Public contract award · eTenders 176879
The Department of Defence (Defence Forces), have a requirement for New Heavy Haulage 6x2 Tractor Units, with an initial purchase of Two (2) Vehicles.
Irish Defence Forces awarded this contract to Westward Scania on 17 December 2020, using an open procedure, and 5 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €500,000. The published term is 12 months, to Dec 2021.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierWestward ScaniaNot matched to a company record
How big is it?
Larger than 72% of contract awards, and number 53 of 173 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 1 year, to Dec 2021.
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
- 5Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- Subject (CPV)
- Articulated trucks
- eTenders tender ID
- 176879eTenders' 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
- 611665-2020 (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 176879. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"The Department of Defence (Defence Forces), have a requirement for New Heavy Haulage 6x2 Tractor Units, with an initial purchase of Two (2) Vehicles.", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 176879. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-176879-50516/the-department-of-defence-defence-forces-have-a-requirement. 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.