Market Rate Benchmarks

Look up typical rates and recent comparable contract values for any service in Irish public procurement, so you price your next bid with confidence.

Live web search via Perplexity. Benchmarks are indicative only, verify before use.

Price Your Irish Government Tender With Confidence

Pricing is one of the hardest parts of preparing a government tender. Price too high and you lose on cost; price too low and you win a contract you can't deliver profitably. Most Irish public sector tenders use MEAT (Most Economically Advantageous Tender) criteria, meaning cost is scored alongside quality, so getting the price band right matters.

This tool searches live procurement data, TED award notices, OGP framework rate cards, and Irish procurement databases, to surface typical day rates, unit costs, and recent comparable awards for any type of work. Use it to benchmark your pricing before you submit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do these rate benchmarks come from?
A live Perplexity search across public sources: TED award notices, OGP framework rate cards, eTenders.gov.ie award data, and published Irish trade-body rates. Every result cites the source so you can click through. We do not maintain a private rate card; the numbers reflect what is actually visible in the public record at the moment you run the search.
How accurate are the figures?
They are indicative, not authoritative. Rates returned are the median of what comparable Irish public-sector contracts have paid in the last 24 months, plus headline figures from current OGP frameworks. Real awards vary by lot size, location, scope and competition. Always cross-check against at least two TED award notices for the same CPV code before pricing your bid.
Why does the same query return different numbers on different days?
Because the search is live. New award notices and framework updates land on TED and eTenders.gov.ie continuously, and the underlying Perplexity model picks up the most recent published evidence. If you need a stable reference for a single bid, screenshot the result or note the citations, do not assume the rate will be the same a week later.
What should I do with the result?
Use it to set a defensible price floor and ceiling. If your day rate sits between the 25th and 75th percentile of comparable awards and you can justify the value with methodology and team CVs, you are pricing inside the band that wins on MEAT scoring. If you have to bid above or below, document why in your tender response, evaluators reward defensible numbers, not the lowest one.
Does this work for goods or only services?
Best for services, day rates and consultancy assignments, the data is richest there. For goods (equipment, vehicles, supplies) the OGP framework rate cards are usually a better starting point because unit pricing is published. The tool will still return goods-side benchmarks where they exist on TED, but treat them as a sanity-check rather than a definitive market rate.

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