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New tender for an extension to Causeway Comprehensive School Kerry

IEIreland · Tralee

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 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

The project comprises the Construction of a new two storey extension to the existing school (1,753m2), containing classrooms, science rooms, home economics, music room, design and comm graphics room, ancillary rooms and Special Needs Unit along with all associated siteworks and abnormal works. The contractor must familiarise themselves with the Architects phasing drawing.

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated value€9,000,000
Published19 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45214200 · 45214220 · 45214230

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 18% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (75 awards since 2017, spread over 59 companies). That is well below the sector norm (44%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 75 awards since 2017
  • The median procedure drew 6 bids (66 procedures with a bid count); 6% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 66
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (75 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 75

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
Formula Networks42024–2025
FRS Recruitment32017–2024
walsh engineering supplies ltd32024–2025
Metron International Ltd22024–2025
Hennessy Hair and Beauty Ltd22025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

10
2020
14
2021
15
2022
8
2023
6
2024
7
2025
10
2026
70 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 — Monday 16 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 9 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 29 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 · Construction work, 129 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 9,914 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Greece, Germany.

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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