Public contract award · eTenders 178180
The Department of Defence (Defence Forces), have a requirement for a New 50/55 Seater Coaches, with an initial purchase of One (1) Vehicle.
Irish Defence Forces awarded this contract to Westward Scania on 27 January 2021, using an open procedure, and 6 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €240,775. The published term is 12 months, to Jan 2022.
- 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 55% of contract awards, and number 121 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 Jan 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
- 6Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- eTenders tender ID
- 178180eTenders' 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
- 044856-2021 (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 178180. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"The Department of Defence (Defence Forces), have a requirement for a New 50/55 Seater Coaches, with an initial purchase of One (1) Vehicle.", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 178180. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-178180-49959/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.