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WCCC26 495 Design Team for proposed redevelopment at 25-26 O Connell Street Waterford

IEIreland · Waterford

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 17 November at 15:00 — 17 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  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

Waterford City and County Council wish to procure an Architect led multidisciplinary design team for the proposed redevelopment of 25-26 O Connell Street. The design team will include an Architect accredited in conservation Grade 3, Civil/Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and a Building Energy Consultant.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€6,000,000
Published21 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

71 · Architecture & engineering
CPV 71223000 · 71221000 · 71000000 · 71240000 · 71200000 · 71251000 · 71220000 · 71250000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (96 awards, most recently March 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around June 2026. The last award went to Odour Monitoring Ireland Ltd.n = 96
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (538 procedures with a bid count); 28% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 538
  • 36% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (549 awards since 2014, spread over 319 companies). 64% went to new names.n = 549 awards since 2014
  • 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (549 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 549

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Selection criteria — via the ESPD

The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. 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
EveryEvent152015–2023
Tony Kirwan Civil Engineering142016–2024
John Somers Construction Ltd122016–2025
Power Transformative Engineering Ltd72020–2024
Breedon Surfacing Solutions Ireland Ltd t/a Breedon Ireland72014–2023
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

6
2019
16
2020
14
2021
16
2022
13
2023
5
2024
20
2025
18
2026
108 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 — Tuesday 17 November at 15:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 91 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 863 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Ireland · Architecture & engineering, 396 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,485 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Spain, 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.
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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