Irish Rail procurement: 194 awards, with contract values and framework ceilings separated
By William O'Meara · 07 Oct 2026
TenderMatch's latest buyer summary for Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail records 194 awards over the past 12 months. Disclosed contract values total €2,778,434.74. The separate total recorded for framework ceilings is €40,475,409.21.
These figures measure different things. Disclosed contract values are not a record of payments made. Framework ceilings are potential values, not actual spending or guaranteed orders. Adding the categories together would not produce a spending total.
Which suppliers appear most often?
The buyer summary ranks suppliers by deduplicated award count. Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) leads the returned list with 33 awards, followed by Breffni Group with 16 and Oliver Dixon Hedgecutting and Plant Hire Ltd with 12.
| Supplier | Recorded awards |
|---|---|
| Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 33 |
| Breffni Group | 16 |
| Oliver Dixon Hedgecutting and Plant Hire Ltd | 12 |
| CWS Communications LTD | 10 |
| SAF Building and Civil Engineering Ltd | 10 |
| S. Duffy Plant Hire Ltd | 10 |
The summary supplies no disclosed contract total for these suppliers. Their award counts therefore cannot be used to rank them by contract value or revenue.
Recent awards show the work behind the totals
The recent notices cover rail plant, vegetation clearance and cable supply:
| Award | Supplier | Award date | Recorded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| RRV Plant - HP 30-37 tender 1 | Dixon Bros.(Agriculture and Plant) | 02 October 2026 | €154,560 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| Div. 3 vegetation clearance 2026/27 | Oliver Dixon Hedgecutting and Plant Hire Ltd | 02 October 2026 | €102,400 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| Supply of telecoms copper cable | British Cables Ltd | 01 October 2026 | €88,900 estimated value (framework ceiling) |
| Div. 3 RRV tamping contract | Oliver Dixon Hedgecutting and Plant Hire Ltd | 06 October 2026 | value not disclosed |
The tamping award illustrates a further limit: an award can contribute to the activity count without supplying a value. An undisclosed value does not mean the work has no cost.
Scope of the figures
This profile uses TenderMatch's deduplicated buyer award summary for the past 12 months. The examples come from its recent-awards query covering the past 7 days. The figures describe records in the corpus, not a complete audited account of Irish Rail expenditure. Framework ceilings remain separate from disclosed contract values throughout.