Open Competition for the Provision of Student Placement Software 539
Ireland · Maynooth · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 19 October at 00:00 — 31 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
- Offer and evidence in: ENG.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis above: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (31 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Davis Events Limited.n = 31
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (321 procedures with a bid count); 17% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 321
- 30% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (362 awards since 2013, spread over 222 companies). That is well below the sector norm (42%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 362 awards since 2013
- 20% of awards went to companies from abroad (362 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 9%.n = 362
- The award came in at a median 93% of the estimated value (14 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 94%.n = 14
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 13/09/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Business services, 323 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,374 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, France, Germany.
Typical field: median 4 (from 22 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (DE).
Show original description (DE)
Maynooth University is seeking to procure a robust and configurable software solution to manage professional practice placements across its professionally regulated programmes. The management of these placements is a complex, multi-stakeholder process spanning the Schools of Nursing, Applied Social Studies and Education departments, with approximately 1,750 students placed annually across a wide range of local and national settings. This activity is supported by a substantial tutor cohort - approximately 500 in Nursing, 150 in Education, and 150 in Applied Social Studies — each requiring reliable tools to oversee and assess student progress. In addition to coordinating placement logistics, the University must meet the record-keeping requirements set by professional regulatory bodies, including detailed documentation of each student's placement site, hours completed, assessment strategies, and site evaluations. The University is therefore inviting tenders for new software to provide an effective, efficient, and scalable platform capable of managing the full lifecycle of professional practice placements across these diverse disciplines.
Selection criteria — via the ESPD
The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in ENG.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Vision Contracting Limited | 5 | 2024–2025 |
| Servisource Recruitment | 5 | 2020–2024 |
| Pianos Plus | 4 | 2025–2026 |
| Kelbuild Ltd | 4 | 2021–2025 |
| Oman-Beverly Smyth | 3 | 2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this
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