Dublin Bus's €26m Depot Tech Bid Anchors a Heavy Week for IT and Infrastructure

Irish public buyers posted well over €1.4 billion in aggregate tender value this week, with professional services and IT together accounting for the lion’s share. Two sectors, transport and facilities, carry tight May deadlines that bidders cannot afford to miss.

Professional Services, 45 tenders, €654.6m

The Office of Public Works leads with its €11.2m Clonsalee Flood Relief Scheme, while Dublin City Council is seeking an event management panel valued at €5m for North East Inner City cultural activations. With 45 notices and a combined value north of €654m, this is the week’s heaviest cluster by far.

• Clonsalee Flood Relief Scheme: Office of Public Works (OPW) · €11.2m · Deadline 25 May
• DCC Panel for the provision of Event Management Services for Seasonal Arts and Cultural Family Friendly Activations on behalf of the North East Inner City Initiative with less than 5,000 attendees: Dublin City Council · €5.0m
• 1. Design of single/multiples houses such as Cluster Developments as set out in Tipperary County Council Guidelines for Cluster Housing Schemes in Rural Villages; - Lot 1 (Type 2 project): Tipperary County Council · €5.0m · Deadline 28 May

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IT Services, 26 tenders, €427.0m

Dublin Bus / Bus Átha Cliath has published a €26m requirement for Depot Management and Charge Management Systems, the standout notice in a 26-tender cluster totalling over €427m. Dublin City Council is separately running a single-party framework for Oracle products and licences worth €8m, with a deadline of 7 May.

• Dublin City Council - SPFWA for the provision of Oracle Products /Licences to include purchase of renewals/ support and a service to periodically review and / or audit licence usage: Dublin City Council · €8.0m · Deadline 7 May
• Provision of Depot Management and Charge Management Systems: Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath · €26.0m
• Provision of Depot Management and Charge Management Systems: Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath · €26.0m

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Construction, 42 tenders, €300.2m

Kerry County Council’s N70 Sneem to Blackwater Bridge road project at €11.2m and South Dublin County Council’s €10m 12th Lock Studio development on the Grand Canal are the headline builds this week. Dublin City Council’s Finglas Village Improvement Scheme, valued at €5.1m, closes 25 May and will appeal to urban-realm contractors.

• 12th Lock Studio, Grand Canal, Lucan: South Dublin County Council · €10.0m · Deadline 6 May
• N70 Sneem to Blackwater Bridge (Tahilla to Doon) Road Project: Kerry County Council · €11.2m · Deadline 26 May
• Dublin City Council - Contract for Finglas Village Improvement Scheme: Dublin City Council · €5.1m · Deadline 25 May

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Other, 29 tenders, €29.1m

The Office of Government Procurement’s Category 1 Island of Ireland notice carries the highest individual value at €15m, though no deadline is published. University of Galway and Fingal County Council have also entered the market, seeking clinical research monitors and valuation advisory services respectively.

• Category 1 - Island of Ireland: The Office of Government Procurement · €15.0m
• Establishment of DPS for to appoint external Clinical Research Associates/study monitors that will deliver the monitoring element for the University of Galway: University of Galway (ID 1400) · €2.0m
• FCC/200/26 Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Valuations and Valuation Advisory Services for the Housing Dept in Fingal Co Co, including an Initial 2 yr contract: Fingal County Council · €2.0m

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Transport, 6 tenders, €28.6m

The HSE’s tender for a fixed-wing air ambulance service operating 24/7/365, valued at €26m and closing 27 May, dominates a small but high-value cluster. Fingal County Council is also in the market for up to six new winter gritting trucks at €1.1m, closing 28 May.

• Open tender Competition for the provision of Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services (24/7/365) and Medical Air Transfers of Organs and/or Organ Retrieval Teams.: Health Service Executive (HSE) · €26.0m · Deadline 27 May
• ATC Voice Communications Control Switch (VCCS): Irish Defence Forces · €500k · Deadline 28 Apr
• FCC/137/26 Purchase of up to 6 New Winter Gritting Trucks for Fingal County Council: Fingal County Council · €1.1m · Deadline 28 May

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Facilities, 8 tenders, €9.0m

Technological University of the Shannon is seeking a single-supplier framework for planned and reactive maintenance works worth €3.9m, closing 21 May. Meath County Council follows with a €2.8m M&E building services maintenance framework closing 2 June, giving facilities contractors a clear run of deadlines across the coming weeks.

• Lot 1A Single Supplier Framework for planned preventative maintenance works reactive maintenance works and mechanical works projects less than €50k ex vat for TUS Midwest: Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUSMM) · €3.9m · Deadline 21 May
• 26-01- Establishment of a Single Party Framework for the Annual Maintenance of M and E Building Services to corporate buildings for Meath County Council, located throughout Meath: Meath County Council · €2.8m · Deadline 2 Jun
• The provision of Hard Facilities Management in National Ambulance Service Rivers Building, Dublin: Health Service Executive (HSE) · €1.0m · Deadline 29 May

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