Public contract award · eTenders 8132872
Request for Tender (RFT) for the supply, delivery, and servicing (where applicable) of Musical Instruments and Studio Equipment to the Irish Prison Service (IPS)
Irish Prison Service awarded this contract to Big Bear Sound Limited on 29 July 2026, using an open procedure, and 2 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €140,000. The published term is 48 months, to Jul 2030.
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierBig Bear Sound LimitedMatched by exact name
How big is it?
Larger than 41% of contract awards, and number 120 of 139 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 4 years, to Jul 2030.
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
- 2Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- Subject (CPV)
- Musical instruments and parts
- eTenders tender ID
- 8132872eTenders' 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 8132872. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Request for Tender (RFT) for the supply, delivery, and servicing (where applicable) of Musical Instruments and Studio Equipment to the Irish Prison Service (IPS)", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from OGP open data row · tender 8132872. https://declared.ie/contracts/ogp-8132872-1490/request-for-tender-rft-for-the-supply-delivery-and. 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.