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Air Corps Contracts Section has published 29 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 30 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is KC Commercials Ltd, on 2 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 25 June 2023.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Air Corps Contracts Section published 29 contract awards in these records between 2018 and 2023.
Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (34% of awards), then defence (24%).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 74% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 95 days from notice to award.
Awarded value by spend category: €7.8M in one-off contracts across 62 awards with a category recorded.
Also: ICT and office equipment (4 awards), Travel and HR Services (2 awards), Medical Professional Services (1 award)
Services 54%Supplies 46%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 1 awards have none and are not counted. Values are awarded values, not money paid, and leave out framework agreements, which publish a ceiling rather than a contract value.
How each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 53 | 2 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 53 | 45% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 53 | 74% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 29 | 76% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 63 | 95 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 63 | 33 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 115 | 10% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €1,603,959 in awarded value; the largest single award is 49% of that. 1 framework agreement is not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Sources: the OGP / eTenders open data file, published 7 Aug 2026, and TED contract award notices. Categories, bids, SME and timing figures come from eTenders only. About the sources
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out
sole supplier shared