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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 5 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 5 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryA services contract to develop a nature restoration framework. The work includes research and experimental development services and must ensure complementarity with existing land use programmes, including the Common Agricultural Policy. The procurement concerns professional services classified under research and experimental development services, awarded as a bespoke competition.
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €55,000
- €55,000 to €55,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 100% and 100%, based on 71 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 4 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €55,000
- Median award
- €122,615
- Middle half of past awards
- €99,800 to €149,548
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - Economic services to support the setting of environmental objectives for the fourth river basin planning cycle (2028-2033) €215,000
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - Annual Total Cost of Development Study €127,730
- Marine research services - Marine Scientific Survey €46,700
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - Total Development Cost Study 2025 €117,500
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileDepartment of Housing Local Government and Heritage
- notices in the register
- 615
- awards
- 276
- awarded in total
- €47.9M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 147
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 97 of 110
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 96%
Based on 188 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 3.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 14%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 10%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell McDermott Construction Consultants | 2 | €245,230 | Apr 2026 |
| IDEEA GLOBAL LIMITED | 1 | €215,000 | May 2026 |
| MERC Consultants Ltd | 1 | €46,700 | Nov 2025 |
| Rowan Engineering Consultants Ltd | 1 | Mar 2023 |
Based on 5 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 18% of the open notices in Research & development across Europe.
- open now in Research & development
- 423
- median open notice
- €279,929
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Research & development
- different companies won awards here
- 164
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 10%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 80 of 92
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 77
Based on 206 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 5.2
- of those lots received a single tender
- 13%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 28%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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