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Irish Prison Service

ADDRESS
IDA Business Park, Ballinalee Road
Longford, Co. Longford

TELEPHONE
043 333 5100

WEBSITE
www.irishprisons.ie

Company Profile

There are 12 institutions in the Irish prison system.
Prisoners are served three meals per day. Meals are cooked from scratch in
the prisoner kitchens.
All contracts for supply of ingredients to the prisoner kitchens are awarded
by the Irish Prison Service (IPS). Contracts are awarded on a regional basis.

Tenders for Irish Government contracts, including those for the Irish Prison
Service, are advertised through the Irish Government tenders website:
www.etenders.gov.ie

Relevant purchasing contact

support@ogp.gov.ie
www.etenders.gov.ie

Product mix

Meals for prisoners are prepared in-house by IPS staff with the assistance
of some inmates. The three meals provided are breakfast, dinner and tea.
There is a standardised 28-day menu. At the end of each 28-day cycle, the
menu starts again. As a result, orders are relatively steady and predictable.
All meals are cooked from scratch. Some vegetables are purchased ‘ready
to cook’.

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