Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Offaly)
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Offaly) has published 148 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 117 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Ciaran Grogan Construction Limited, on 6 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 24 September 2026.
Name in source
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Offaly)
Distinct suppliers
117
148
Awards
127 awards with a single named supplier
€45,487,760
Sole-supplier value
€8,377,747 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
21
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Offaly) published 148 contract awards in these records between 2016 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (38% of awards), then professional services (16%).
By value, most goes on fleet and plant (72% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 94% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 97 days from notice to award.
10 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €21.5M in one-off contracts across 136 awards with a category recorded.
Fleet and plant€15.4M · 72%11 awards · 8% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€1.5M · 7%51 awards · 38% of awards
Professional Services€1.2M · 6%22 awards · 16% of awards
ICT and office equipment€1.1M · 5%11 awards · 8% of awards
Veterinary & Farming€692K · 3%4 awards · 3% of awards
Managed Services€672.3K · 3%3 awards · 2% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€481.9K · 2%18 awards · 13% of awards
Travel and HR Services€220K · 1%8 awards · 6% of awards
Also: Marketing, Print and Stationery (€214K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (2 awards), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (1 award), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (1 award)
Services 38%Works 32%Supplies 29%Work Related Services 2%
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 they buy
How each award was competed.
One-off tender 92%
Framework agreement 6%
Direct invitation 2%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 135
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 135
24%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 135
94%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 133
95%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 136
97 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 136
22 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 156
1%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 19
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €20,552,760 in awarded value; the largest single award is 70% of that. 15 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
10 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
Request for Supply and Delivery of Equipment Lot 1: PE Equipment Listing at Colaiste Naomh Cormac, Kilcormac, Co Offaly Roll Number 72520I:Podium 4 Sport
€50K
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board Request for Supply and Delivery of Equipment Lot 1 Engineering Listing Lot 2 Construction Studies Listing at CNC Kilcormac OffalyCENTRAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIES LIMITED
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
Value awarded by year
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out