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Ireland - Construction work in connection with structures for sports ground - RFT 6840352 /25DL Sports Ground Specialists (Natural and Artificial Grass with pitch lighting) as a Reserved Specialist for the Construction of the Letterkenny Regional Sports Activity Hub for ATU

Open Ireland Northern and Western Construction work

Buyer Atlantic Technological University

€2.4M estimated value · €2,402,000

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The Aperlena Verdict

Open race

No supplier dominates: 10 different companies have won the last 13 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

Expected final price vs the published estimate
0%
Expected wait for the award decision
114 days
from 15 past awards

Based on 13 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

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Atlantic Technological University invites applications under a restricted procedure to appoint a Reserved Specialist Contractor to a Contractor and PSCS for Phase 1 of the Letterkenny Regional Sports Activity Hub. The works cover one full-size 145m x 90m sand-based, drained grass pitch with a 5m run-off area, an engineered drainage system of slit, pitch and collector drains, one set of goals with nets, ball-stop netting 12m high by 30m long behind each goal, perimeter railings and floodlighting. The scope also includes four all-weather 5-a-side artificial grass pitches, each with engineered drainage, a set of soccer goals, 4.6m high fencing with a rebound board to the lower 1.2m, and floodlighting. Applicants are assessed via the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire; the top three to five qualifying applicants are invited to tender. A main contractor is appointed separately.

Description

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process under the restricted procedure to appoint a suitable Reserved Specialist Contractor to a Contractor and PSCS for the Development and Construction of the Letterkenny Regional Sports Activity Hub (Phase 1) for the Atlantic Technological University. The scope of work under this competition includes the construction of one full-size (145m x 90m) sand-based grass, drained playing pitch with a 5m run-off area. The pitch will include an engineered drainage system consisting of slit drains feeding into pitch drains and from there to collector drains. The works will also include the provision of one set of goals (12m high goalposts, 6.5m wide crossbar and nets), ball-stop netting (12m high x 30m long) to the rear of each goal, perimeter railings, and floodlighting. Construction will also include four no. all-weather 5-a-side soccer artificial grass pitches. These pitches will have an engineered drainage system, a set of soccer goals for each pitch, 4.6m high fencing with a rebound board to the lower 1.2m, and floodlighting. All applications received will be evaluated in line with the criteria and rules outlined in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and appendix Y. Responses will be scored and ranked, and the top three (3) - five (5) qualifying Applicants will be invited to tender, subject to that number meeting the minimum requirements. Please note that Atlantic Technological University will be appointing a Main Contractor and PSCS for the Construction of the Letterkenny Regional Sports Activity Hub under a separate competition. Please refer to the attached documentation for further information. The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process under the restricted procedure to appoint a suitable Reserved Specialist Contractor to a Contractor and PSCS for the Development and Construction of the Letterkenny Regional Sports Activity Hub (Phase 1) for the Atlantic Technological University. The scope of work under this competition includes the construction of one full-size (145m x 90m) sand-based grass, drained playing pitch with a 5m run-off area. The pitch will include an engineered drainage system consisting of slit drains feeding into pitch drains and from there to collector drains. The works will also include the provision of one set of goals (12m high goalposts, 6.5m wide crossbar and nets), ball-stop netting (12m high x 30m long) to the rear of each goal, perimeter railings, and floodlighting. Construction will also include four no. all-weather 5-a-side soccer artificial grass pitches. These pitches will have an engineered drainage system, a set of soccer goals for each pitch, 4.6m high fencing with a rebound board to the lower 1.2m, and floodlighting. All applications received will be evaluated in line with the criteria and rules outlined in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs) . Responses will be scored and ranked, and the top three (3) - five (5) qualifying Applicants will be invited to tender, subject to that number meeting the minimum requirements. Please note that Atlantic Technological University will be appointing a Main Contractor and PSCS for the Construction of the Letterkenny Regional Sports Activity Hub under a separate competition. Please refer to the attached documentation for further information.

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,811 awards for Construction work in Ireland.

This notice
€2.4M
Median award
€323,572
Middle half of past awards
€103,729 to €1.4M

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Atlantic Technological University

Ireland

notices in the register
276
awards
194
awarded in total
€43.9M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
116
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
13%
winners of the last 12 months were new here
54 of 57
of its calls state an estimated value
98%

Based on 144 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)
4.0
of those lots received a single tender
20%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
29%

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
Aisho Construction Ltd. t/a Boyle Construction 2 €5.3M Nov 2025
Walsh Mechanical Engineering Ltd 2 €1.0M Jun 2026
Cosier Homes Limited 2 €252,021 Nov 2022
Joseph Mc Menamin and Son (Stranorlar) Ltd. 1 €3.6M May 2024
King and Moffatt Group 1 €1.5M Jul 2024

Based on 13 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

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Market context

Larger than 61% of the open notices in Construction work across Europe.

open now in Construction work
29,504
median open notice
€812,995

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Ireland · Construction work

different companies won awards here
792
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
5%
winners of the last 12 months were new here
358 of 510
buyers awarded contracts here
201

Based on 1,492 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)
8.3
of those lots received a single tender
12%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
7%

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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