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Purchase of 1 No. 18,000 litre Bitumen Sprayer and 1 number 13,000 litre Bitumen Sprayer by Cork County Council.
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 4 December at 16:00 — 34 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
Purchase of 1 No. 18,000 litre Bitumen Sprayer and 1 number 13,000 litre Bitumen Sprayer by Cork County Council.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (88 awards, most recently April 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around July 2026. The last award went to PCD CONTRACTS LTD.n = 88
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (982 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 982
- 44% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,031 awards since 2013, spread over 491 companies). 56% went to new names.n = 1,031 awards since 2013
- The award came in at a median 96% of the estimated value (25 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 25
- 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,031 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 1,031
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumnor Construction Ltd | 15 | 2014–2025 |
| McGinty and O Shea Ltd. | 15 | 2018–2025 |
| Dermot Clancy Plant Sales Ltd | 12 | 2015–2025 |
| Martin O Callaghan Ltd | 11 | 2013–2025 |
| Glas Civil Engineering Ltd | 10 | 2014–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 11 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 84 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 38 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 materials, 42 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,346 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.
Submission language: English.
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