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Public contract award · TED 838176-2025

Mini Competition for the provision of school books to Rice College Westport 64700O

Castle Books awarded this contract to Castle Book and Card Centre Limited on 17 December 2025, using a mini-competition between suppliers already on a framework. The notice publishes a value of €78,952.

Award published

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Who awarded it, and to whom

Public bodyCastle BooksMayo · 1 published awards

How big is it?

Larger than 28% of contract awards.

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)
Printed matter and related products
Estimated value
€90,000What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
Buyer town
Mayo
eTenders tender ID
5542950eTenders' 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
838176-2025 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.

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Cite this record

"Mini Competition for the provision of school books to Rice College Westport 64700O", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 838176-2025. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-838176-2025/mini-competition-for-the-provision-of-school-books-to-rice. 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.