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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 42 different companies have won the last 66 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected wait for the award decision
- 155 days
- from 26 past awards
Based on 66 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 summaryDublin City Council invites tenders for construction works on the Coolock to Clontarf Active Travel Scheme, Section 2, covering a 2.6km route along Gracefield Road, Brookwood Avenue, Sybil Hill Road and Vernon Avenue between their junctions with Malahide Road and Seafield Road. Works include reconfiguring the carriageway to provide segregated, protected cycle lanes in both directions, upgrading footpaths and seven signal-controlled junctions, site clearance, pavement works, kerbs and footways, traffic islands, public lighting, signage and road markings, drainage, traffic signals and ducting, utilities, landscaping and urban realm improvements, bike stands and temporary traffic management. Documentation is available at www.etenders.gov.ie under CfT ID 8916766. The project is subject to funding, and it supports the Council's goal of expanding a 40km network to 314km citywide.
Description
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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) 2 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €6,130,000
- €6.1M to €6.1M
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 100% and 100%, based on 10 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 54 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €6.1M
- Median award
- €711,656
- Middle half of past awards
- €244,687 to €2.0M
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Dublin City Council Contract for Santry River Restoration and Greenway Project Site Investigations Stage 1 Howth Road to the Coast €125,000
- Dublin City Council Contract for Sandymount Flood Alleviation Scheme - Drainage Network Survey €189,528
- C1-25 South Central Area Asphalt Contract 2026 €1,092,449
- Firefighting equipment installation work - Dublin Fire Brigade, Logistic HQ, North City Business Park - Specialist Equipment Fit-Out €738,543
- SRFT for Provision of Street Furniture and Planting at Newmarket, Dublin 8 €244,140
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 profileDublin City Council
- notices in the register
- 798
- awards
- 644
- awarded in total
- €429.1M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 197
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 118 of 129
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 249 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
- 22%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 11%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Construction | 7 | €2.0M | Mar 2026 |
| Roadstone Ltd | 6 | €14.3M | Oct 2025 |
| Citius Ltd | 4 | €6.0M | Sep 2026 |
| Richard Nolan Civil Engineering LTD | 4 | €1.7M | Aug 2024 |
| SIAC Bituminous Products Ltd | 3 | €4.0M | Apr 2026 |
Based on 66 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
47 open tenders right now
- Construction work - Dublin City Council Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Local Area Term Maintenance and Refurbishment Works 1 day left
- Real estate services - Single Party Framework for the provision of Agent Services for Dublin City Council and initial contract for the provision of Agent Services for the letting of proposed office space at Camden Yard D8 4 days left
- Roadworks - DCC Contract for Construction of the Coolock to Clontarf Active Travel Scheme Section 2 - Gracefield Road to Vernon Avenue 5 days left
Market context
Larger than 71% of the open notices in Construction work across Europe.
- open now in Construction work
- 29,315
- median open notice
- €810,556
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Construction work
- different companies won awards here
- 792
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 360 of 513
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 201
Based on 1,491 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)
- 8.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 12%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 7%
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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