Cork Education and Training Board has published 191 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 161 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Pearlshield Limited, on 5 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 23 September 2026.
Name in source
Cork Education and Training Board
Distinct suppliers
161
191
Awards
145 awards with a single named supplier
€137,283,860
Sole-supplier value
€42,296,410 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
46
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Cork Education and Training Board published 191 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys facilities management and maintenance most often (36% of awards), then minor building works and civils (29%).
By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (67% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 94% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 141 days from notice to award.
2 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €74.7M in one-off contracts across 173 awards with a category recorded.
Minor Building Works and Civils€50.3M · 67%51 awards · 29% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€23.1M · 31%63 awards · 36% of awards
ICT and office equipment€608.5K · 1%16 awards · 9% of awards
Marketing, Print and Stationery€410K · 1%5 awards · 3% of awards
Professional Services€190.1K · under 1%8 awards · 5% of awards
Managed Services€87.5K · under 1%7 awards · 4% of awards
Fleet and plant€0 · 0%16 awards · 9% of awards · all through frameworks
Travel and HR Services€0 · 0%3 awards · 2% of awards · all through frameworks
Supplies 40%Services 31%Works 28%Work Related Services 1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 19 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 76%
Framework agreement 14%
Direct invitation 6%
Call-off from a framework 3%
Dynamic purchasing system 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 170
2
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 170
42%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 170
94%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 186
92%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 172
141 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 172
24 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 286
1%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 23
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €104,115,751 in awarded value; the largest single award is 36% of that. 24 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
2 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.
The Supply and Delivery of Hairdressing, Barbering and Beauty Salon Class Consumables and Equipment in Eight (8) Lots to Cork Education and Training Board2 suppliersFramework
€1.5M
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