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Geological Heritage and Geological Information Systems Services for the development of a National Geoheritage Dataset
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 20 November at 12:00 — 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 digital merge and synthesis of 29 county datasets (ArcGISPro) into one single national dataset of geological heritage sites, and the review of 450 sites recommended for NHA, including a revised list for submission to NPWS.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (62 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to BRG (Geotechnics) Ltd.n = 62
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (260 procedures with a bid count); 22% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 260
- 28% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (280 awards since 2014, spread over 200 companies). 72% went to new names.n = 280 awards since 2014
- 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: 97%.n = 15
- 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (280 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 280
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 30/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tetra Tech Ireland Limited | 8 | 2017–2025 |
| KPMG | 7 | 2014–2025 |
| Aurum Exploration Services | 5 | 2021–2022 |
| Philip Lee LLP | 5 | 2023–2026 |
| Analysys Mason | 5 | 2014–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 59 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 30 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.
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