Public contract award · eTenders 185872
Provision for the Conveyance of Mail by Road (Mail Car Contractor for Kilrush Route)
An Post awarded this contract to Gerard Obrien on 16 October 2021, using a competitive procedure with negotiation, and 1 bid was received. The notice publishes a value of €1,300,000. The published term is 36 months, to Oct 2024.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierGerard ObrienNot matched to a company record
How big is it?
Larger than 85% of contract awards, and number 13 of 97 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 Oct 2024.
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
- Competitive Procedure With NegotiationThe buyer negotiated the terms with the bidders it selected.
- Competition type
- BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
- Bids received
- 1Only one bid was received.
- Subject (CPV)
- Mail transport by road
- eTenders tender ID
- 185872eTenders' 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
- 531656-2021 (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 185872. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Provision for the Conveyance of Mail by Road (Mail Car Contractor for Kilrush Route)", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 185872. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-185872-46886/provision-for-the-conveyance-of-mail-by-road-mail-car. 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.