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District Heat Advisory Services Framework

IEIreland · Dublin

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 November at 12:00 — 8 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  3. Offer and evidence in: English.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Establishment of multiple supplier framework agreement for the provision of expert Advisory Services in 4 Lots to support SEAI’s District Heat and Decarbonised Heat Teams. The objective of this CfT is to invite proposals from suitably qualified services providers to establish a multiple party framework (4 Lots) of consultant advisors to support SEAI in the delivery of district heat enabling supports, decarbonised heat and bioenergy supports, and SEAI’s functions into relation fund development and administration for district heat. The CfT is issued with the objective to establish frameworks of experts comprised of the following Lots. Lot 1: Research, Policy and Strategy Supports to SEAI Lot 2: Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 3: Non-Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 4: District Heating Project appraisal and…

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… fund development For further information, please see the competition workspace at https://www.etenders.gov.ie · Establishment of multiple supplier framework agreement for the provision of expert Advisory Services in 4 Lots to support SEAI’s District Heat and Decarbonised Heat Teams. The objective of this CfT is to invite proposals from suitably qualified services providers to establish a multiple party framework (4 Lots) of consultant advisors to support SEAI in the delivery of district heat enabling supports, decarbonised heat and bioenergy supports, and SEAI’s functions into relation fund development and administration for district heat. The CfT is issued with the objective to establish frameworks of experts comprised of the following Lots. Lot 1: Research, Policy and Strategy Supports to SEAI Lot 2: Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 3: Non-Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 4: District Heating Project appraisal and fund development For further information, please see the competition workspace at https://www.etenders.gov.ie · Establishment of multiple supplier framework agreement for the provision of expert Advisory Services in 4 Lots to support SEAI’s District Heat and Decarbonised Heat Teams. The objective of this CfT is to invite proposals from suitably qualified services providers to establish a multiple party framework (4 Lots) of consultant advisors to support SEAI in the delivery of district heat enabling supports, decarbonised heat and bioenergy supports, and SEAI’s functions into relation fund development and administration for district heat. The CfT is issued with the objective to establish frameworks of experts comprised of the following Lots. Lot 1: Research, Policy and Strategy Supports to SEAI Lot 2: Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 3: Non-Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 4: District Heating Project appraisal and fund development For further information, please see the competition workspace at https://www.etenders.gov.ie · Establishment of multiple supplier framework agreement for the provision of expert Advisory Services in 4 Lots to support SEAI’s District Heat and Decarbonised Heat Teams. The objective of this CfT is to invite proposals from suitably qualified services providers to establish a multiple party framework (4 Lots) of consultant advisors to support SEAI in the delivery of district heat enabling supports, decarbonised heat and bioenergy supports, and SEAI’s functions into relation fund development and administration for district heat. The CfT is issued with the objective to establish frameworks of experts comprised of the following Lots. Lot 1: Research, Policy and Strategy Supports to SEAI Lot 2: Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 3: Non-Technical Advisors for District Heating Supports to Project Sponsors Lot 4: District Heating Project appraisal and fund development For further information, please see the competition workspa

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€6,700,000
Published8 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreement4 lots

Type of service

71 · Architecture & engineering73 · R&D services79 · Business services
CPV 71314300 · 71313000 · 71314000 · 71314200 · 73200000 · 79411000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The median procedure drew 13 bids (355 procedures with a bid count); 5% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 355
  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (144 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to AAB People Consulting Limited trading as AAB.n = 144
  • 32% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (415 awards since 2016, spread over 198 companies). 68% went to new names.n = 415 awards since 2016
  • The award came in at a median 92% of the estimated value (15 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 97%.n = 15
  • 12% of awards went to companies from abroad (415 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 415

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

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

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Fexco Limited42024–2025
Tom O'Callaghan42025–2026
Energy Reform42023–2026
TEKenable42024–2026
Codec-dss Limited - T/A Codec42024–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

7
2019
6
2020
8
2021
6
2022
9
2023
30
2024
24
2025
18
2026
108 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Monday 9 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 12 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 109 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 33 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 863 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.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence — in English
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
To the procurement portal →Official notice on TED →
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