Public contract award · eTenders 240008
- Framework agreement
- 19 suppliers share it
TR2500F - RFT to Establish a Framework Arrangement for the provision of Bus Hire Services to CETB
Education Procurement Service (EPS) awarded this contract to Beara Cabs & Coaches Limited, C and H Coach Hire Limited, Cavanaghs Coaches, Dave Long Coach Travel Limited, Donal McCarthy Coaches, Fogarty Coach Hire Limited, G & C Mackey Transport Limited, Galvins Coaches (Dunmanway) Limited, Glenferry Coaches Limited, Hyway Coaches, Jerry Lehane, Kealy's Coaches Limited, Munster Coaches Ltd, Niall Johnson, O Connor Coach Hire, O' Sullivans Garage and Coaches Limited, Os Bus & Coach Services Limited, Stephen Butler Coaches Limited and West Cork Coach Hire Limited on 10 January 2024, using an open procedure, and 22 bids were received. The published term is 24 months, to Jan 2026.
- 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 namedBeara Cabs & Coaches LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedC and H Coach Hire LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedCavanaghs CoachesNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedDave Long Coach Travel LimitedMatched by name and legal form
- Supplier namedDonal McCarthy CoachesNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedFogarty Coach Hire LimitedNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedG & C Mackey Transport LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedGalvins Coaches (Dunmanway) LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedGlenferry Coaches LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedHyway CoachesNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedJerry LehaneNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedKealy's Coaches LimitedMatched by name and legal form
- Supplier namedMunster Coaches LtdNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedNiall JohnsonNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedO Connor Coach HireNot matched to a company record
- Supplier namedO' Sullivans Garage and Coaches LimitedMatched by name and legal form
- Supplier namedOs Bus & Coach Services LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedStephen Butler Coaches LimitedMatched by exact name
- Supplier namedWest Cork Coach Hire LimitedMatched by exact name
The notice names 19 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 Jan 2026.
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
- 22Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- eTenders tender ID
- 240008eTenders' 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
- 022164-2024 (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 240008. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"TR2500F - RFT to Establish a Framework Arrangement for the provision of Bus Hire Services to CETB", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 240008. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-240008-27076/tr2500f-rft-to-establish-a-framework-arrangement-for-the. 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.