Clare County Council has published 254 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 305 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is ML & S Boland Civil Engineering Limited, on 13 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 15 September 2026.
Name in source
Clare County Council
Distinct suppliers
305
254
Awards
236 awards with a single named supplier
€138,463,460
Sole-supplier value
€91,734,235 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
18
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Clare County Council published 254 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (45% of awards), then professional services (15%).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 89% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 152 days from notice to award.
18 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €186M in one-off contracts across 271 awards with a category recorded.
Minor Building Works and Civils€116.2M · 62%121 awards · 45% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€28.8M · 16%22 awards · 8% of awards
Professional Services€25.7M · 14%42 awards · 15% of awards
Fleet and plant€6.4M · 3%28 awards · 10% of awards
Travel and HR Services€2.1M · 1%9 awards · 3% of awards
Utilities€2M · 1%2 awards · 1% of awards
ICT and office equipment€1.9M · 1%17 awards · 6% of awards
Managed Services€1.4M · 1%12 awards · 4% of awards
Also: Defence (€801.6K), Veterinary & Farming (€437.5K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€100K), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€86.3K), Medical Professional Services (1 award), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (1 award)
Works 43%Services 42%Supplies 13%Work Related Services 3%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 15 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 they buy
How each award was competed.
One-off tender 85%
Framework agreement 10%
Direct invitation 3%
Call-off from a framework 2%
Procurement figures for this buyer and the median across local authorities
Measure
This buyer
Councils median
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 252
3
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 252
26%
28%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 252
89%
88%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 244
89%
88%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 272
152 days
170 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 266
29 days
29 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 437
8%
6%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 93
27%
24%
Compared with the median of 30 other local authorities with at least 20 awards. A figure is shown only when it rests on 10 or more records.
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €124,889,239 in awarded value. 21 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
18 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
Tender for the proposed housing development (8Nr. Units) at An Sean Dun, Doonbeg, Co. ClareCUSTY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
End dates add the published duration to the award date. Contracts can be extended, ended early or renewed without a new notice, so this is a guide to when work may come back to market, not a schedule.
These suppliers are CRO companies that won at least one award from this buyer and also appear in the Register of Lobbying or a Register of Members’ Interests. Appearing in both does not mean an award was influenced. Open each company to see the records and how they were matched.
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
Value awarded by year
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out