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Macra Agricultural Skillnet

Macra Agricultural Skillnet has published 12 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 8 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 21 July 2026.

Name in source
Macra Agricultural Skillnet
Distinct suppliers
8
12
Awards
12 awards with a single named supplier
€1,136,000
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Macra Agricultural Skillnet published 12 contract awards in these records between 2016 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys veterinary & farming most often (83% of awards), then travel and HR services (17%).

By value, most goes on travel and HR services (52% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 64% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €956K in one-off contracts across 12 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Travel and HR Services€500K · 52%2 awards · 17% of awards
  2. Veterinary & Farming€456K · 48%10 awards · 83% of awards

Services 100%

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 they buy

How each award was competed.

  • One-off tender 100%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 122
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 1242%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 1264%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 1250%
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 1219 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 310%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
8
Won by the top five
75%
of 12 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
0
suppliers with their first award here
Typical contract
€456K
median of 3 one-off awards with a value

Largest suppliers

  1. University College Dublin€636K · 3 awards
  2. the Food Industry Training Unit€500K · 1 award

Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards

All 8 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €1,136,000 in awarded value; the largest single award is 44% of that. 1 framework agreement is not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

Value awarded by year

One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out

  1. –2016
  2. –2022
  3. €956K2023
  4. –2024
  5. €180K2026

Awards by year

sole supplier shared

  1. 12016
  2. 22022
  3. 72023
  4. 12024
  5. 12026

Latest awards

All 12 contracts