Public contract award · eTenders 140253
RFT for the Provision of the National Car Testing Service (NCTS)
Road Safety Authority (RSA) awarded this contract to Applus Inspection Services Ireland Limited on 21 August 2019, using a restricted procedure, and 6 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €650,000,000. The published term is 132 months, to Aug 2030.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierApplus Inspection Services Ireland LimitedMatched by exact name
How big is it?
Only 8 of 23,951 contract awards are larger, and number 1 of 98 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 11 years, to Aug 2030.
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
- Restricted ProcedureOnly businesses invited after a first selection could bid.
- Competition type
- BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
- Bids received
- 6Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- eTenders tender ID
- 140253eTenders' 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
- 396750-2019 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.
Check it yourself
The official record this page is built from.
- eTenders awards dataset (OGP, data.gov.ie) (opens in a new tab)One file for every eTenders award: look for tender ID 140253. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"RFT for the Provision of the National Car Testing Service (NCTS)", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 140253. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-140253-64510/rft-for-the-provision-of-the-national-car-testing-service. 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.