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Donegal Education and Training Board

Donegal Education and Training Board has published 78 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 87 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Get Fresh Catering Ltd, on 5 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 14 September 2026.

Name in source
Donegal Education and Training Board
Distinct suppliers
87
78
Awards
65 awards with a single named supplier
€19,873,145
Sole-supplier value
€12,090,385 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
13
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Donegal Education and Training Board published 78 contract awards in these records between 2018 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (38% of awards), then facilities management and maintenance (29%).

By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (46% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 92% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 93 days from notice to award.

7 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €19.5M in one-off contracts across 56 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Facilities management and maintenance€9M · 46%16 awards · 29% of awards
  2. Fleet and plant€4M · 20%21 awards · 38% of awards
  3. ICT and office equipment€3.7M · 19%8 awards · 14% of awards
  4. Travel and HR Services€2.2M · 11%4 awards · 7% of awards
  5. Minor Building Works and Civils€539.7K · 3%3 awards · 5% of awards
  6. Medical Professional Services€120K · 1%1 award · 2% of awards
  7. Professional Services€31.3K · under 1%1 award · 2% of awards
  8. Managed Services€0 · 0%1 award · 2% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Marketing, Print and Stationery (1 award)

Services 57%Supplies 38%Works 4%Work Related Services 2%

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 64%
  • Direct invitation 21%
  • Framework agreement 11%
  • Call-off from a framework 4%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 552
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 5525%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 5592%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 6988%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 5693 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 5530 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 2199%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 432%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
87
Won by the top five
29%
of 65 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
16
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
21%
of one-off contract value: GET FRESH CATERING LTD (€4.1M)
Typical contract
€221K
median of 62 one-off awards with a value
All 87 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €19,353,145 in awarded value. 7 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

7 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.

  • Call for Tenders to establish a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of ChromebooksPC PeripheralsFramework
    No value
  • MC for Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Maintenance for Donegal ETBCOLEMAN ELECTRONICS LIMITED
    €97.4K
  • UBU Your Place Your Space, East Donegal/South Central AreaFOROIGE_98034
    €120K
  • Call for Tenders for The Supply, Delivery and Installation of Metal Fabrication Equipment to Donegal Education and Training Board2 suppliers
    €40.2K
  • Call For Tender for The supply of Multi purpose Welders for Donegal ETB / ATU Apprenticeship BuildingKWS
    €202K
  • Single Supplier Framework for the provision of Bus Transport Services for Abbey Vocational SchoolFERNHILL TRANSPORT LIMITEDFramework
    €220K
  • The Supply of Test Engine RigsBlock Automotive Ltd
    €174K

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.

Suppliers that appear in other public records

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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

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