Irish Rail plant and labour awards: S. Duffy Plant Hire and CWS Communications among winners
By William O'Meara · 28 Sep 2026
Irish Rail's recent plant and labour awards name S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd, CWS Communications LTD and Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) among the successful suppliers. TenderMatch's latest extract contains 12 awards for Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail, dated 21 to 25 September 2026.
Nine records carry disclosed framework ceilings totalling €1,793,104. These are estimated ceilings, not recorded expenditure or guaranteed orders. The remaining three awards have value not disclosed and are excluded from that total.
S. Duffy Plant Hire wins the largest disclosed award in the extract
S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd is the named winner of “9596-27 Div. 1 Plant Hire Contract 2026/27”, awarded on 21 September 2026. Its €1,051,024 estimated value (framework ceiling) is the largest disclosed figure among these Irish Rail records.
The retrieved award detail requires the contractor to appoint a designated chargehand and provide contact details. It does not supply a bid count or award criteria, so the record does not establish how many bidders competed or how the award was scored.
CWS Communications LTD is named on the southern TDU labour hire award, with €355,868 estimated value (framework ceiling). Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) appears on five awards covering equipment including vacuum excavators, a dozer and RRV jeeps.
The awards and their stated values
| Award | Named supplier | Award date | Stated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9596-27 Div. 1 Plant Hire Contract 2026/27 | S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd | 21 September 2026 | €1,051,024 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 7946-378 TDU-Main Labour Hire Contract 2 (South) | CWS Communications LTD | 24 September 2026 | €355,868 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 9596-26 Div. 1 LV1 Vacuum Excavator Ctr. 2026/27 | Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 23 September 2026 | €104,896 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 9596-36 Monster bugs HP 30-37 tender 2 | Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 25 September 2026 | €89,700 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 7946-372A PN849 + PN850 Shutdown Labour hire | Global Rail Services Ltd | 21 September 2026 | €78,520 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 9596-30 Slab track at Sandycove - plant hire | Breffni Group | 24 September 2026 | €62,436 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 9596-34 Vacuum excavator HP 30-37 tender 5 | Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 24 September 2026 | €21,200 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 9596-35 UTS Dozer HP 30-37 tender 3 | Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 22 September 2026 | €16,500 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 9596-24 Div. 1 Relay week 43 RRV JEEPS | Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 22 September 2026 | €12,960 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| 7946-380 Labour for slabtrack shutdown Div. 1 | On Track Technicians Ltd. | 24 September 2026 | value not disclosed |
| 7946-379 Div. 10 - 2026 Lifting Requirements | CWS Communications LTD | 24 September 2026 | value not disclosed |
| 9596-46 TDU- Limerick- Ennis Platform Extension | Carra Plant Hire Ltd | 24 September 2026 | value not disclosed |
What this snapshot measures
This roundup uses the Irish Rail rows returned by TenderMatch's recent-awards query. The total adds only the disclosed figures classified as framework ceilings. It does not measure invoices paid, expenditure to date or Irish Rail's full procurement programme. Undisclosed values remain unknown.
Source: TenderMatch's deduplicated recent-awards extract and the detailed award record for the S. Duffy Plant Hire award. Each award link above leads to its underlying TenderMatch data page.