Public contract award · eTenders 156792
Tender for the supply of Grade A Helium to Valentia Observatory
Met Eireann awarded this contract to Boc Gases on 28 November 2019, using an open procedure, and 1 bid was received. The notice publishes a value of €203,658. The published term is 36 months, to Nov 2022.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierBoc GasesNot matched to a company record
How big is it?
Larger than 51% of contract awards, and number 25 of 54 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 3 years, to Nov 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
- BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
- Bids received
- 1Only one bid was received.
- eTenders tender ID
- 156792eTenders' 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
- 566142-2019 (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 156792. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Tender for the supply of Grade A Helium to Valentia Observatory", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 156792. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-156792-58179/tender-for-the-supply-of-grade-a-helium-to-valentia. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.
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