Irish Cattle Breeding Federation - contract awards
Who wins Irish Cattle Breeding Federation contracts, and how hard it is to break in
Irish Cattle Breeding Federation has awarded 2 contracts totalling €25.3M between 2016 and 2023. Top supplier by disclosed value is Weatherbys Ireland Ltd (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 100% of the disclosed value. No company has yet won here in more than one year, so the field is more open than most.
Concentration like this is where a newcomer reads its odds. Thin fields and single-bidder contracts are the openings.
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2
Awards
€25.3M
Disclosed value
€12.7M
Average per award
2
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Weatherbys Ireland Ltd1 · €25.0M
- 2.Capita Customer Solutions Limited1 · €300k
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | €300k |
| 2023 | 1 | €25.0M |
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By value band
- €144k-€360k1 · €300k
- Over €5M1 · €25.0M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 2
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 0
- Most contested award
- The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) invites tenders for the provision of the service of printing, packing and posting of agricultural correspondence
- 8 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: DNA Extraction and Genotyping Services to Support the ICBF’s Requirements for Both Dairy and Beef Cattle (3 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 2
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 100% of €25.3M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherbys Ireland Ltd | 98.8% | Normal | also won Not disclosed across 2 other Irish bodies → |
| Capita Customer Solutions Limited | 1.2% | Normal | also won €56.2M across 6 other Irish bodies → |
Award history (2 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2023 | DNA Extraction and Genotyping Services to Support the ICBF’s Requirements for Both Dairy and Beef Cattle | Weatherbys Ireland Ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | €25.0M |
| 5 December 2016 | The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) invites tenders for the provision of the service of printing, packing and posting of agricultural correspondence | Capita Customer Solutions Limited | 8 | Open Procedure | €300k |
Last updated 9 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2016-12-05. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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