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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 12 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%
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 summaryThe National Transport Authority (NTA) of Ireland seeks a supplier to supply, configure, print and issue four types of personalised Leap Cards offering discounted or free travel to verified eligible cardholders: Student Leap Card, Child 16-18 Leap Card, Young Adult Leap Card and Child 5-8 Leap Card, each with separate branding and personalisation. Services include sourcing, maintaining and managing MIFARE DESFire smart card stock; operating a centralised online applicant verification system; selling, printing, personalising, configuring and distributing cards to verified individuals; replacing lost or stolen cards with integration to the Leap Back Office hotlists; an online sales platform with central issuance; financial reconciliation, reporting, remittance of sales receipts to the NTA, order management, fulfilment, system hosting, maintenance, support and ongoing upgrades.
Description
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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) 15 hours ago
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 11 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €32.5M
- Median award
- €1.2M
- Middle half of past awards
- €563,520 to €3.5M
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Graphic design services - Provision of Graphic Design and Other Services €677,040
- Office-support services - Provision of Cybersecurity Resources €15,000,000
- Marketing services - Provision of Drone, Time-Lapse and Video Production (Including Photography) Services €906,000
- Facilities management services - Facilities Management Services - Liffey Valley Shopping Centre Bus Plaza and Lay-bys €450,000
- Survey services - Provision of the Annual National Household Travel Survey €3,200,000
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 profileNational Transport Authority_1149
- notices in the register
- 98
- awards
- 37
- awarded in total
- €892.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 30
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 18%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 97%
Based on 33 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EyeCue | 2 | €1.1M | Sep 2026 |
| Ernst and Young_86592_(Main Account) | 1 | €15.0M | Jan 2026 |
| Mindshare | 1 | €11.0M | Jun 2023 |
| Ipsos MORI UK Limited t/a Ipsos | 1 | €3.9M | Sep 2026 |
| Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd | 1 | €3.2M | Aug 2025 |
Based on 13 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 96% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 7,205
- median open notice
- €350,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 657
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 396 of 464
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 244
Based on 975 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.
Similar tenders
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