University College Dublin ( UCD )

How to win their contracts

Measured from University College Dublin ( UCD )'s own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 33 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 191 of their tenders.
• They publish about 1.4 tenders a month, measured over 145 months of history.
• Half of their 95 awarded contracts are worth €500k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, repair and maintenance services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are ISS Facility Services (3), McKeon Contech Ltd. t/a McKeon Group and Hereworks (2), Bidvest Noonan (ROI) Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.