Public contract award · eTenders 6959463
Provision of courier service for the delivery of water samples from multiple coastal locations around Ireland to EPA Laboratories in Monaghan and Dublin (2026)
Environmental Protection Agency awarded this contract to First Direct Medical Couriers Limited on 20 January 2026, using an open procedure, and 4 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €88,850. The published term is 36 months, to Jan 2029.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierFirst Direct Medical Couriers LimitedMatched by name and legal form
How big is it?
Larger than 30% of contract awards, and number 110 of 165 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 Jan 2029.
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
- 4Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- Subject (CPV)
- Post and courier services
- eTenders tender ID
- 6959463eTenders' own page for a tender needs a free supplier login, so this record links to the OGP open data on data.gov.ie instead.
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 6959463. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Provision of courier service for the delivery of water samples from multiple coastal locations around Ireland to EPA Laboratories in Monaghan and Dublin (2026)", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 6959463. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-6959463-5987/provision-of-courier-service-for-the-delivery-of-water. 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.