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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 17 different companies have won the last 19 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected wait for the award decision
- 178 days
- from 17 past awards
Based on 19 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 summarySouth Dublin County Council seeks a multiparty framework agreement for signage design services and for procurement of signage manufacture and installation. The initial contract covers the design, manufacture and installation of 15 signs across County Hall and South Dublin County Council Libraries. Framework participants may be called on for subsequent signage design and installation work under the agreement.
Description
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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 €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 313 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 6 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €55,000
- Median award
- €124,138
- Middle half of past awards
- €85,000 to €172,069
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- CFT3828 - SPFA for the Provision of Services for the Co-ordination and Delivery of the Bi Gnóthach Student Enterprise Programme for the Local Enterprise Office South Dublin County Council €100,000
- CFT 3478 - Tender for the Provision of Services for the Co-ordination and Delivery of the Bi Gnothach Student Enterprise Programme for the Local Enterprise Office South Dublin €80,000
- CFT 3670 - Provision of Out of Hours Call Centre Service to South Dublin County Council €148,275
- CFT 3592 - Single-Party Framework for the provision of Brand Strategy Services €180,000
- CFT 3623 - SPFA for the Provision of Services for the Co-ordination and Delivery of the Student Enterprise Programme for the Local Enterprise Office South Dublin €200,000
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 profileSouth Dublin County Council
- notices in the register
- 538
- awards
- 415
- awarded in total
- €224.1M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 67
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 23 of 25
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 97%
Based on 75 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)
- 6.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 12%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzkids Training | 2 | €300,000 | Jan 2026 |
| S3 Solutions | 2 | Aug 2023 | |
| Image Now | 1 | €180,000 | Apr 2025 |
| Real Nation | 1 | €80,000 | Aug 2025 |
| WhiteLight Consulting Ltd. t.a WhitelightEvents.ie | 1 | €16,245 | Aug 2024 |
Based on 19 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
19 open tenders right now
- Library and archive services - CFT 4006 - Digital Collections System for SDCC Libraries 10 days left
- Construction work - CFT 4019 - Single Operator Framework for Refurbishment of Occupied / Vacant Dwellings and Associated Minor Works for South Dublin County Council (5 Lots) 18 days left
- Invitation for Community Services Tutor/Facilitators/Coaches panel 114 days left
Market context
Larger than 21% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 7,602
- median open notice
- €300,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 658
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 385 of 453
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 245
Based on 979 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)
- 11.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 12%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 21%
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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