Public contract award · TED 419617-2026
INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC BUS SERVICES IN ENNIS
National Transport Authority awarded this contract to City Direct Bus Limited on 18 June 2026, using a mini-competition between suppliers already on a framework. The notice publishes a value of €16,456,704.
- Award published
Open the official notice on TED (opens in a new tab)How to check this record
Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierCity Direct Bus LimitedMatched by company number
How big is it?
Larger than 98% of contract awards, and number 20 of 224 from this public body.
A log scale: each step is ten times the last. “Typical” is the median contract award, €200K.
What the notice says
- Procedure
- Direct Invite – Mini-CompetitionChosen from suppliers already approved on a framework agreement.
- Competition type
- DPS TenderBought through a dynamic purchasing system, which suppliers can join at any time.
- Subject (CPV)
- Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- Estimated value
- €16,456,704What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
- Buyer town
- Dublin
- eTenders tender ID
- 5502522eTenders' 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
- 419617-2026 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.
Check it yourself
The official records this page is built from.
- TED contract award notice 419617-2026 (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 5502522. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC BUS SERVICES IN ENNIS", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 419617-2026. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-419617-2026/invitation-to-negotiate-for-a-public-service-contract-for. 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.