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Open raceNo 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
Machine-generated summaryAtlantic 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.
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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.
The buyer
Full buyer profileAtlantic Technological University
- 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.
17 open tenders right now
- Construction work - RFT 03/26/GM Works Contractor and PSCS for Apprenticeship Expansion Project Construction and Refurbishment Works at Atlantic Technological University Connemara 2026 6 days left
- Educational software package - PIF 335-26 Single Party Framework Agreement for Provision of a Cloud-Based Application Management System for Atlantic Technological University International Student Admissions No deadline published
- Educational software package - PIF 335-26 Single Party Framework Agreement for Provision of a Cloud-Based Application Management System for Atlantic Technological University International Student Admissions No deadline published
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 suppliersIreland · 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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