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Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny County Council has published 191 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 144 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Surehaul (IRL) Limited, on 6 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 22 June 2026.

Name in source
Kilkenny County Council
Distinct suppliers
144
191
Awards
188 awards with a single named supplier
€378,080,816
Sole-supplier value
€100,000,001 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
3
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Kilkenny County Council published 191 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (38% of awards), then professional services (19%).

Its tenders drew a median of 1 bid, and 87% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 158 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €102.6M in one-off contracts across 170 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€59.8M · 58%65 awards · 38% of awards
  2. Fleet and plant€29.3M · 29%27 awards · 16% of awards
  3. Professional Services€8.1M · 8%33 awards · 19% of awards
  4. Managed Services€3.8M · 4%11 awards · 6% of awards
  5. Veterinary & Farming€1.3M · 1%10 awards · 6% of awards
  6. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€325K · under 1%1 award · 1% of awards
  7. Facilities management and maintenance€0 · 0%9 awards · 5% of awards · all through frameworks
  8. ICT and office equipment€0 · 0%6 awards · 4% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Travel and HR Services (4 awards), Defence (4 awards)

Services 40%Works 35%Supplies 25%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 12 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 94%
  • Call-off from a framework 3%
  • Direct invitation 3%
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 · 16913
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 16954%28%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 16987%88%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 17887%88%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 171158 days170 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 17128 days29 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 3426%6%

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
144
Won by the top five
11%
of 188 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
3
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
23%
of one-off contract value: KILLAREE LIGHTING SERVICES LIMITED (€27.7M)
Typical contract
€400K
median of 37 one-off awards with a value
All 144 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €119,988,627 in awarded value. 7 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • Provision of Services for Curator /Project manager - Public Art Programme 2023 - 2025Vincent O'Shea
    No value
  • Provision of the Supply, Installation, Maintenance of Solar Powered Pay and Display Parking MachinesMF Services
    €325K
  • PCE111F-R5SL1-08; PROJ000008906; ITT for the Provision of Architect Lead Design Team Services for the Delivery of Social Housing at 6-9 St. Patrick Street, KilkennyBRIAN DUNLOP ARCHITECTS LIMITED
    €154.9K
  • PROJ000010346 - Lot 12 - Multi-Disciplinary Legal Services - Kilkenny CountyJames Harte and Son (Harte Solicitors)
    €800K
  • Multi-disciplinary Consulting Engineering Services to deliver stage (iv) to(v) inclusive of Public Lighting Energy Efficiency Project - Eastern Region.Arup
    €6M

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 191 contracts