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Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUSMM) has published 123 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 146 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is GPS Colour Graphics, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 21 September 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUSMM) published 123 contract awards in these records between 2021 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (21% of awards), then facilities management and maintenance (21%).
By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (66% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 87% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 134 days from notice to award.
22 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €23M in one-off contracts across 81 awards with a category recorded.
Also: Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€459.7K), Professional Services (€303.9K)
Supplies 52%Services 33%Works 14%Work Related Services 1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 23 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 each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 74 | 3 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 74 | 14% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 74 | 87% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 96 | 85% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 80 | 134 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 74 | 28 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 136 | 7% |
| Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 53 | 8% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €40,023,609 in awarded value; the largest single award is 35% of that. 21 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
22 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
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