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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 13 different companies have won the last 13 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected wait for the award decision
- 97 days
- from 5 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 summaryTeagasc, the Irish agriculture and food development authority, invites tenders for the maintenance, support and ongoing development of its web applications. These are bespoke systems built by third party suppliers, mainly on the Microsoft technology stack, and are key business applications hosted on Teagasc premises in its Demilitarized Zone. The contract is divided into three lots. Services across all lots include system level support, resolving bugs and software issues, ensuring day to day operation and availability, development services under an ongoing development programme, and support and maintenance covering existing test and production environments plus any future project environments.
Description
3 lots
- Lot 1
- Lot 1: Multiple Web applications estimated €5,950,000 · 108 months
- Lot 2
- Lot 2: Web application – Nutrient Management Planner NMP estimated €5,950,000 · 108 months
- Lot 3
- Lot 3: Web application – PastureBase Ireland PBI estimated €5,950,000 · 108 months
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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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €5,950,000
- €5.9M to €6.0M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 99% and 100%, based on 327 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 10 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €6.0M
- Median award
- €191,404
- Middle half of past awards
- €80,400 to €246,500
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Form making software development services - CFT for the provision of a digital forms application €248,000
- CFT for the provision of an IP Management and Commercialisation Software Solution for Teagasc €177,985
- Programming services of systems and user software - CFT for the provision of a timetabling system €242,000
- Computer network services - CFT for provision of a Network Access Control Solution leveraging Aruba Clearpass €1,192,000
- Provision of Scoping, Establishment and Governance of a System of Systems Platform for VistaMilk €58,000
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 profileTeagasc - the Agriculture and Food Development Authority
- notices in the register
- 459
- awards
- 213
- awarded in total
- €28.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 73
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 29 of 29
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 39%
Based on 78 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
- 23%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 44%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agile Networks Ltd. | 1 | €1.2M | Jul 2025 |
| Halo Service Solutions | 1 | €600,588 | Sep 2026 |
| Sintel Business Solutions LTD | 1 | €248,000 | Jun 2026 |
| Eventmap Limited | 1 | €242,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Integrity360 | 1 | €204,824 | Nov 2025 |
Based on 13 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
Market context
Larger than 84% of the open notices in IT services across Europe.
- open now in IT services
- 3,199
- median open notice
- €539,280
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · IT services
- different companies won awards here
- 498
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 275 of 360
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 234
Based on 1,337 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)
- 5.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 20%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 26%
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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Open elsewhere in Europe
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