Molaga Honey automated capping and heat-sealing equipment

Verified opportunity overview

Molaga Honey is procuring food-grade automated capping and inline heat-sealing equipment, including delivery, installation, commissioning and operator training for jars and squeezy-bottle production. The official procurement workspace remains the controlling source for supplier decisions and current documents.

Current status and key dates

The opportunity lifecycle is open. The controlling submission deadline is 24 September 2026, 15:30 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.

Scope and deliverables

Molaga Honey Ltd invites tenders for the supply, installation, delivery, and commissioning of machinery to support automation in a food production environment. This project aims to improve efficiency, hygiene standards, and production through integration of key automated equipment. Equipment includes: An Automatic Capper, capable of capping both jars and squeezies. This machine should have linear height control, so that we can adjust the height for jars and squeezies. An automated inline heat sealer system for high-volume production. Heat sealing creates airtight barriers, preventing oxygen, moisture, and contaminants from compromising our honey products in squeezy bottles. For Molaga Honey Ltd, this means there are fewer product returns, lower waste costs, and improved stock rotation flexibility. All equipment must be suitable for food-grade, high-care environments, constructed primarily of stainless steel, and compliant with relevant EU food safety and CE machinery regulations. Suppliers must provide full installation, commissioning, and operator training. Tenders will be evaluated on expertise, technical compliance, lead time, warranty terms, and overall value for money. This description is deliberately bounded to what the official public workspace states and does not extend unstated deliverables.

Lots and contract structure

Refer to the current official procurement documents. Complete lot schedules, quantities, specifications and allocation mechanics remain within the live procurement documents.

Supplier requirements

Refer to the current official procurement documents. Suppliers must use the official documents rather than this research brief to determine eligibility and compliance.

Submission and award method

The official procedure is Open. The submission deadline is 24 September 2026, 15:30 Europe/Dublin. The evaluation mechanism is Price/Cost Effectiveness. The workspace identifies directive 2014/24/EU (Classic). The workspace marks the procurement as above threshold. The clarification deadline is 17 September 2026, 15:30 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 24 September 2026, 16:00 Europe/Dublin. The workspace does not require an online expression of interest. Multiple tenders are not accepted. Tender validity is 21 days. These are current official submission mechanics; the procurement documents remain authoritative for response forms and eligibility.

Value explanation

The displayed value is EUR 140,000. An estimate is not guaranteed expenditure, supplier revenue, call-off volume or realised award value.

Amendments and status history

The public workspace should be checked for later clarifications, deadline changes, document replacements, cancellations, awards and other status notices before acting.

Supplier relevance

Relevant to food-packaging machinery suppliers able to provide stainless-steel compliant capper and heat-sealer equipment with commissioning, training and warranty support. Relevance does not establish eligibility, capacity, selection or likely award for any specific supplier.

Procurement data limitations and missing details

EUR 140,000 is the official estimate, not guaranteed expenditure or supplier revenue. Claimed efficiency, hygiene, waste and stock benefits are tender objectives, not realised outcomes; no award or installation is inferred. Missing facts are preserved as unknowns and are not inferred from comparable procurements, market prices or supplier assumptions.

Official sources and verification history

Primary evidence is the official procurement source at https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8900360, checked on 6 September 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.