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The provision of Internal Audit Service
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 20 November at 13:00 — 19 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
The Authority wishes to procure an economic operator to provide the following Internal Audit Services: The operation of the internal audit function should comply with the requirements outlined in the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. The scope of internal audit activities will be determined using appropriate risk assessment tools to ensure adequate coverage of corporate risks and exposures. The internal audit service provider will ascertain that the processes for controlling operations, as they have been designed and represented by management, are adequate and functioning correctly to ensure that: a) Resources and assets are adequately protected; b) Significant financial, managerial and operating information is accurate and reliable; c) RCÉ management is operating to the standard of best practice, and d) RCÉ employees’ actions are in compliance with both the underlying…
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… objectives and the detailed expression of ethical best practice, policies, standards, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (33 awards since 2021, spread over 30 companies). That is well below the sector norm (34%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 33 awards since 2021
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (33 procedures with a bid count); 21% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 33
- The award came in at a median 85% of the estimated value (15 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 94%.n = 15
- 15% of awards went to companies from abroad (33 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 33
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Marketing Design and Media | 1 | 2026 |
| Wicked Desserts Ltd | 1 | 2025 |
| Lynas Foodservice | 1 | 2025 |
| Geaney O Neill Commercial Mowers Ltd | 1 | 2025 |
| Smart Hotspots ltd | 1 | 2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 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 · 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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