The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 7 different companies have won the last 7 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 7 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.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- Small firms
- The buyer marks this procedure as suitable for small and medium-sized firms.
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 €80,000
- €79,200 to €80,000
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 330 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 7 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €80,000
- Median award
- €60,355
- Middle half of past awards
- €55,108 to €69,022
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Software-related services - CyberRange Platform Maintenance €68,188
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - Cloud Migration €52,571
- Data services - UL0909 Platform to Access Large Research Survey Participant Datasets €1,000,000
- Software supply services - Engineering standards and technical data platform €57,646
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - Originality checking and plagiarism prevention service €60,355
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 profileUniversity of Limerick_1124
- notices in the register
- 66
- awards
- 42
- awarded in total
- €11.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 36
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 36 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.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 28%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 64%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prolific Academic Ltd | 1 | €1.0M | Feb 2026 |
| The Worlds Universities Insight Inc | 1 | €69,855 | Oct 2025 |
| Airbus CyberSecurity SAS | 1 | €68,188 | Jun 2026 |
| Turnitin | 1 | €60,355 | Nov 2025 |
| Allium UK Holding Limited | 1 | €57,646 | Dec 2025 |
Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
2 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 18% of the open notices in IT services across Europe.
- open now in IT services
- 3,244
- median open notice
- €548,564
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · IT services
- different companies won awards here
- 499
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 269 of 355
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 236
Based on 1,340 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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