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Archival folders for the National Archives
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 11 November at 17:00 — 11 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
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Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (154 procedures with a bid count); 49% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 154
- 30% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (155 awards since 2013, spread over 108 companies). 70% went to new names.n = 155 awards since 2013
- The award came in at a median 123% of the estimated value (5 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here.n = 5
- 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (155 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 155
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 — 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BEC Consultants | 10 | 2014–2019 |
| BEC Consultants Ltd | 5 | 2014–2021 |
| MCO Projects Limited | 4 | 2023–2026 |
| Fusio Ltd | 4 | 2018–2026 |
| Unity Technology Solutions | 3 | 2013–2016 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 1,376 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 34 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 863 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Furniture & furnishings, 49 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,487 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.
Submission language: English.
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