The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 16 different companies have won the last 18 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected wait for the award decision
- 274 days
- from 13 past awards
Based on 18 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
Terms of the procedure
As the official notice states them.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
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Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €300,000
- €300,000 to €300,000
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 386 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
- €300,000
- Median award
- €226,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €191,100 to €516,447
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Architectural and related services - Housing Development, Multiple Town Centre Sites, Laois County Council €231,000
- Multi Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Road Safety Audit Services for Active Travel and Public Transport Schemes €221,000
- Urban planning services - Laois County Council requires a Design Team for Urban Regeneration and Development of Portlaoise Town under the “Placemaking for a Low Carbon Town” Project. €981,500
- Architectural services for buildings - Architect led design team consultancy services for the development of social housing at the County Hotel site, 102 Main Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois €430,430
- Laois County Council tender for the provision of a Feasibility Study Donaghmore Workhouse and Agricultural Museum €64,300
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 profileLaois County Council
- notices in the register
- 295
- awards
- 189
- awarded in total
- €27.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 44
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 14%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 22 of 24
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 98%
Based on 49 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)
- 775.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 38%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 15%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA Group | 3 | €231,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Civic Plus Limited | 1 | €981,500 | Feb 2026 |
| RMI Architects | 1 | €689,760 | Aug 2025 |
| IN2 Design Partnership Ltd_95680 | 1 | €545,120 | Aug 2025 |
| Jack Coughlan Architects | 1 | €430,430 | Feb 2026 |
Based on 18 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
2 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 49% of the open notices in Architecture & engineering services across Europe.
- open now in Architecture & engineering services
- 8,036
- median open notice
- €300,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Architecture & engineering services
- different companies won awards here
- 721
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 385 of 487
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 177
Based on 1,192 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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