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Facilities Market Guide

How Marine Institute buys facilities services

Based on 6 award notices in the past 24 months. Figures are estimated contract values from TED notices, not realised spend.

How this authority buys facilities

67% of Marine Institute facilities awards (4 of 6) fell in the €100k-500k band over the past 24 months.

Award value distribution (disclosed, 24-month window)

€100k-500k
4 (67%)
€500k-1M
1 (17%)
€1M-5M
1 (17%)

Irish procurement thresholds: supplies/services on eTenders above €50,000; works above €200,000. Figures from thresholds.json (OGP Circular 05/2023 + EU Delegated Regulations 2025/2150–2152).

Typical entry requirements

  • Tax clearance: A valid Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) from Revenue is required for all public contracts.[source]

Who wins Marine Institute facilities contracts

Awards tracked

6

24-month window

Median contract value

€135k

Realised where available, else estimated

Top suppliers by award count

2Dougal Ship Riggers2 awards€244k est.
3JOHN CUNNINGHAMCRO 2783332 awards€244k est.
4Peak Processing Ltd1 award€148k est.
5John O'Regan1 award€122k est.

Current Marine Institute facilities opportunities

Expiring facilities frameworks across Ireland

Sector-wide, not specific to Marine Institute — framework expiry across Irish public bodies often signals a replacement procurement.

Framework expiry typically triggers a replacement procurement. Monitor facilities tenders for new notices.

Deadlines are date-only (time stripped). Verify the exact closing time on the official TED or eTenders notice before bidding.

Bid readiness for Marine Institute facilities contracts

Most Marine Institute facilities awards land in the €100k-500k band (median contract value: €135k). This sits above the Irish national advertising threshold (€50,000 for supplies/services), so formal competitive tender on eTenders is the standard route.

  • Register on eTenders.gov.ie and set up sector alerts so you don't miss new notices.
  • Keep a current Tax Clearance Certificate from Revenue. Required for all public contracts.
  • Review past award notices to understand typical contract scope and evaluate your competitiveness against Engineering Support Services Ltd and Dougal Ship Riggers.
  • Check the full awards dataset for Marine Institute for year-by-year procurement patterns.

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Estimated values are from TED notices and represent contract estimates, not realised or awarded amounts. Award winner names are TED-reported and resolved against the CRO where possible; approximately 22% of TED award notices carry no winner. Generated 2026-09-07.

Data sources

  • TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)— EU procurement notices, reused under the European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU).
  • data.gov.ie / Office of Government Procurement (OGP), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), andCORDIS— historical award and funding data, licensedCC‑BY‑4.0.
  • EUR-Lex— EU legal-directive metadata, releasedCC0.