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Louth County Council (Utilities) has published 7 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 7 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 30 April 2025.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Louth County Council (Utilities) published 7 contract awards in these records between 2024 and 2025.
Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (43% of awards), then fleet and plant (21%).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 90% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 190 days from notice to award.
1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €8.7M in one-off contracts across 14 awards with a category recorded.
Works 43%Supplies 29%Services 14%Work Related Services 14%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 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 | 23% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 13 | 90% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 12 | 100% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 14 | 190 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 13 | 31 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 23 | 4% |
| Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 14 | 21% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €3,018,956 in awarded value; the largest single award is 48% of that. 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