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Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Outdoor Catering Services Fixed Fee Contract for Bloom 2027+
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 4 November at 12:00 — 3 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
Bord Bia requests tenders from suitably experienced and qualified service providers to deliver outdoor catering for Bord Bia Bloom 2027+.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (736 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 15 bids.n = 736
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (7 awards, most recently February 2023) — by that rhythm the next award was due around June 2023. The last award went to Sodexo Ireland Limited.n = 7
- 47% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (792 awards since 2014, spread over 353 companies). 53% went to new names.n = 792 awards since 2014
- 8% of awards went to companies from abroad (792 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 792
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Opinions | 27 | 2019–2026 |
| Empathy Research | 25 | 2017–2025 |
| RED C Research and Marketing Ltd | 16 | 2014–2025 |
| Ipsos B and A | 11 | 2015–2025 |
| Coyne Research | 11 | 2017–2022 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 7 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Hotel & restaurant services, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,153 recorded awards).
Submission language: English.
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