The Higher Education Authority

How to win their contracts

Measured from The Higher Education Authority's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 29 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 21 of their tenders.
• They publish about 0.6 tenders a month, measured over 61 months of history.
• Half of their 26 awarded contracts are worth €60k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Alice Public Relations (4), Insight Statistical Consulting (2), Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.