COPE Foundation - contract awards
Who wins COPE Foundation contracts, and how hard it is to break in
COPE Foundation has awarded 34 contracts totalling €8.4M between 2013 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is ETS (Electro Technical Services ) Ltd (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 51% of the disclosed value. 2 companies have won here in more than one year. 4 of the 29 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
Concentration like this is where a newcomer reads its odds. Thin fields and single-bidder contracts are the openings.
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34
Awards
€8.4M
Disclosed value
€698k
Average per award
34
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.ETS (Electro Technical Services ) Ltd1 · €1.6M
- 2.OCS One Complete Solution Limited1 · €1.5M
- 3.SouthCoast Homes and Construction1 · €1.2M
- 4.michael barry and Sons heating and plumbing Limited2 · €1.0M
- 5.D. Dennehy Ltd.1 · €600k
- 6.CL Meats Ltd1 · €600k
- 7.Sysco Ireland1 · €500k
- 8.PRIMO Coachworks Ltd1 · €480k
- 9.Martin Bracken Decorators Ltd.1 · €400k
- 10.Optima Health (trading name of Cognate Health Limited)1 · €280k
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | - |
| 2014 | 2 | - |
| 2018 | 4 | €1.5M |
| 2019 | 5 | €1.8M |
| 2020 | 3 | €1.7M |
| 2021 | 6 | €2.0M |
| 2022 | 5 | €1.2M |
| 2025 | 3 | - |
| 2026 | 3 | €214k |
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By value band
- €50k-€144k2 · €214k
- €144k-€360k1 · €280k
- €360k-€1M5 · €2.6M
- €1M-€5M4 · €5.3M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 29
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 4
- Most contested award
- Minor Capital Works Framework
- 9 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Multi supplier framework for the provision of heating and plumbing maintenance services. (2 bids)
By procedure
- Direct Invite – Mini-Competition: 2
- Simplified: 1
- Open Procedure: 27
- Restricted Procedure: 2
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 51.3% of €8.4M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETS (Electro Technical Services ) Ltd | 19.1% | — | — |
| OCS One Complete Solution Limited | 17.9% | Normal | also won €154.5M across 24 other Irish bodies → |
| SouthCoast Homes and Construction | 14.3% | — | also won €150k across 2 other Irish bodies → |
| michael barry and Sons heating and plumbing Limited | 11.9% | — | — |
| D. Dennehy Ltd. | 7.2% | Normal | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by COPE Foundation in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| michael barry and Sons heating and plumbing Limited | 2 | 2014, 2019 |
| O'FLYNN EXHAMS LLP | 2 | 2020, 2025 |
Award history (34 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | DPS for the provision of vehicles and vehicle adaptation services for Cope Foundation (Horizons) | FREEDOM MOBILITY | — | €102k | |
| 20 May 2026 | Request for Tenders for the Supply of Two x Seven-Seater Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle To Cope Foundation (Horizons). | FREEDOM MOBILITY | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 30 March 2026 | Request for Tenders for the Supply of Two x Seven-Seater Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles To Cope Foundation (Horizons) | FREEDOM MOBILITY | — | €112k | |
| 5 August 2025 | SRFT for Commercial Cleaning Services for Horizons (Cope Foundation T/a Horizons) | Ailesbury Services | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 31 July 2025 | Stock Condition Survey | Impart links | — | Simplified | - |
| 1 April 2025 | Legal Services to Horizons (Cope Foundation) | O'FLYNN EXHAMS LLP | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 November 2022 | IT Support Services | Datapac | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 November 2022 | Vehicle Maintenance and Minor Repairs | D. Dennehy Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | €600k |
| 15 September 2022 | Security Services | G4S Secure Solutions (Ire) Ltd. | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 April 2022 | Provision of Fresh Meat Products | CL Meats Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | €600k |
| 23 March 2022 | Provision of Architectural Services | David Falconer Architects Ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 November 2021 | Flooring Services | EXPERTO Flooring Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 September 2021 | Electrical Maintenance Services for Cope Foundation | ETS (Electro Technical Services ) Ltd | 2 | Open Procedure | €1.6M |
| 8 February 2021 | Minor Capital Works Framework | Cahalane Bros Ltd | 9 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 February 2021 | Hosted Client Information System | Aspirico | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 17 January 2021 | Painting and Decorating | Martin Bracken Decorators Ltd. | 3 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 14 January 2021 | Pharmacy Services | Dillons Cross Pharmacy | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 October 2020 | Supply of Bespoke Minibuses M2 Class | PRIMO Coachworks Ltd | 5 | Open Procedure | €480k |
| 18 June 2020 | Building and Carpentry Services | SouthCoast Homes and Construction | 7 | Open Procedure | €1.2M |
| 16 June 2020 | Legal Services | O'FLYNN EXHAMS LLP | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 November 2019 | Occupational Health Services | Optima Health (trading name of Cognate Health Limited) | 2 | Open Procedure | €280k |
| 18 October 2019 | Plumbing and Heating Maintenance | michael barry and Sons heating and plumbing Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | €1.0M |
| 30 March 2019 | Supply of Fruit & Vegetables | Sysco Ireland | 3 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 12 March 2019 | Internal Audit Services | Crowleys DFK | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 February 2019 | Time and Attendance and E-Rostering System | Softworks Limited | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 September 2018 | External Audit Services | Grant Thornton | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 September 2018 | Insurance Brokerage Services | Willis Towers Watson | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 August 2018 | Cleaning Services | OCS One Complete Solution Limited | 5 | Open Procedure | €1.5M |
| 1 August 2018 | Supply of Fresh Bread | Irish Pride Fine Foods | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 August 2014 | Provision of Insurance Services (non Broker) | Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurances Ltd | 2 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 10 April 2014 | Multi supplier framework for the provision of heating and plumbing maintenance services. | michael barry and Sons heating and plumbing Limited | 2 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 17 October 2013 | Provision of dairy products | Clona Dairy Products Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 July 2013 | Framework Agreement for provision of transport in Cork County | Clona Maybury Coach Hire | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 March 2013 | A MULT-SUPPLIER FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT SERVICES WITHIN CORK CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS | Cork Taxi Coop | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 8 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2013-03-27. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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