Mary Immaculate College Tenders & Contract Awards
What Mary Immaculate College buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
Mary Immaculate College has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 12 October 2026. 7 tender notices have come from this buyer since monitoring began.
Mary Immaculate College has awarded 10 contracts totalling €2.9M between 2014 and 2025. Top supplier by disclosed value is Martins Coaches (2 awards).
Its three largest suppliers hold 41% of the disclosed value. 1 company has won here in more than one year. 5 of the 7 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
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Tender notices tracked
10
Contract awards
€2.9M
Disclosed value
€485k
Average per award
5
With named winner
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Last tender closed on 12 October 2026. New notices publish daily. Set up an alert below or check back tomorrow.
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Mary Immaculate College
| Contracting Authority | Mary Immaculate College · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Martins Coaches · Dr Patrick J Fehily |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Diocese of Limerick · Bestsoft Consulting Ltd |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Most recent awards: 2025
Mary Immaculate College has 1 published contract award in 2025 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €800k across the 1 award with published values.
Top winners in 2025
- Martins Coaches1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Martins Coaches2 · €1.2M
- 2.Dr Patrick J Fehily1 · Not disclosed
- 3.Diocese of Limerick1 · Not disclosed
- 4.Bestsoft Consulting Ltd1 · Not disclosed
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | €400k |
| 2015 | 1 | €250k |
| 2016 | 2 | €310k |
| 2018 | 3 | €750k |
| 2019 | 1 | €400k |
| 2021 | 1 | - |
| 2025 | 1 | €800k |
By value band
- €144k-€360k2 · €560k
- €360k-€1M4 · €2.4M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 7
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 5
- Most contested award
- Office 365 SaaS Data Backup, Data Recovery and Data Protection Solution
- 8 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: The Supply of Sports Apparel to Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. (6 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 9
- Competitive Procedure With Negotiation: 1
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 41.2% of €2.9M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martins Coaches | 41.2% | - | - |
| Dr Patrick J Fehily | 0% | - | - |
| Diocese of Limerick | 0% | - | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
| Bestsoft Consulting Ltd | 0% | Normal | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Mary Immaculate College in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Martins Coaches | 2 | 2019, 2025 |
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TenderWatch ProAward history (10 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2025 | Mary Immaculate College - Bus and Coach Transport Services | Martins Coaches | 1 | Open Procedure | €800k |
| 20 December 2021 | Office 365 SaaS Data Backup, Data Recovery and Data Protection Solution | undisclosed | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 July 2019 | Transport Services for Mary Immaculate College Limerick and Thurles | Martins Coaches | 1 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 19 August 2018 | Banking Services Concession | undisclosed | - | Competitive Procedure With Negotiation | €750k |
| 24 July 2018 | Tender for the provision of Student Health Services | Dr Patrick J Fehily | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 June 2018 | Tender for Catholic Chaplaincy Services | Diocese of Limerick | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 August 2016 | Request for Tender for Services to conduct European Social Survey | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €310k |
| 24 March 2016 | SINGLE SUPPLIER FRAMEWORK CONTRACT for the Supply of and maintenance of an online social network, collaboration and education resources hub for educational researchers | Bestsoft Consulting Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 January 2015 | The Supply of Sports Apparel to Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. | undisclosed | 6 | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 14 August 2014 | Bus Transportation Services | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €400k |
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Procurement Intelligence
Mary Immaculate College (MIC) is a university-level College of Education and the Liberal Arts, linked academically with the University of Limerick and based primarily in Limerick with a campus in Thurles.[8] It employs several hundred staff and serves a student population in the low thousands across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education programmes.[8] As a higher education institution, its procurement spans **construction and campus development**, **facilities management and maintenance**, **professional and technical services**, and a wide range of **education, ICT, and student support services**.[6][7] It also manages targeted spending on research supports, scholarships and internationalisation activities, driving demand for academic, training and consultancy services.[4][5]
Strategic Context
MIC has been expanding its academic and research profile, including leading a consortium funded by the Higher Education Authority to deliver the National Higher Education Programme for Inclusion Coordinators, signalling continued investment in specialist teaching and support infrastructure.[8] The College actively promotes scholarships and bursaries (over €320,000 awarded in one recent cycle) and structured doctoral funding, which indicates sustained budget allocation towards talent attraction, postgraduate growth and research capacity.[3][4] Recent recognition of its International Office through the TrustEd Ireland quality mark underlines an institutional focus on international student recruitment and safeguarding standards, which typically entails ongoing investment in internationalisation supports, student services and related digital platforms.[5]
Typical Suppliers
- Architect-led multi-disciplinary design teams and engineering consultancies for capital and refurbishment projects (e.g. MIC Library Project Team framework with separate architect-led lot).[2]
- Building contractors and specialist trades for campus construction, fit-out, refurbishment and compliance upgrades, aligned to education and library/learning space standards.[2][7]
- Passenger transport providers such as regional coach operators (for example, Martins Coaches on a buses and coaches contract) for student and staff transport.[1]
- Healthcare, wellbeing and chaplaincy service providers, evidenced by separate tenders for student health services and Catholic chaplaincy services.[7]
- Professional and academic services suppliers including training, research, consultancy and student support service providers, tied to MIC’s inclusion, internationalisation and scholarship programmes.[4][5][8]
Supplier Tips
- Monitor eTenders closely for MIC opportunities, noting that larger projects (such as the MIC Library Project Team) are often structured in multiple lots (e.g. architect-led and engineering lots) – suppliers should target the specific lot that best matches their technical capacity and provide strong evidence of higher-education or campus-based experience.[2]
- For service contracts (student health, chaplaincy, support services), emphasise continuity of on-campus delivery, safeguarding, and alignment with MIC’s student-centred and inclusive ethos, referencing relevant Irish higher education or youth-sector experience and applicable professional registrations.[7][8]
- Construction and consultancy suppliers should prepare for quality-focused award criteria: invest in robust methodologies for working in live campus environments, stakeholder engagement (academic, student and estates teams), and compliance with public works and HEA/Department of Education standards, and be ready to demonstrate successful delivery on similar university or institute of technology projects in Ireland.[2][7]
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Updated 14 June 2026
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Last updated 24 October 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-08-14. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.