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Schools Energy Pathfinder 2025 Biomass Programme Biomass Package Bundle 2 LMETB
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 19 November at 12:00 — 18 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
Invitation to Tenders is sought from suitably qualified Contractors to undertake the complete Project Scope comprising of supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of modular off-site constructed containerised biomass cabins and the subsequent supply and delivery of fuel to each school for a period of 15 years. The successful Contractor will be required to enter into two separate contracts covering the works element Contract A and the supply of fuel element Contract B as follows: a. Contract A: Public Works Contract PWC relating to the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of modular off-site constructed containerised biomass cabins including plantroom and equipment to each school within this Bundle. b. Contract B: Local Energy Supply Contract LESC relating to the supply and delivery of fuel wood pellets and sale of heat, including full operation, maintenance, repair…
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… and replacement of biomass cabin equipment to each school within this Bundle for a period of 15 years. The Project Scope is for five 5 school site locations 2 schools in County Louth 3 schools in County Meath.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 49% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (575 awards since 2013, spread over 293 companies). That is well above the sector norm (34%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 575 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (512 procedures with a bid count); 22% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 512
- 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (575 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 7%.n = 575
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 |
|---|---|---|
| instaspace | 15 | 2015–2022 |
| TFW FOOD SERVICES LTD | 14 | 2017–2026 |
| C.J. Callan Construction Ltd | 10 | 2015–2026 |
| Central Technology Supplies.ie | 10 | 2015–2023 |
| Specialist Crafts Ltd | 8 | 2017–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 126 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 21 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, 4,537 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 75,770 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United Kingdom, Germany.
Submission language: English.
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