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University of Galway (ID 1400)

University of Galway (ID 1400) has published 389 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 494 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 31 August 2026.

Name in source
University of Galway (ID 1400)
Distinct suppliers
494
389
Awards
312 awards with a single named supplier
€205,145,467
Sole-supplier value
€129,643,689 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
77
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

University of Galway (ID 1400) published 389 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (17% of awards), then professional services (17%).

By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (59% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 81% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 162 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €251.4M in one-off contracts across 350 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€149.2M · 59%45 awards · 13% of awards
  2. Facilities management and maintenance€33.2M · 13%47 awards · 13% of awards
  3. Travel and HR Services€26.7M · 11%18 awards · 5% of awards
  4. Managed Services€20.2M · 8%29 awards · 8% of awards
  5. ICT and office equipment€9.8M · 4%60 awards · 17% of awards
  6. Professional Services€6.4M · 3%59 awards · 17% of awards
  7. Medical Professional Services€2.8M · 1%6 awards · 2% of awards
  8. Marketing, Print and Stationery€1.4M · 1%5 awards · 1% of awards

Also: Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€950K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€438.3K), Fleet and plant (€290.3K), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (2 awards), Defence (1 award), Veterinary & Farming (1 award), Utilities (1 award)

Services 55%Supplies 32%Works 11%Work Related Services 1%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 14 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 61%
  • Framework agreement 36%
  • Call-off from a framework 3%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 3403
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 34025%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 34081%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 28284%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 354162 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 35230 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 4775%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 791%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
494
Won by the top five
4%
of 312 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
17
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
33%
of one-off contract value: J.J. RHATIGAN & COMPANY UNLIMITED COMPANY (€49.7M)
Typical contract
€85.9K
median of 140 one-off awards with a value

Newest suppliers

All 494 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €151,309,887 in awarded value; the largest single award is 33% of that. 146 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

3 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.

  • Works Contractor and PSCS for University of Galway Learning CommonsJ.J. RHATIGAN & COMPANY UNLIMITED COMPANY
    €49.7M
  • Specialist Audio-Visual Consultancy Services for University of Galway - Multi Operator Framework Agreement2 suppliersFramework
    €500K
  • Provision of Project Management and Co-Ordination Services by Green Hydrogen Specialists to the Galway Hydrogen HubHyenergyFramework
    €200K

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.

Suppliers that appear in other public records

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

Latest awards

All 389 contracts

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