Summary
Machine-generated summaryLimerick City and County Council awarded a contract for event management, planning, creative programming and delivery services for Limerick's St Patrick's Festival 2026, including the St Patrick's Day Parade and the International Band Championship Parade. The services covered community engagement, production, marketing, PR and on-day site work for civic events. The contract was awarded to The GrooveYard for EUR 170,731.70 on 2025-10-07. This was the estimated value, so the awarded price matched the estimate within 1% of the estimated amount.
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 13 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This award
- €170,732
- Median award
- €249,897
- Middle half of past awards
- €170,732 to €1.1M
The award sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Business development consultancy services - Limerick City and County Council Provision of Management Development Programme for the Local Enterprise Office Limerick 2026 - 2027 €49,500
- Festival organisation services - Limerick City and County Council (LCCC) - Event Management, Delivery, Planning, Design, Technical, Operations, Stakeholder Engagement and Sponsorship Services for 'Christmas in Limerick' (2026 - 2028) €1,109,756
- Telephone operator services - Limerick City and County Council Corporate Telephony and Contact Centre Solution and Associated Services €420,692
- Event services - Provision of services for a community-led design and delivery of a multi-day EU funded food heritage festival under the SLOWTOUR project delivered by Limerick City and County Council (LCCC) €292,683
- Project-management services other than for construction work - Technology Transformation Services €3,638,955
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileLimerick City and County Council_103432
- notices in the register
- 195
- awards
- 98
- awarded in total
- €149.2M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 67
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 92%
Based on 78 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 17%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 7%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
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Market context
- open now in Business services
- 7,317
- median open notice
- €354,296
Who wins in this market
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- different companies won awards here
- 656
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 391 of 459
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 245
Based on 976 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 11.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 12%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 21%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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