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Public contract award · TED 184780-2025

Next-Gen Networking – Modernisation Initiative and Single Integrator Strategic Partner

Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin awarded this contract to PlanNet21 Communications on 21 March 2025, using a competitive dialogue, and 8 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €7,500,000. The published term is 60 months, to Mar 2030.

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Who awarded it, and to whom

Public bodyTrinity College Dublin the University of DublinDublin · 320 published awards

How big is it?

Larger than 96% of contract awards, and number 5 of 125 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 5 years, to Mar 2030.

Awarded2025-03-21Ends2030-03-21

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
Competitive DialogueFor complex needs: the buyer discussed solutions with bidders first.
Competition type
BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
Bids received
8Bids the buyer received from businesses.
Subject (CPV)
Network infrastructure
Estimated value
€10,000,000What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
Buyer town
Dublin
eTenders tender ID
2904845eTenders' 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
184780-2025 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.

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"Next-Gen Networking – Modernisation Initiative and Single Integrator Strategic Partner", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 184780-2025. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-184780-2025/next-gen-networking-modernisation-initiative-and-single. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.

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