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Ireland · Limerick · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 14:00 — 30 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 4 months (22 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Caia Software and Solutions Inc.n = 22
- 47% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,055 awards since 2013, spread over 1,370 companies). That is well above the sector norm (32%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 3,055 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (2,787 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 2,787
- 18% of awards went to companies from abroad (3,055 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 3,055
- The award came in at a median 92% of the estimated value (129 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 129
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 29/09/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Culture & sport, 56 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 816 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.
Submission language: ENG.
Typical field: median 8 (from 15 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing Consortium providing access to leading Science Technology and Medicine (STM) and Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) resources on behalf of participating Irish publicly funded higher education institutions (IReL Members). IReL member libraries require a Document Delivery Service (DDS) to supplement their existing e-resource collections by allowing users to access and read content which is not currently subscribed.
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 English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Mason Technology Ltd | 38 | 2016–2026 |
| Particular Sciences Limited | 34 | 2015–2026 |
| Agilent Technologies Ireland Ltd | 20 | 2020–2025 |
| Bruker UK Limited | 20 | 2017–2024 |
| EBSCO International Inc. | 19 | 2016–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this
Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.