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CFT for the Provision of Sludge dewatering and disposal services

IEIreland · Carlow

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 27 November at 14:00 — 26 days left.
  2. You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Offer and evidence in: English.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Teagasc – the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, wishes to seek tenders from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the provision of Sludge dewatering and disposal services for its campus at Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork PLEASE NOTE: The Contracting Authority will facilitate an optional site visit to view the Contracting Authority’s premises or facilities at Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy Co. Cork before the 31/10/2026 between the hours of 10:00am and 15:00pm. Tenderers wishing to make an appointment to avail of this opportunity must confirm their attendance in advance, by contacting Kealan O’Toole at [email protected] by 5pm on 28/10/2026 at the latest. Attendance at the Contracting Authority’s premises will be subject to compliance with local security and health and safety arrangements.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€250,000
Published16 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

90 · Cleaning, environment & waste
CPV 90513000 · 90000000 · 90500000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 23% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (457 awards since 2013, spread over 345 companies). That is well below the sector norm (45%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 457 awards since 2013
  • The award came in at a median 64% of the estimated value (9 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 99%.n = 9
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (422 procedures with a bid count); 17% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 422
  • 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (457 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 457

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

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Clark Recruitment Ltd and Clark Executive Ltd52021–2025
Markes International Ltd42025
IT Alliance Group32018–2024
Dublin Analytical Instruments Ltd.32015–2023
HR Business Solutions T/A The HR Suite32021–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

1
2021
1
2024
1
2025
3
2026
6 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Friday 27 November at 14:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 1,467 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 43 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.

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.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
Bids are submitted on eTenders Ireland — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticeeTenders IrelandSubmission portal
Put together the evidence — in English
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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