Air Corps Contracts Section Tenders & Contract Awards
What Air Corps Contracts Section buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
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Air Corps Contracts Section has awarded 63 contracts totalling €17.0M between 2014 and 2023. Top supplier by disclosed value is COURTHILL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD. (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 5% of the disclosed value. 1 company has won here in more than one year. 24 of the 53 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
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Tender notices tracked
63
Contract awards
€17.0M
Disclosed value
€773k
Average per award
29
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Air Corps Contracts Section
| Contracting Authority | Air Corps Contracts Section · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | COURTHILL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD. · Chafer Machinery Ltd |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | FlightSafety International · Image Supply Systems · Gate Aviation Training Spain |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Most recent awards: 2023
Air Corps Contracts Section has 3 published contract awards in 2023 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €390k across the 2 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2023
- KC Commercials Ltd1 award
- QinetiQ Sweden AB1 award
- Image Supply Systems1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.COURTHILL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD.1 · €500k
- 2.Chafer Machinery Ltd1 · €250k
- 3.FlightSafety International1 · €240k
- 4.Image Supply Systems1 · €230k
- 5.Gate Aviation Training Spain1 · €200k
- 6.AERO PRECISION1 · €180k
- 7.QinetiQ Sweden AB1 · €160k
- 8.KC Commercials Ltd2 · Not disclosed
- 9.Enva Ireland Limited1 · Not disclosed
- 10.RAUH Hydraulik GmbH1 · Not disclosed
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | €650k |
| 2015 | 5 | €1.3M |
| 2016 | 6 | €1.3M |
| 2017 | 8 | €955k |
| 2018 | 13 | €7.7M |
| 2019 | 5 | - |
| 2020 | 3 | €3.0M |
| 2021 | 10 | €1.1M |
| 2022 | 9 | €700k |
| 2023 | 3 | €390k |
By value band
- €50k-€144k1 · €135k
- €144k-€360k10 · €2.3M
- €360k-€1M8 · €5.0M
- €1M-€5M3 · €4.0M
- Over €5M1 · €5.5M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 53
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 24
- Most contested award
- Outdoor mounted digital screen and associated control device
- 10 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: ACC 20170175 Weather Station (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 62
- Restricted Procedure: 1
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 5.2% of €19.0M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURTHILL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD. | 2.6% | Normal | also won €100k across 1 other Irish body → |
| Chafer Machinery Ltd | 1.3% | - | - |
| FlightSafety International | 1.3% | - | also won €290k across 1 other Irish body → |
| Image Supply Systems | 1.2% | Dissolved | also won €16.9M across 20 other Irish bodies → |
| Gate Aviation Training Spain | 1.1% | - | also won €180k across 1 other Irish body → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Air Corps Contracts Section in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| KC Commercials Ltd | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
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TenderWatch ProAward history (63 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2023 | Upgrade of Fuel Pod | KC Commercials Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 March 2023 | Anti G Straining Manoeuver (AGSM) and Hypoxia Recognition Training | QinetiQ Sweden AB | 1 | Open Procedure | €160k |
| 28 January 2023 | Photographic Equipment for The Irish Air Corps | Image Supply Systems | 3 | Open Procedure | €230k |
| 9 November 2022 | ATC Courses | Gate Aviation Training Spain | 2 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 7 October 2022 | Hazardous Waste Removal | Enva Ireland Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 September 2022 | Supply of Environment Management and Bird Hazard Control Program | COURTHILL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD. | 3 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 16 May 2022 | A Cabin Pressure Test Unit | RAUH Hydraulik GmbH | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 March 2022 | Service to Fuel Pod | KC Commercials Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 8 March 2022 | Spare Airfield Lighting | PM WIRECOM LIMITED | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 March 2022 | Air Corps Pilot Cadet Assessment Services | Symbiotics Ltd. | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 January 2022 | Supply of Rescue Equipment to Number 5 Support Wing | Fireguard Fire and Rescue | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 January 2022 | Human Factors Course | Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 December 2021 | PC12NG Maintenance and Repaint | Oriens Maintenance Services | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 December 2021 | EC135 Maintenance | SAF INDUSTRIES | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 November 2021 | The Provision of a Runway De-Icing Sprayer with the Option to Purchase a Second | Chafer Machinery Ltd | 2 | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 8 July 2021 | Air Data Test Sets | WP Diagnostics | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 April 2021 | Aviation Fuels | Avfuel Ltimited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 March 2021 | Office Furniture | S and S Office Interiors Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 March 2021 | Outdoor mounted digital screen and associated control device | Alpha View ltd. | 10 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 February 2021 | For the Provision of Environmentally Friendly Firefighting Foam and to conduct the annual foam test on multiple fire tenders | Angloco ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 February 2021 | FUEL FARM MAINTENANCE | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €800k |
| 7 January 2021 | Air Crew Night Vision Equipment Training for the Irish Air Corps | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 November 2020 | Service of a Lear 45 (Maintenance) | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 October 2020 | Supply of Two (2) Ground Power Units (GPU) to a maximum of Four (4), | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 31 July 2020 | Supply and commissioning of two new Category 5 Aviation Foam Producing Fire Appliance's(The Crash Rescue) | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | €3.0M |
| 5 September 2019 | ATC Training ECCP Phase 1 | FLIGHT TRAINING EUROPE S.L. | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 August 2019 | EC 135 Heli Maintenance | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 14 June 2019 | Helicopter Simulator Training - Irish Air Corps | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 January 2019 | Supply of Hangar Bay Systems | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 24 January 2019 | Air Corps Pilot Cadet Assessment | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 December 2018 | Learjet 45 Maintenance - B Inspection | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 1 November 2018 | EASA 66 NOTES | Total Training Support Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 September 2018 | RFT to Supply, Install and Commission a helicopter winching and air delivery training gantry | Beaverfit Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 August 2018 | Airfield Direction Finding Navigation Aid and Facility Casement Aerodrome | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 May 2018 | Airside Grass Management at Irish Air Corps, Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | €800k |
| 17 April 2018 | Supply of Video Scope System including trend analysis software | Labquip (Ireland) Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 9 March 2018 | Fuel Facility Maintenance | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €900k |
| 23 February 2018 | ACC20170227 Supply of Aviation Fuel | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | €5.5M |
| 21 February 2018 | Irish Air Corps Pilot Cadet Assessment | Health Psychology Ireland Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 February 2018 | ACC20180226 AIrcraft Tow Tractor | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 31 January 2018 | Runway Deicing Fluid | OQEMA Ireland Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 31 January 2018 | ACC 20180088 Manual/CNC LATHE | Lister Machine Tools Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 January 2018 | Lear 45 Simulator Training | FlightSafety International | 2 | Open Procedure | €240k |
| 28 September 2017 | ACC 20171218 Propeller Blades for CASA CN235 | AERO PRECISION | 1 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 8 September 2017 | Supply and Upgrade to existing “CCTV System | undisclosed | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 10 April 2017 | Learjet 45 Maintenance | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 30 March 2017 | Aviations Oils, Sealants & Greases | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €240k |
| 17 February 2017 | Supply of Gases | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 February 2017 | ACC 20170175 Weather Station | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | €135k |
| 3 February 2017 | ACC20161386 Supply of Airfield Parts | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 January 2017 | Air Traffic Control Basic Course | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 11 October 2016 | ACC20161016 WILDLIFE BIRD CONTROL | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 12 September 2016 | ACC20161013 Air Data Test Set | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 September 2016 | EC135 & AW139 Heli Sim Trg | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €600k |
| 29 August 2016 | Aircraft Tool Kits | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 August 2016 | NVG Training | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €260k |
| 12 February 2016 | Ground Power Unit | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 October 2015 | Videoscope System | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 June 2015 | Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Overhaul of CT7-9C Engines | undisclosed | - | Restricted Procedure | €2.0M |
| 1 April 2015 | Aviation Fuel | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 February 2015 | Maintenance & Inspection of Fuel Farm and Equipment | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €1.0M |
| 11 February 2015 | Environmental Management & Bird Hazard Control Program | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €300k |
| 22 October 2014 | AW139 & EC135 Pilot Simulator Training services 2015-2016 | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €650k |
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Last updated 24 October 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-10-22. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.