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Kildare County Council

Kildare County Council has published 190 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 240 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Treeline Limited, on 5 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 2 October 2026.

Name in source
Kildare County Council
Distinct suppliers
240
190
Awards
165 awards with a single named supplier
€151,945,997
Sole-supplier value
€113,603,888 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
25
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Kildare County Council published 190 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (32% of awards), then professional services (21%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 88% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 203 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €112.4M in one-off contracts across 200 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€91M · 81%64 awards · 32% of awards
  2. Managed Services€7.7M · 7%9 awards · 5% of awards
  3. Professional Services€3.1M · 3%41 awards · 21% of awards
  4. Veterinary & Farming€2.8M · 2%10 awards · 5% of awards
  5. Facilities management and maintenance€2.4M · 2%21 awards · 11% of awards
  6. Fleet and plant€2.2M · 2%17 awards · 9% of awards
  7. ICT and office equipment€1.3M · 1%14 awards · 7% of awards
  8. Defence€825.5K · 1%10 awards · 5% of awards

Also: Travel and HR Services (€519.9K), Utilities (€394.8K), Medical Professional Services (€300K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (2 awards)

Services 44%Works 37%Supplies 13%Work Related Services 5%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 17 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 67%
  • Framework agreement 19%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6%
  • Direct invitation 5%
  • Call-off from a framework 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 · 16533
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 16525%28%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 16588%88%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 16684%88%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 183203 days166 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 17532 days29 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 4517%6%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 9318%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
240
Won by the top five
12%
of 165 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
50
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
23%
of one-off contract value: JOHN CRADOCK LIMITED (€26.7M)
Typical contract
€186.4K
median of 104 one-off awards with a value
All 240 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €118,473,519 in awarded value. 33 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

14 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.

All 14 ending in the next 12 months

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 190 contracts