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Tender for the supply and support of Visibility Sensors and ancillaries.
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 11:00 — 15 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
Met Éireann invites tenders for the supply and support of Visibility Sensors for it's Coastal Visibility Network Project. Bidders are asked to quote: A. For the Visibility Sensor only. B. For the Visibility Sensor and Data Logger as a complete ready to install unit, including sensors, data loggers, enclosure, fixing hardware, software, etc., that are available for their respective VS units, and any optional attachments, that offer additional functionality over their basic systems. C. For The Visibility Sensor and enclosure and accessories as detailed at B above, except for the data logger. The purchasing authority may decide to purchase a combination of sensors or additions from the winning bidder as decided by the evaluation team.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 10 months (19 awards, most recently June 2026) — the next award is due around May 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Vaisala Oyj.n = 19
- 25% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (104 awards since 2013, spread over 63 companies). That is well below the sector norm (45%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 104 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (88 procedures with a bid count); 39% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 88
- 36% of awards went to companies from abroad (104 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 24%.n = 104
- The award came in at a median 93% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 94%.n = 10
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vaisala Ltd | 4 | 2014–2019 |
| IBL Software Engineering spol. s r.o. | 4 | 2023–2025 |
| SureSkills | 3 | 2014–2015 |
| Leonardo GmbH | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| Sys-InfoR | 3 | 2021–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 16 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 35 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 · Laboratory & optical equipment, 385 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,896 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, France.
Submission language: English.
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