Public contract award · eTenders 155225
- Framework agreement
- 15 suppliers share it
ESS078F Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the supply of Bus Hire Services for KCETB
Education Procurement Service (EPS) awarded this contract to Bernard Kavanagh & Sons Limited, BGM Coaches Limited, Duggan Coaches Limited, eamon maher coach hire, GandJ Duffy, Gene Walsh Limited, J.J. Kavanagh & Sons Limited, Joe O'Neill and Sons Ltd, Kielogue Properties Limited, Kilbride Coaches, M & a Coaches Limited, Mount Leinster Haulage Limited, O Brien of Kilkenny, minibus hire, Pierce Kavanagh and ronan brothers coach hire ltd on 19 December 2020, using an open procedure, and 18 bids were received. The notice publishes €784,000 as a ceiling for everything that may be bought under this framework, not as money spent. It names 15 suppliers and publishes one value for all of them; each supplier's share is not published. The published term is 24 months, to Dec 2022.
- Award published
- Term ends
Open the eTenders data on data.gov.ie (opens in a new tab)How to check this record
Who awarded it, and to whom
- Supplier namedBernard Kavanagh & Sons LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedBGM Coaches LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedDuggan Coaches LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedeamon maher coach hireNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedGandJ DuffyNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedGene Walsh LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedJ.J. Kavanagh & Sons LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedJoe O'Neill and Sons LtdNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedKielogue Properties LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedKilbride CoachesNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedM & a Coaches LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedMount Leinster Haulage LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedO Brien of Kilkenny, minibus hireNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedPierce KavanaghNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedronan brothers coach hire ltdNot matched to a company record
The notice names 15 suppliers and publishes one value for all of them. Each supplier’s share is not published.
How long does it run?
A published term of 2 years, to Dec 2022.
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
- FrameworkA framework agreement: suppliers approved for repeat purchases, with a value that is a ceiling.
- Bids received
- 18Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- eTenders tender ID
- 155225eTenders' 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
- 621781-2020 (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 155225. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"ESS078F Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the supply of Bus Hire Services for KCETB", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 155225. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-155225-58860/ess078f-multi-supplier-framework-agreement-for-the-supply. 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.