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Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Laois) has published 22 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 14 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Eversheds Sutherland, on 6 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 8 June 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Laois) published 22 contract awards in these records between 2016 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (31% of awards), then facilities management and maintenance (15%).
By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (58% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 89% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 75 days from notice to award.
1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €1.2M in one-off contracts across 13 awards with a category recorded.
Services 62%Supplies 31%Works 8%
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 each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 13 | 3 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 13 | 8% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 13 | 89% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 30 | 80% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 13 | 75 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 13 | 28 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 45 | 11% |
| Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 12 | 8% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €763,821 in awarded value; the largest single award is 39% of that. 4 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