Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384 has published 317 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 266 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Instaspace Limited, on 13 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 7 October 2026.
Name in source
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384
Distinct suppliers
266
317
Awards
255 awards with a single named supplier
€196,928,721
Sole-supplier value
€42,088,720 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
62
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384 published 317 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys facilities management and maintenance most often (27% of awards), then minor building works and civils (21%).
By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (59% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 92% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 104 days from notice to award.
7 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €72.9M in one-off contracts across 303 awards with a category recorded.
Minor Building Works and Civils€42.9M · 59%63 awards · 21% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€11.9M · 16%81 awards · 27% of awards
ICT and office equipment€5.2M · 7%51 awards · 17% of awards
Professional Services€4M · 6%22 awards · 7% of awards
Managed Services€3.8M · 5%13 awards · 4% of awards
Fleet and plant€1.9M · 3%28 awards · 9% of awards
Marketing, Print and Stationery€1.6M · 2%8 awards · 3% of awards
Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€1M · 1%8 awards · 3% of awards
Also: Veterinary & Farming (€500K), Travel and HR Services (12 awards), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (4 awards), Defence (2 awards), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (2 awards)
Supplies 44%Services 38%Works 17%Work Related Services <1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 4 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 76%
Framework agreement 23%
Call-off from a framework 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 299
2
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 299
36%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 299
92%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 292
92%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 304
104 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 304
24 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 433
3%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 57
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €98,465,221 in awarded value. 97 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
7 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.
2023/66 CFT to establish a multi party FWA for the supply of Plumbing, Pipefitting, and Steel Consumables in 3 Lots3 suppliersFramework
€0
2024/76 CFT Single Party Framework for Project Management ServicesREDDEN CONSULTING LIMITEDFramework
2024/72 Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the supply of Beauty Equipment2 suppliersFramework
€221K
2024 23 Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of School Journals to LMETB3 suppliersFramework
€700K
Call for Tender for a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Supply, Delivery, and Commissioning of Science Equipment in 6 Lots2 suppliersFramework
€550K
20.006 C0090 ITT Main Contractor - Construction of a 4-classroom SEN Base including central activities area, enclosed link into the existing school with external store and all associated worksC.J. CALLAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
€2.8M
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.
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
Value awarded by year
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out