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Dundalk Institute of Technology

Dundalk Institute of Technology has published 84 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 75 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Kettle Engineering Limited, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 28 September 2026.

Name in source
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Distinct suppliers
75
84
Awards
84 awards with a single named supplier
€18,340,132
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Dundalk Institute of Technology published 84 contract awards in these records between 2017 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (29% of awards), then laboratory, diagnostics and equipment (20%).

By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (40% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 5 bids, and 87% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 145 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €14M in one-off contracts across 41 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Facilities management and maintenance€5.6M · 40%3 awards · 7% of awards
  2. Minor Building Works and Civils€4M · 28%4 awards · 10% of awards
  3. Professional Services€1.9M · 13%12 awards · 29% of awards
  4. Fleet and plant€896.4K · 6%4 awards · 10% of awards
  5. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€672.1K · 5%8 awards · 20% of awards
  6. Veterinary & Farming€375.5K · 3%1 award · 2% of awards
  7. Travel and HR Services€240K · 2%2 awards · 5% of awards
  8. ICT and office equipment€215K · 2%3 awards · 7% of awards

Also: Medical Professional Services (€130K), Managed Services (2 awards), Marketing, Print and Stationery (1 award)

Services 49%Supplies 34%Works 10%Work Related Services 7%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 10 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 80%
  • Direct invitation 10%
  • Call-off from a framework 8%
  • Simplified procedure 2%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 395
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 3918%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 3987%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 3275%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 41145 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 3835 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1397%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 176%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
75
Won by the top five
13%
of 84 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
18
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
23%
of one-off contract value: MCKEON CONTECH LIMITED (€4.2M)
Typical contract
€50K
median of 80 one-off awards with a value
All 75 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €18,340,132 in awarded value. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • The Supply of Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Sulphur analyser on Solid and Liquid SamplesElementar UK
    €98K
  • Dundalk Institute of Technology - South Building Roof with M and E upgrade and Lab RefurbishmentsDUNWOODY & DOBSON, LIMITED
    €2.9M
  • Services related to the Design, Development, Maintenance and Support of the DkIT website.ANNERTECH LIMITED
    €215K

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

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

Latest awards

All 84 contracts