Public contract award · eTenders 170401
Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre
The Heritage Council awarded this contract to Compass Informatics Limited on 17 February 2021, using an open procedure, and 1 bid was received. The notice publishes a value of €1,000,000. The published term is 24 months, to Feb 2023.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierCompass Informatics LimitedMatched by exact name
How big is it?
Larger than 82% of contract awards, and number 2 of 29 from this public body.
A log scale: each step is ten times the last. “Typical” is the median contract award, €200K.
How long does it run?
A published term of 2 years, to Feb 2023.
The term is the notice’s duration counted from the award date. A contract may be extended or end early; the notices do not say.
What the notice says
- Procedure
- Open ProcedureAny business could bid.
- Competition type
- BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
- Bids received
- 1Only one bid was received.
- eTenders tender ID
- 170401eTenders' own page for a tender needs a free supplier login, so this record links to the OGP open data on data.gov.ie instead.
- TED notice
- 087257-2021 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.
Check it yourself
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- eTenders awards dataset (OGP, data.gov.ie) (opens in a new tab)One file for every eTenders award: look for tender ID 170401. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 170401. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-170401-52849/appointment-of-an-operator-for-the-national-biodiversity. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.
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