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Ireland - Archaeological services - N80 Leagh Bends Scheme Archaeological Consultancy Services Stages (i) to (iv)

Open Ireland Southern Architecture & engineering services

Buyer Carlow County Council

36 days left

Key facts

Closes
13:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€830,000
Competition
Open race
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 37 days
  4. Award, estimated early February 2027

Award expected around early February 2027. Based on 8 past awards by this buyer in this sector, a median of 113 days from publication to decision.

Bidding window

36 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (Ireland, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 29 days, half of them between 21 and 34 days, based on 6,078 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 34 days (median of its last 48 calls for tender).

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The Aperlena Verdict

Open race

No supplier dominates: 17 different companies have won the last 17 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

Expected wait for the award decision
113 days
from 8 past awards

Based on 17 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.

Description

Carlow County Council is seeking to procure the provision of Archaeological Consultancy Services Stages (i) to (iv) on the N80 Leagh Bends Scheme. It is anticipated that the Archaeological Consultancy Services required by the Contract will be the Stages: Stage (i) Test Excavations and Surveys; Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation Services; Stage (iii) Excavations and Preliminary Reporting; Stage (iv) Analyses, Reporting, Public Dissemination and Archiving; and Stage (i)k Archaeological Monitoring of Construction Works. The commencement of each Stage will require a written Instruction to the Archaeological Consultant by the Contracting Authority. Stage (ii), Stage (iii) and Stage(iv) are strictly provisional and may be carried out in whole, in part or not at all and with possible intervals between the phases (arising from e.g. seasonal constraints, statutory consents) at the sole discretion of the Client. Tenderers should note that Stage (i)k archaeological monitoring of construction works will only proceed where instructed by the Client.

Terms of the procedure

Tenders go to
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As the official notice states them.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

    Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €830,000.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Architecture & engineering services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    36 days left, 27 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €41,768 and €128,738.

    Contracts here close a median of 13.8% above their estimate.

  6. In your favour:

    Do we know this buyer?

    17 different companies won the last 17 comparable contracts.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
  • Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis

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Expected award price

likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €830,000
€821,700 to €830,000

Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 99% and 100%, based on 388 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 10 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This notice
€830,000
Median award
€76,300
Middle half of past awards
€41,768 to €128,738

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

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 profile

Carlow County Council

Ireland

notices in the register
436
awards
137
awarded in total
€25.9M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
50
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
18%
winners of the last 12 months were new here
27 of 29
of its calls state an estimated value
81%

Based on 61 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)
6.3
of those lots received a single tender
11%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
5%

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
Roughan and O'Donovan 1 €3.3M Jan 2025
Cooney Architects Ltd 1 €515,750 Jul 2026
RYAN+LAMB Architects 1 €142,000 Jul 2026
Brennan Associates 1 €88,950 Aug 2025
O'Driscoll Lynn Architects 1 €77,750 Dec 2025

Based on 17 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

2 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 71% of the open notices in Architecture & engineering services across Europe.

open now in Architecture & engineering services
7,788
median open notice
€300,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Ireland · Architecture & engineering services

different companies won awards here
722
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
4%
winners of the last 12 months were new here
378 of 481
buyers awarded contracts here
178

Based on 1,194 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)
31.5
of those lots received a single tender
15%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
13%

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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