Ability West - contract awards
Ability West has awarded 3 contracts totalling €5.9M between 2017 and 2025. Top supplier by disclosed value is Costello Bus Hire Limited (2 awards).
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3
Awards
€5.9M
Disclosed value
€3.0M
Average per award
2
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Costello Bus Hire Limited2 · €5.0M
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | €900k |
| 2021 | 1 | €5.0M |
| 2025 | 1 | - |
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Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 2
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 0
- Most contested award
- Provision of Transport Service to Ability West
- 10 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Single Party Framework Agreements for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services across various routes in 19 Lots for Ability West (new competition of 22 July 2025) (7 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 3
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 94% of €15.0M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costello Bus Hire Limited | 94% | Normal | — |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Ability West in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Costello Bus Hire Limited | 2 | 2021, 2025 |
Award history (3 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2025 | Single Party Framework Agreements for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services across various routes in 19 Lots for Ability West (new competition of 22 July 2025) | Costello Bus Hire Limited | 7 | Open Procedure | €9.1M |
| 2 July 2021 | Provision of Transport Service to Ability West | Costello Bus Hire Limited | 10 | Open Procedure | €5.0M |
| 9 June 2017 | Passenger Transport Services | undisclosed | — | Open Procedure | €900k |
Last updated 3 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2017-06-09. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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