Mary Immaculate College

What Mary Immaculate College buys, and how suppliers get seen

Mary Immaculate College has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 7 September 2026. 6 notices have come from this buyer in all.

It has awarded 1 contract so far in 2026. Martins Coaches won it.

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Awarded in 2026

Mary Immaculate College has 1 published contract award in 2026 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €800k across the 1 award with published values.

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Procurement Intelligence

Mary Immaculate College (MIC) is a university-level College of Education and the Liberal Arts, linked academically with the University of Limerick and based primarily in Limerick with a campus in Thurles.[8] It employs several hundred staff and serves a student population in the low thousands across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education programmes.[8] As a higher education institution, its procurement spans **construction and campus development**, **facilities management and maintenance**, **professional and technical services**, and a wide range of **education, ICT, and student support services**.[6][7] It also manages targeted spending on research supports, scholarships and internationalisation activities, driving demand for academic, training and consultancy services.[4][5]

Strategic Context

MIC has been expanding its academic and research profile, including leading a consortium funded by the Higher Education Authority to deliver the National Higher Education Programme for Inclusion Coordinators, signalling continued investment in specialist teaching and support infrastructure.[8] The College actively promotes scholarships and bursaries (over €320,000 awarded in one recent cycle) and structured doctoral funding, which indicates sustained budget allocation towards talent attraction, postgraduate growth and research capacity.[3][4] Recent recognition of its International Office through the TrustEd Ireland quality mark underlines an institutional focus on international student recruitment and safeguarding standards, which typically entails ongoing investment in internationalisation supports, student services and related digital platforms.[5]

Typical Suppliers

Architect-led multi-disciplinary design teams and engineering consultancies for capital and refurbishment projects (e.g. MIC Library Project Team framework with separate architect-led lot).[2]
Building contractors and specialist trades for campus construction, fit-out, refurbishment and compliance upgrades, aligned to education and library/learning space standards.[2][7]
Passenger transport providers such as regional coach operators (for example, Martins Coaches on a buses and coaches contract) for student and staff transport.[1]
Healthcare, wellbeing and chaplaincy service providers, evidenced by separate tenders for student health services and Catholic chaplaincy services.[7]
Professional and academic services suppliers including training, research, consultancy and student support service providers, tied to MIC’s inclusion, internationalisation and scholarship programmes.[4][5][8]

Supplier Tips

Monitor eTenders closely for MIC opportunities, noting that larger projects (such as the MIC Library Project Team) are often structured in multiple lots (e.g. architect-led and engineering lots) – suppliers should target the specific lot that best matches their technical capacity and provide strong evidence of higher-education or campus-based experience.[2]
For service contracts (student health, chaplaincy, support services), emphasise continuity of on-campus delivery, safeguarding, and alignment with MIC’s student-centred and inclusive ethos, referencing relevant Irish higher education or youth-sector experience and applicable professional registrations.[7][8]
Construction and consultancy suppliers should prepare for quality-focused award criteria: invest in robust methodologies for working in live campus environments, stakeholder engagement (academic, student and estates teams), and compliance with public works and HEA/Department of Education standards, and be ready to demonstrate successful delivery on similar university or institute of technology projects in Ireland.[2][7]

Updated 14 June 2026

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