply Installation Commissioning and Maintenance of Dual Inlet Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer System
Ireland · Dublin · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 15 October at 00:00 — 34 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 4 months (12 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Agilent Technologies Ireland Ltd_12192.n = 12
- 25% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (497 awards since 2013, spread over 315 companies). That is well below the sector norm (50%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 497 awards since 2013
- 13% of awards went to companies from abroad (497 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 34%.n = 497
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (427 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 427
- The award came in at a median 100% of the estimated value (30 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 100%.n = 30
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 10/09/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Laboratory & optical equipment, 249 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 813 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.
Typical field: median 3 (from 7 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The UCD School of Earth Sciences requires a Dual Inlet Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry System. This equipment will be central to the development of a new dissolved gas tracer laboratory at UCD that is being established to support a recently awarded European Research Council project. The project aims to apply new highprecision dissolved-gas and isotope tracers to understand physical and biogeochemical processes in groundwater systems over timescales ranging from decades to centuries.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| McKeon Contech Ltd. t/a McKeon Group and Hereworks | 12 | 2021–2026 |
| Pama Construction | 5 | 2019–2025 |
| Marron Brothers Limited | 4 | 2022–2024 |
| Bidvest NOONAN (ROI) Ltd | 4 | 2016–2025 |
| ISS Facility Services | 4 | 2021–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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