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Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board

Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board has published 44 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 98 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 4 June 2026.

Name in source
Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board
Distinct suppliers
98
44
Awards
36 awards with a single named supplier
€15,540,514
Sole-supplier value
€10,350,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
8
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board published 44 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (27% of awards), then ICT and office equipment (18%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 93% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 471 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €31.3M in one-off contracts across 101 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Professional Services€22.7M · 73%27 awards · 27% of awards
  2. Facilities management and maintenance€6.4M · 20%14 awards · 14% of awards
  3. Travel and HR Services€1.2M · 4%12 awards · 12% of awards
  4. Minor Building Works and Civils€500K · 2%13 awards · 13% of awards
  5. ICT and office equipment€486.4K · 2%18 awards · 18% of awards
  6. Fleet and plant€0 · 0%6 awards · 6% of awards · all through frameworks
  7. Managed Services€0 · 0%4 awards · 4% of awards · all through frameworks
  8. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€0 · 0%3 awards · 3% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Veterinary & Farming (2 awards), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (1 award), Marketing, Print and Stationery (1 award)

Services 66%Supplies 27%Works 7%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 11 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 77%
  • Framework agreement 15%
  • Direct invitation 8%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 993
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 9917%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 9993%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 4386%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 103471 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 10327 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1836%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 138%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
98
Won by the top five
28%
of 36 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
57
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
89%
of one-off contract value: Kenny Lyons and Associates (€8.5M)
Typical contract
€40K
median of 13 one-off awards with a value
All 98 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €9,640,514 in awarded value; the largest single award is 89% 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

2 awards 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

Latest awards

All 44 contracts