Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail has published 739 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 450 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Triur Construction Limited, on 23 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 12 October 2026.
Name in source
Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Distinct suppliers
450
739
Awards
702 awards with a single named supplier
€4,016,307,619
Sole-supplier value
€1,613,859,605 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
37
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail published 739 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (28% of awards), then minor building works and civils (26%).
Its tenders drew a median of 4 bids, and 73% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 272 days from notice to award.
25 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €3.1B in one-off contracts across 883 awards with a category recorded.
Fleet and plant€1.4B · 47%251 awards · 28% of awards
Utilities€503.9M · 16%13 awards · 1% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€431.4M · 14%228 awards · 26% of awards
Managed Services€216.8M · 7%34 awards · 4% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€210M · 7%46 awards · 5% of awards
Professional Services€123M · 4%63 awards · 7% of awards
ICT and office equipment€112.1M · 4%80 awards · 9% of awards
Travel and HR Services€15M · under 1%91 awards · 10% of awards
Also: Veterinary & Farming (€7.6M), Defence (€5.9M), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€3.5M), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€2.9M), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€2.7M), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (€623.5K), Medical Professional Services (€420K), Plant Hire (€30.4K)
Services 45%Supplies 37%Works 17%Work Related Services 1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 13 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 62%
Dynamic purchasing system 27%
Framework agreement 9%
Simplified procedure 1%
Dynamic purchasing system 1%
Call-off from a framework <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 567
4
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 567
20%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 567
73%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 597
74%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 641
272 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 612
33 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 2,361
4%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 362
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €3,474,555,822 in awarded value. 39 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
25 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
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