Irish Traditional Music Archive - contract awards
Who wins Irish Traditional Music Archive contracts, and how hard it is to break in
Irish Traditional Music Archive has awarded 4 contracts totalling €250k between 2018 and 2023. Top supplier by disclosed value is Big Bear Sound Ltd. (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 100% of the disclosed value. No company has yet won here in more than one year, so the field is more open than most. 2 of the 4 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
Concentration like this is where a newcomer reads its odds. Thin fields and single-bidder contracts are the openings.
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4
Awards
€250k
Disclosed value
€125k
Average per award
4
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Big Bear Sound Ltd.1 · €150k
- 2.Definitive Solutions Ltd1 · €100k
- 3.Eneclann Ltd.1 · Not disclosed
- 4.Memnon Archiving Services1 · Not disclosed
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | - |
| 2023 | 2 | €250k |
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By value band
- €50k-€144k1 · €100k
- €144k-€360k1 · €150k
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 4
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 2
- Most contested award
- Provision of Audio and Audiovisual Digital Transfer Project Services
- 6 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Supply of IT Digital Collections Storage and Access system Including Servers, Wiring, Installation and Support (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 4
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 100% of €250k total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bear Sound Ltd. | 60% | Normal | also won €750k across 7 other Irish bodies → |
| Definitive Solutions Ltd | 40% | Liquidation | — |
| Eneclann Ltd. | 0% | Normal | also won €120k across 3 other Irish bodies → |
| Memnon Archiving Services | 0% | — | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
Award history (4 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2023 | Supply of Specialised Equipment for Audiovisual Digitisation Studio, Installation, Commissioning | Big Bear Sound Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | €150k |
| 19 May 2023 | Supply of IT Digital Collections Storage and Access system Including Servers, Wiring, Installation and Support | Definitive Solutions Ltd | 2 | Open Procedure | €100k |
| 26 October 2018 | Provision of Digital Project Archivist or Librarian Services | Eneclann Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 October 2018 | Provision of Audio and Audiovisual Digital Transfer Project Services | Memnon Archiving Services | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 9 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2018-10-26. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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