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Limerick City and County Council - Management, Operation and Maintenance of Rathbane Municipal Golf Course
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 30 November at 14:00 — 29 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
Limerick City and County Council is seeking tenders from an appropriate Operator for the Management, Operation and Maintenance of Rathbane Municipal Golf Course, Bawnmore View, Galvone, Limerick. V94 W0Y5 Procedure: Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. As the subject matter of this competition is considered as a Title III service within the context of Directive 201/24/EU, where the choice of procedure is open to the Contracting Authority, the procedure chosen on this occasion is the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to enter negotiations with some or all tenderers who submit a valid tender response. Negotiations may be held on aspects of the service under each of the published award criteria. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right to award the Contract directly following receipt of initial tenders without recourse to negotiations with individual tenderers.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (301 awards since 2023, spread over 215 companies). 76% went to new names.n = 301 awards since 2023
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (168 procedures with a bid count); 9% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 168
- The award came in at a median 100% of the estimated value (34 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here.n = 34
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (301 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 301
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PUNCH Consulting Engineers | 7 | 2024–2026 |
| The GrooveYard | 5 | 2024–2026 |
| MHL and Associates Ltd | 4 | 2024–2026 |
| A2 Architects | 4 | 2025–2026 |
| Studio PKA Ltd. t/a Paul Keogh Architects | 4 | 2023–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 772 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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