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Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) has published 68 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 71 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 8 October 2026.

Name in source
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)
Distinct suppliers
71
68
Awards
59 awards with a single named supplier
€8,146,253
Sole-supplier value
€344,859 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
9
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) published 68 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (24% of awards), then fleet and plant (15%).

By value, most goes on marketing, print and stationery (39% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 5 bids, and 85% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 130 days from notice to award.

1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €5.2M in one-off contracts across 67 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Marketing, Print and Stationery€2M · 39%5 awards · 7% of awards
  2. Utilities€922.4K · 18%4 awards · 6% of awards
  3. ICT and office equipment€903.4K · 18%16 awards · 24% of awards
  4. Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€555K · 11%1 award · 1% of awards
  5. Managed Services€352.4K · 7%9 awards · 13% of awards
  6. Fleet and plant€198.9K · 4%10 awards · 15% of awards
  7. Facilities management and maintenance€139K · 3%4 awards · 6% of awards
  8. Professional Services€54.9K · 1%4 awards · 6% of awards

Also: Travel and HR Services (€37.1K), Minor Building Works and Civils (5 awards), Veterinary & Farming (2 awards), Defence (2 awards), Medical Professional Services (1 award)

Services 81%Supplies 10%Works 7%Work Related Services 1%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 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 99%
  • Framework agreement 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 675
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 6712%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 6785%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 6575%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 65130 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 6730 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 852%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 130%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
71
Won by the top five
20%
of 59 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
10
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
31%
of one-off contract value: CIRCLE K IRELAND ENERGY GROUP LIMITED (€2.5M)
Typical contract
€331.2K
median of 14 one-off awards with a value
All 71 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €8,146,253 in awarded value; the largest single award is 31% of that. 2 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

1 award whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.

  • IWA Passenger Cars 20252 suppliers
    €198.9K

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

File lobbying returns 2

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

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