Public contract award · TED 174238-2026
Research: Exploring the factors behind the growth in demand for special school and special class places
National Council for Special Education awarded this contract to Hibernia College Unlimited Company on 12 March 2026, using an open procedure, and 10 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €90,000. The published term is 15 months, to Jun 2027.
- Award decision
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierHibernia College Unlimited CompanyMatched by name and legal form
How big is it?
Larger than 31% of contract awards, and number 23 of 32 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 15 months, to Jun 2027.
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
- 10Bids the buyer received from businesses.
- Subject (CPV)
- Research services
- Estimated value
- €90,000What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
- Buyer town
- Trim
- eTenders tender ID
- 5086109eTenders' 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
- 174238-2026 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.
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The official records this page is built from.
- TED contract award notice 174238-2026 (opens in a new tab)
- eTenders awards dataset (OGP, data.gov.ie) (opens in a new tab)One file for every eTenders award: look for tender ID 5086109. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Research: Exploring the factors behind the growth in demand for special school and special class places", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 174238-2026. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-174238-2026/research-exploring-the-factors-behind-the-growth-in-demand. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.
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