Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath has published 108 tenders in Ireland.

1 is open for bids as of 22 August 2026.

Its buying spans 6 CPV divisions, most often repair and maintenance services.

Across 53 awarded contracts the median value is €1m.

Its published awards total €94.4m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 31 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 13 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.9 tenders a month, measured over 58 months of history.
Half of their 53 awarded contracts are worth €1m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in repair and maintenance services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, chemical products.
Their most frequent suppliers are Ardee Coach Trim Ltd (5), Irish Commercials (4), Maxol Lubricants Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Tiling Contract - Clerk of Works	AA Tiling Services LTD	23 February 2026	€400k
Provision of Wax Underseal Services	Ardee Coach Trim Ltd	8 December 2025	€1.9m
Repair and maintenance of small roof works	DCS Services Ltd	17 November 2025	€210k
Refurbishment and Re-Upholstering of Seating and Trim includ...	Ardee Coach Trim Ltd	28 May 2025	€9.3m
Bus wash machinery Maintenance and Repair Services	Harold Engineering Ltd	3 April 2025	€250k
Industrial Door and Window Maintenance	DOORFIX LTD	25 October 2024	€240k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
Ardee Coach Trim Ltd	5	€13.4m
Irish Commercials	4	€6.2m
Maxol Lubricants Ltd	2	€7.2m
Alexander Dennis Ltd, bandftrailerspares ltd	2	€6m
PSV Transport Systems Ltd	2	€3m
Alexander Dennis Ltd, Bamford Bus Company Ltd (Trading as Wrightbus)	2	€1.3m
AA Tiling Services LTD	2	€400k
Antaris Consulting	2	€350k