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DCC - Multi-Party Framework Agreement for carrying out Roadworks in a City and Suburban Environment for Contracts greater than €1.0m and less than €8.0m
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 25 November at 12:00 — 24 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
- 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
Works to be carried out under the Framework Agreement may include road works, public realm improvement works, cycle track works, and other engineering works in a live city and sub-urban environment. Contracts under the framework may be awarded using Public Works Form of Contract PW-CF3 Civil Engineering Works designed by the Employer or PW-CF5 Minor Works, Building and Civil Engineering Works. For further information please refer to documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie Resource ID 9044862. Please note that projects arsing from this Framework are you subject to funding and various project approval stages.
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: 98%.n = 7
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (453 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to McKeon Contech Ltd. t/a McKeon Group and Hereworks.n = 453
- 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
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (2,182 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 2,182
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (2,607 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.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 8 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 377 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 37 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 · 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.
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