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Waterways Ireland

Waterways Ireland has published 108 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 91 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Inland and Coastal Marina Systems Limited, on 8 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 30 September 2026.

Name in source
Waterways Ireland
Distinct suppliers
91
108
Awards
102 awards with a single named supplier
€13,626,391
Sole-supplier value
€4,059,898 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
6
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Waterways Ireland published 108 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (35% of awards), then minor building works and civils (29%).

By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (36% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 80% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 80 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €5.8M in one-off contracts across 107 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€2.1M · 36%31 awards · 29% of awards
  2. Professional Services€1.4M · 25%37 awards · 35% of awards
  3. ICT and office equipment€1.3M · 22%8 awards · 7% of awards
  4. Facilities management and maintenance€482.4K · 8%10 awards · 9% of awards
  5. Managed Services€225.9K · 4%7 awards · 7% of awards
  6. Marketing, Print and Stationery€218.3K · 4%1 award · 1% of awards
  7. Veterinary & Farming€76.5K · 1%7 awards · 7% of awards
  8. Fleet and plant€0 · 0%2 awards · 2% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Utilities (2 awards), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (2 awards)

Services 58%Supplies 24%Works 18%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 10 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 82%
  • Framework agreement 9%
  • Direct invitation 6%
  • Simplified procedure 3%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 1003
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 10022%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 10080%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 9982%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 10680 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 10328 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 3163%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 2811%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
91
Won by the top five
17%
of 102 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
21
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
59%
of one-off contract value: PAT LOFTUS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED (€6.4M)
Typical contract
€82.2K
median of 37 one-off awards with a value
All 91 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €10,769,120 in awarded value; the largest single award is 59% of that. 14 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • Operational and Emergency MonitoringGary Millar
    €17.9K
  • Manufacture and Installation of Signature Points on the Royal Canal Greenway for Waterways IrelandAscot Sign Systems_12283
    €218.3K
  • Provision of WFD related services 2024-2026invasive and aquatic weed control ltd
    €276.9K
  • Waterways Ireland - Tender for Provision, Delivery and Commissioning of Fuel Storage Tanks for HVO fuels to include the provision of integrated pump houses with fuel dispensing unitsRAPTOR ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    €127.4K
  • Framework for the Provision of Asset Inspection Related Services for Waterways Ireland10 suppliersFramework
    No value

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

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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

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