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Technical Consultancy Services for Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR) Phase 3 - (TII Phases 5-7)
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 12:00 — 1 day left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: English.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
Louth County Council requires Technical Consultancy Services from a multi-disciplinary engineering led Consultancy team which will provide the Engineering and Appraisal services required to successfully deliver the project through the procurement, construction and closeout phases. Louth County Council propose to carry out the procurement, construction and implementation phases of the Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR) – Phase 3. The Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR) – Phase 3 comprises the construction of new carriageway (approx. 1.08km long), construction or rail underbridge c10.5m in width and c20.0m in length and all ancillary works.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (14 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to Cooney Architects Ltd.n = 14
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (47 procedures with a bid count); 28% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 47
- 15% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (63 awards since 2023, spread over 53 companies). That is well below the sector norm (38%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 63 awards since 2023
- 22% of awards went to companies from abroad (63 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 63
- The award came in at a median 98% of the estimated value (11 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 97%.n = 11
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Youth Centre | 4 | 2025 |
| Euro Services Contracts Ltd | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| C.J. Callan Construction Ltd | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| Cunningham Contracts IRE Ltd | 2 | 2025 |
| OHMG (Ireland) Ltd | 2 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 9 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Architecture & engineering, 396 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,485 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Spain, France.
Submission language: English.
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