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CFT 4012 – MPFA for Signage Design, and Procurement of signage manufacture and installation with an initial contract at County Hall and South Dublin County Council Libraries
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 16:00 — 8 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
Multiparty Framework for Signage Design, and Procurement of signage manufacture and installation with an initial contract for signage design, and procurement of signage manufacture and installation at County Hall and South Dublin County Council Libraries. The initial contract would be for 15 signs across County Building and South Dublin County Council Libraries.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (123 awards, most recently August 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2025. The last award went to WEML.n = 123
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (1,227 procedures with a bid count); 15% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 1,227
- 43% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,296 awards since 2014, spread over 654 companies). 57% went to new names.n = 1,296 awards since 2014
- The award came in at a median 99% of the estimated value (16 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 94%.n = 16
- 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,296 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 1,296
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clonmel Enterprises Ltd | 16 | 2016–2024 |
| Martello Developments Ltd | 10 | 2014–2021 |
| irish grass machinery ltd | 10 | 2015–2025 |
| Creative Play Solutions (Wooden Delights Ltd) Deactivated | 9 | 2018–2022 |
| Cleary and Doyle Construction Ltd | 9 | 2016–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 32 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 121 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 28 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 · Business services, 525 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,134 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, United Kingdom.
Submission language: English.
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