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Research, Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement to Inform a Long-Term Strategic Roadmap for Ireland’s Food and Drink Industry
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 November at 12:00 — 4 days 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
The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment wishes to commission a comprehensive programme of research, analysis, international benchmarking and stakeholder engagement to establish the evidence base required for an ambitious long-term vision for the Food and Drink Industry. This work will examine the drivers of productivity, competitiveness, innovation, sustainability and export growth, while identifying structural challenges and emerging opportunities across the value chain. The analysis will inform a strategic roadmap, to be developed by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, aimed at significantly increasing the sector's Gross Value Added (GVA) over the next 10 to 15 years.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 8 months (16 awards, most recently June 2026) — the next award is due around March 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to KPMG.n = 16
- 34% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (135 awards since 2013, spread over 89 companies). 66% went to new names.n = 135 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (131 procedures with a bid count); 15% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 131
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (135 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 16%.n = 135
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 |
|---|---|---|
| eir evo | 5 | 2013–2022 |
| Conscia Ireland | 4 | 2015–2020 |
| KPMG | 4 | 2017–2026 |
| Micromail | 4 | 2013–2025 |
| Securelinx Limited | 4 | 2015–2022 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 16 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 29 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · R&D services, 162 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,188 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, France, Spain.
Submission language: English.
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