Department of Transport

How to win their contracts

Measured from Department of Transport's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 42 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
• They publish about 1.3 tenders a month, measured over 57 months of history.
• Half of their 49 awarded contracts are worth €237.2k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, repair and maintenance services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Emerald Airlines Ireland Limited (2), Version1 Software Limited (2), Chartered Institute of logistics and Transport (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.