Public contract award · eTenders 128682

Mini Competition for the Supply of Natural Gas to Education Sector (Primary and Secondary Schools, the Third Level Sector, and the Education and Training Board (ETB) Sector)

The Office of Government Procurement awarded this contract to SSE Airtricity Limited on 4 April 2018, using a mini-competition between suppliers already on a framework. The notice publishes a value of €49,000,000.

Award published: 4 April 2018

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Who awarded it, and to whom

Public bodyThe Office of Government Procurement2,958 published awards

SupplierSSE Airtricity LimitedMatched by exact name

How big is it?

Only 171 of 24,510 contract awards are larger, and number 26 of 2,512 from this public body.

A log scale: each step is ten times the last. “Typical” is the median contract award, €200K.

What the notice says

Procedure: Direct Invite – Mini-CompetitionChosen from suppliers already approved on a framework agreement.
Competition type: Standalone Direct InviteInvited suppliers were asked to quote for this purchase alone.
eTenders tender ID: 128682eTenders' own page for a tender needs a free supplier login, so this record links to the OGP open data on data.gov.ie instead.

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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 128682. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.

Cite this record

"Mini Competition for the Supply of Natural Gas to Education Sector (Primary and Secondary Schools, the Third Level Sector, and the Education and Training Board (ETB) Sector)", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 128682. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-128682-67499/mini-competition-for-the-supply-of-natural-gas-to-education. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.

Published records, not allegations. An award shows who a public body chose to buy from, as it published; it is not a payment and says nothing about how the supplier was chosen beyond what the notice states.