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LI3976R MU PQQ for the Provision of Portico, a community supported preservation archive that safeguards access to eJournals for Higher Education Institution libraries
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 23 November at 14:00 — 22 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
IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing Consortium providing access to leading Science Technology and Medicine (STM) and Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) resources on behalf of participating Irish publicly funded higher education institutions (IReL Members). IReL wishes to enter an agreement for a vendor-hosted digital preservation archive that safeguards research libraries’ access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (28 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Caia Software and Solutions Inc.n = 28
- 47% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,083 awards since 2013, spread over 1,385 companies). That is well above the sector norm (33%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 3,083 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (2,815 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 2,815
- 18% of awards went to companies from abroad (3,083 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 3,083
- The award came in at a median 92% of the estimated value (131 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 131
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mason Technology Ltd | 38 | 2016–2026 |
| Particular Sciences Limited | 35 | 2015–2026 |
| Agilent Technologies Ireland Ltd | 20 | 2020–2025 |
| Bruker UK Limited | 20 | 2017–2024 |
| Bio-Sciences Ltd | 19 | 2015–2023 |
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 20 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 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 · Culture & sport, 57 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 825 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.
Submission language: English.
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