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Marine Civil Engineering Consultancy Services with Financial Services Specialist for Appraisal Stage and Stage 1 to address Wave Resonance and Seiching, Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre
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 Marine Engineering Division (MED) of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) require the services of a Marine Civil Engineering Consultancy to deliver the Appraisal Stage and Stage 1 services only for a proposal to address wave resonance and seiching at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC). The Consultant will be required to engage the services of a specialist infrastructure business consultant to undertake the financial and economic appraisal aspects of this commission. A suitably qualified Quantity Surveyor (QS) is also required as part of the team to prepare robust costs estimates, including life cycle costs (as required by Circular 17/25), in accordance with the International Cost Management Standards 3 (ICMS3), as mandated by the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF). DAFM has already completed extensive preparatory work including computational…
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… modelling, site investigations, engineering designs, and cost estimations for a long-list and shortlist of options to address the problematic wave dynamics in the harbour. The successful Consultant shall be required to review all existing data in advance of commencing their work. The objective of this commission is to ensure the following: Full compliance with the Infrastructure Guidelines by undertaking the Strategic Assessment before the development of a full Preliminary Business Case Upon approval of the Strategic Assessment, prepare the Preliminary Business Case for full and formal Approval-in-Principle i.e. progression through Approval Gate 1 Upon approval, preparation of the Stage 1 reports per Guidance Note 1.2 of the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) culminating in the preparation of the Definitive Project Brief that will form the basis for Stage ii Detailed Design (not part of this commission) Engage with key stakeholders during all stages of the commission and ensure their views are fully considered in the development of the reports
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (71 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Insight Marine Limited.n = 71
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (522 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 522
- 31% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (569 awards since 2013, spread over 298 companies). 69% went to new names.n = 569 awards since 2013
- The award came in at a median 108% of the estimated value (8 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here. Sector: 97%.n = 8
- 7% of awards went to companies from abroad (569 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 569
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 29/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd | 13 | 2020–2026 |
| Inland and Coastal Marina Systems Ltd | 11 | 2015–2026 |
| Ayesa (formerly ByrneLooby) | 10 | 2017–2025 |
| LandM Keating Ltd., T/A Keating | 9 | 2015–2017 |
| ABCO Marine (IRL) Ltd | 8 | 2015–2018 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 66 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 26 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 863 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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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