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Kerry Education and Training Board

Kerry Education and Training Board has published 36 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 56 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 18 September 2026.

Name in source
Kerry Education and Training Board
Distinct suppliers
56
36
Awards
26 awards with a single named supplier
€7,300,336
Sole-supplier value
€5,996,880 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
10
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Kerry Education and Training Board published 36 contract awards in these records between 2017 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (36% of awards), then travel and HR services (20%).

Its tenders drew a median of 4 bids, and 94% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 146 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €1.8M in one-off contracts across 25 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€1.5M · 87%9 awards · 36% of awards
  2. Fleet and plant€99.9K · 6%3 awards · 12% of awards
  3. Minor Building Works and Civils€90K · 5%1 award · 4% of awards
  4. Facilities management and maintenance€37K · 2%2 awards · 8% of awards
  5. Travel and HR Services€0 · 0%5 awards · 20% of awards · all through frameworks
  6. Managed Services€0 · 0%2 awards · 8% of awards · all through frameworks
  7. Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies€0 · 0%1 award · 4% of awards · all through frameworks
  8. Medical Professional Services€0 · 0%1 award · 4% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (1 award)

Services 56%Supplies 44%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 9 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 38%
  • Framework agreement 35%
  • Direct invitation 24%
  • Call-off from a framework 3%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 254
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 2512%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 2594%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 3187%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 25146 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 2532 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 2336%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 1540%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
56
Won by the top five
31%
of 26 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
29
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
41%
of one-off contract value: FORMULA NETWORKS LIMITED (€1.5M)
Typical contract
€70K
median of 15 one-off awards with a value
All 56 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €3,624,494 in awarded value; the largest single award is 41% of that. 16 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • The Supply and installation of equipment for use in Metal Fabrication Workshop for Kerry ETB Training Board3 suppliers
    €99.9K
  • Establishment of a provider for provision of Global Wind Organisation GWO Training Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician ApprenticeshipAccess Rescue Consulting At Height LtdFramework
    €185.8K

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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