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1.1 The Defence Forces (the “Contracting Authority”) is seeking Expressions of Interest (“EOI”) from economic operators (“Candidates”) through this Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) with a view to establishing a goods contract(s) to meet the requirements of the Defence Forces for the supply of the following goods and services. There are two (4) distinct areas, under these requirements: 1.1.1 LOT 1 - Provision of an Operational Space Segment, Ku Band hosted and maintained on a designated candidate’s site and on a current Defence Forces deployed location with an internet endpoint terminating in McKee Barracks, Dublin, Ireland. (no physical satellite equipment on site in McKee Barracks only) 1.1.2 LOT 2 - Provision of portable satellite hardware, services, maintenance and training. (BGAN, Iridium, Thuraya or equivalent) 1.1.3 LOT 3 - Provision of LEO services including training, maintenance and support. 1.1.4 LOT 4 - Provision of maintenance and support of the in-service personal location tracking equipment: *NORTAC defence product suite. * Globalstar Spot Gen product suite.

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 40 awards for Postal & telecommunications services in Ireland.

This notice: €20.0M
Median award: €148,750
Middle half of past awards: €67,422 to €680,240

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

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Irish Defence Forces_1144

Ireland

notices in the register: 150
awards: 58
awarded in total: €39.8M

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Postal & telecommunications services - Ireland

Company	Wins	Total awarded	Last win
eircom Limited (t/a eir business)_18711	4	€10.2M	Sep 2026
First Direct Medical Couriers	3	€1.8M	Feb 2026
Vodafone Ireland Ltd	2	€2.8M	Aug 2026
Analysys Mason	2	€186,509	Jan 2026
Pony Express	2	€100,000	Mar 2026

Based on 44 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 82% of the open notices in Postal & telecommunications services across Europe.

open now in Postal & telecommunications services: 1,194
median open notice: €1.4M

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Where

Ireland

Eastern and Midland

894 open tenders in this region

Procedure: Restricted procedure Two steps: companies first ask to take part, and only those selected are invited to bid. Full entry Above the EU threshold A contract large enough that EU-wide rules apply and it must be published on TED. Full entry
CPV code The EU's common vocabulary for what is being bought: an eight-digit code every notice carries. Full entry: Postal and telecommunications services

Telecommunications services

Telephone and data transmission services

Dedicated-business telephone network services

Satellite circuit rental services 64214100
Original language: English
Source: via TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU), verified 8 hours ago
Notice number: 793057-2025

Ireland - Satellite circuit rental services - Defence Forces Operational Satellite Framework

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