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Central Statistics Office

Central Statistics Office has published 121 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 79 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Ergo, on 12 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 29 September 2026.

Name in source
Central Statistics Office
Distinct suppliers
79
121
Awards
120 awards with a single named supplier
€77,088,035
Sole-supplier value
€233,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
1
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Central Statistics Office published 121 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (69% of awards), then managed services (13%).

Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 66% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 135 days from notice to award.

5 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €56.5M in one-off contracts across 71 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€42.1M · 75%49 awards · 69% of awards
  2. Managed Services€6.3M · 11%9 awards · 13% of awards
  3. Marketing, Print and Stationery€4.4M · 8%2 awards · 3% of awards
  4. Fleet and plant€2M · 3%3 awards · 4% of awards
  5. Facilities management and maintenance€1.4M · 3%5 awards · 7% of awards
  6. Travel and HR Services€278.7K · under 1%1 award · 1% of awards
  7. Professional Services€30K · under 1%2 awards · 3% of awards

Services 79%Supplies 21%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 68 awards have none and are not counted. Values are awarded values, not money paid, and leave out framework agreements, which publish a ceiling rather than a contract value.

How they buy

How each award was competed.

  • One-off tender 51%
  • Direct invitation 27%
  • Call-off from a framework 20%
  • Simplified procedure 1%
  • Framework agreement 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 672
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 6734%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 6766%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 11853%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 72135 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 6931 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1946%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 244%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
79
Won by the top five
27%
of 120 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
7
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
19%
of one-off contract value: Ernst and Young (€14.5M)
Typical contract
€242.5K
median of 107 one-off awards with a value

Newest suppliers

All 79 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €77,065,760 in awarded value. 2 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

5 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.

  • MC for Compute and Storage Infrastructure Framework(X64 Infrastructure) for the Central Statistics OfficePFH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITEDFramework
    €22.3K
  • IPS016F-04-011-PROJ000010739: Mini competition for the provision of 1x Disaster Recovery specialist for the Central Statistics OfficeErgo
    €320.4K
  • Request for Tenders for the provision of Print and Fulfilment Services for Census 2027D.C. KAVANAGH LIMITED
    €1.2M
  • IPS011F-04-012-PROJ000009542-SRFT for The provision of External ICT Technical Support Services - Penetration Testing Services- (provided by Teams of Resources) for Central Statistics OfficeDeloitte Ireland LLP
    €171K
  • IHW034F-1-025 for the provision of PROJ000010540 SRFT for Windows Standard Notebook Computers and Associated ICT Peripherals for Central Statistics OfficeDatapac ULC
    €241.7K

End dates add the published duration to the award date. Contracts can be extended, ended early or renewed without a new notice, so this is a guide to when work may come back to market, not a schedule.

Suppliers that appear in other public records

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These suppliers are CRO companies that won at least one award from this buyer and also appear in the Register of Lobbying or a Register of Members’ Interests. Appearing in both does not mean an award was influenced. Open each company to see the records and how they were matched.

Sources: the OGP / eTenders open data file, published 7 Aug 2026, and TED contract award notices. Categories, bids, SME and timing figures come from eTenders only. About the sources

Latest awards

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