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Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has published 167 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 162 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Holden Plant Rentals Limited, on 4 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 2 September 2026.

Name in source
Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)
Distinct suppliers
162
167
Awards
154 awards with a single named supplier
€87,666,191
Sole-supplier value
€3,710,000 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.

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) published 167 contract awards in these records between 2015 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (18% of awards), then managed services (17%).

By value, most goes on travel and HR services (49% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 79% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 176 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: €128.4M in one-off contracts across 253 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Travel and HR Services€63M · 49%24 awards · 9% of awards
  2. Fleet and plant€21M · 16%21 awards · 8% of awards
  3. Facilities management and maintenance€18.8M · 15%36 awards · 14% of awards
  4. Minor Building Works and Civils€15.9M · 12%25 awards · 10% of awards
  5. Professional Services€5.4M · 4%21 awards · 8% of awards
  6. ICT and office equipment€1.9M · 1%46 awards · 18% of awards
  7. Managed Services€1M · 1%44 awards · 17% of awards
  8. Marketing, Print and Stationery€1M · 1%11 awards · 4% of awards

Also: Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€280K), Veterinary & Farming (€200K), Utilities (5 awards), Defence (3 awards), Medical Professional Services (2 awards), Plant Hire (1 award)

Services 64%Supplies 33%Works 3%Work Related Services 1%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 5 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 59%
  • Framework agreement 41%
  • Simplified procedure <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 2463
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 24622%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 24679%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 16075%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 256176 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 25629 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 3512%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 492%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
162
Won by the top five
10%
of 154 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
30
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
70%
of one-off contract value: Fitzers Catering Limited (now acquired by Levy Ireland Limited) (€35.4M)
Typical contract
€450K
median of 19 one-off awards with a value

Newest suppliers

All 162 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €50,893,000 in awarded value; the largest single award is 70% of that. 124 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. 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.

  • Recruitment Agency Panel14 suppliersFramework
    €210K
  • Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Mobile Phone Handsets and Associated Services to Horse Racing Ireland, Subsidiaries and AffiliatesTHREE IRELAND (HUTCHISON) LIMITEDFramework
    €300K
  • Catering Concession at Navan RacecourseLIMESTONE TAVERNS LIMITED
    €800K

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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