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Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board has published 7 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 7 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 10 July 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board published 7 contract awards in these records between 2023 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys facilities management and maintenance most often (42% of awards), then minor building works and civils (16%).
Its tenders drew a median of 3.5 bids, and 93% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 115 days from notice to award.
1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €21.1M in one-off contracts across 19 awards with a category recorded.
Supplies 47%Services 37%Works 11%Work Related Services 5%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 3 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 each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 18 | 3.5 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 18 | 22% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 18 | 93% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 22 | 91% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 18 | 115 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 18 | 32 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 35 | 9% |
| Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 19 | 11% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €2,262,393 in awarded value; the largest single award is 44% of that. 2 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
1 award whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.
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.
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
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out
sole supplier shared