The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 53 different companies have won the last 61 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected final price vs the published estimate
- +13.8%
- Expected wait for the award decision
- 106 days
- from 3 past awards
Based on 61 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 summaryA mini-competition is being run from an existing Zone B Enabling Works Framework (Resource ID 6816986) to appoint a building services consultant providing mechanical and electrical engineering design services. The works concern the decentralization of the campus central heating system at University Hospital Galway in Ireland. The appointment covers consultancy services for the mechanical and electrical aspects of this hospital heating project.
Description
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Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 21 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €160,000
- Median award
- €59,172
- Middle half of past awards
- €25,000 to €900,000
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- 2026 - EST - LH0001 and MH0001_ Fire Evacuation Plans €20,000
- 2026 - EST - LH0051 - 01_ Flat Roof Repair Works at St Brigid’s Campus, Ardee, Co. Louth €25,000
- EST-Design-Upgrade and Refurbishment Works to Childrens Disabilities Unit at Kilcreene Hospital, Co. Kilkenny €138,621
- EST-Design-New modular MRI at UHW €48,600
- EST-Design-Conversion of an existing office at St. Patrick’s Ward, Kilcreene Hospital. €13,000
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 profileHealth Service Executive (HSE)
- notices in the register
- 1,713
- awards
- 776
- awarded in total
- €2.0B
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 276
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 193 of 217
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 63%
Based on 374 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
- 14%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 12%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dunlop Architects | 3 | €189,121 | Oct 2025 |
| GARLAND | 3 | Jul 2026 | |
| Jones Engineering | 2 | €1.2M | Sep 2025 |
| Healy Butler Moffat Ltd. | 2 | €208,359 | Oct 2025 |
| Matt O Mahony and Associates EO | 2 | €55,250 | Oct 2025 |
Based on 61 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 26% of the open notices in Architecture & engineering services across Europe.
- open now in Architecture & engineering services
- 21,089
- median open notice
- €469,958
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Architecture & engineering services
- different companies won awards here
- 726
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 391 of 491
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 177
Based on 1,191 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)
- 31.7
- 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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