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Galway City Council

Galway City Council has published 254 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 248 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is John Madden & Sons Limited, on 7 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 30 September 2026.

Name in source
Galway City Council
Distinct suppliers
248
254
Awards
241 awards with a single named supplier
€101,591,002
Sole-supplier value
€181,617,859 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.

Galway City Council published 254 contract awards in these records between 2015 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (36% of awards), then professional services (26%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 87% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 157 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €226M in one-off contracts across 171 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€207.9M · 92%61 awards · 36% of awards
  2. Professional Services€6.4M · 3%44 awards · 26% of awards
  3. Managed Services€5.2M · 2%12 awards · 7% of awards
  4. Utilities€2.3M · 1%4 awards · 2% of awards
  5. Fleet and plant€1.1M · under 1%12 awards · 7% of awards
  6. Facilities management and maintenance€1M · under 1%10 awards · 6% of awards
  7. Veterinary & Farming€876K · under 1%7 awards · 4% of awards
  8. Travel and HR Services€739.7K · under 1%11 awards · 6% of awards

Also: ICT and office equipment (€204.5K), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€59.4K), Defence (€41.8K), Medical Professional Services (€900), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (1 award)

Services 54%Works 30%Supplies 14%Work Related Services 2%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 64 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 9%
  • Call-off from a framework 4%
  • Simplified procedure 2%
  • Dynamic purchasing system <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer and the median across local authorities
MeasureThis buyerCouncils median
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 15433
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 15429%28%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 15487%88%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 21684%88%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 171157 days170 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 15623 days29 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 7733%6%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 4033%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.

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
248
Won by the top five
10%
of 241 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
24
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
30%
of one-off contract value: J.J. RHATIGAN & COMPANY UNLIMITED COMPANY (€27.8M)
Typical contract
€109K
median of 192 one-off awards with a value

Newest suppliers

All 248 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €92,738,046 in awarded value. 31 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • Galway City Council - Park and Ride Bus Service Car park management and ancillary services for Christmas 2024 and 2025CALLINAN COACHES LIMITEDFramework
    €63.9K
  • Single Operator Framework for Supply on Lease Hire of Temporary Buildings for Accommodation & Welfare Facilities and Office Space for Galway City CouncilOCC ConstructionFramework
    €178K
  • Galway City Council - EOI - Housing Development Merlin Woods - Stage 13 suppliers
    €20M
  • Galway City Council - Proposed Conservation Works at Menlough Castle - Phase 5 and 6CUNNINGHAM CIVIL & MARINE LIMITED
    €392.9K
  • Supply & Delivery of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Fuel in Bulk to Galway City Council Stores.2 suppliers
    €2M

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 254 contracts

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