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Dublin City Council Waste Management Services proposes to establish a Multi Party Framework for the Maintenance and Cleaning of Public Toilets
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 13 November at 12:00 — 12 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
This Multi Party Framework Agreement will be established for the provision of routine maintenance and cleaning of DCC Waste Management Services public toilets. For the purpose of this tender, daily cleaning intervals must be used, however, intervals may need to be amended from time to time based on need. Location and facilities covered by the initial contract Area City Centre Location St. Stephen’s Green Works Frequency Daily Duration 10am to 6pm Staff required 2 staff members No. of toilets 7 toilets and 2 urinals There is an initial contract for a duration of 1 year, with option to extend for a further 1 year. Successful tenderers must set out their labour costs per hour for the services and must include in the labour cost all cleaning products and equipment. These costs are the maximum cost of labour that will apply. This Multi Party Framework Agreement is assessed under the Open…
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… Procedure. Tenderers will initially be assessed under financial and economic and technical criteria as set out in the Suitability Assessment Criteria. Successful tenderers who pass all categories will be assessed under the outlined Award Criteria. The successful tenderer must hold regular meetings with DCC to formally review the contract. Unless otherwise stated in the contract document and these meetings must be bi-monthly for the first six months. Then six months later and thereafter unless DCC decides another frequency is required. Please note that this project is subject to funding. For further information please refer to documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie Resource ID 9229493.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The award came in at a median 37% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 99%.n = 7
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (52 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Enable Ireland (Commercial Division).n = 52
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (2,182 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 2,182
- 42% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (2,607 awards since 2013, spread over 1,267 companies). 58% went to new names.n = 2,607 awards since 2013
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (2,607 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 2,607
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Nolan Civil Engineering LTD | 22 | 2020–2024 |
| SIAC Bituminous Products Ltd | 21 | 2016–2024 |
| Cairn Construction | 19 | 2015–2026 |
| Richard Drumgoole Construction Limited | 15 | 2016–2025 |
| Westside Civil Engineering | 15 | 2016–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 49 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 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 · Cleaning, environment & waste, 125 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,784 recorded awards) — mostly from Poland, United Kingdom, France.
Submission language: English.
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