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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 6 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 6 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 summaryThe National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the hire of helicopters with crew. The service involves airlifting materials at three sites: Connemara National Park, Wild Nephin National Park and Burren National Park in Ireland. The contract will be awarded through a Single Party Framework Agreement covering the provision of this airlifting service at the three national parks.
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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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 19 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €1,500,000
- €1.5M to €1.5M
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 43 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 4 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €1.5M
- Median award
- €421,870
- Middle half of past awards
- €117,488 to €762,805
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver - Provision of Bus Service for Connemara National Park €703,740
- Hire of helicopters with crew - Helicopter Lifts in Connemara National Park €49,950
- Aerial forest-firefighting services - Emergency Aerial Firefighting €940,000
- Hire of buses and coaches with driver - Bus Service for Burren National Park €140,000
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 profileDepartment of Housing Local Government and Heritage
- notices in the register
- 602
- awards
- 269
- awarded in total
- €41.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 147
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 98 of 110
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 96%
Based on 185 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)
- 3.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 14%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 10%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CandC Executive Travel | 2 | €140,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Executive Helicopters Maintenance Ltd | 2 | €49,950 | Dec 2025 |
| Executive Helicopters | 1 | €940,000 | Apr 2025 |
| Executive Travel | 1 | €703,740 | Jul 2026 |
Based on 6 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 62% of the open notices in Transport services across Europe.
- open now in Transport services
- 1,075
- median open notice
- €697,745
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Transport services
- different companies won awards here
- 80
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 10%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 51 of 55
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 41
Based on 102 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)
- 2.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 17%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
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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