Clare County Council Tenders & Contract Awards

Procurement Intelligence

Clare County Council is the local authority for County Clare, responsible for services including housing, roads and transportation, planning, environmental services, recreation and amenity, and economic/community development. It procures extensively in **construction and civil engineering** (roads, active travel, housing, public realm, tourism infrastructure), as well as professional services, ICT, plant and fleet, and facility management. Recent awards include national and regional road works contracts and significant tourism‑related capital works such as the Cliffs of Moher visitor facilities. The council uses the national eTenders platform and EU Supply for most above‑threshold competitions, supplemented by framework call‑offs and lower‑value request‑for‑quotation processes.

Strategic Context

The council is in a capital‑intensive phase, with major programmes around tourism infrastructure (including a €22m Cliffs of Moher visitor centre project), town and village renewal, active travel and rural regeneration, which drives steady pipelines of construction, engineering and consultancy work.[2] It is also delivering ongoing national and regional road improvement contracts, as evidenced by its National Road Contract 2023 award, indicating recurring multi‑annual spend on highways and transport infrastructure.[3] Like other Irish local authorities, its revenue and capital budgets are framed within national funding streams (e.g. Departmental grants, URDF/RRF, transport and housing allocations), which can lead to phased procurement aligned with annual and multi‑year funding approvals.

Updated 14 June 2026