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Children’s Health Ireland has published 9 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 23 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 30 July 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Children’s Health Ireland published 9 contract awards in these records between 2025 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys medical and diagnostic equipment and supplies most often (39% of awards), then managed services (18%).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 73% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 232 days from notice to award.
Awarded value by spend category: €36.9M in one-off contracts across 28 awards with a category recorded.
Also: Professional Services (1 award)
Services 71%Supplies 21%Works 7%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 2 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 each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 28 | 3 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 28 | 18% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 28 | 73% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 29 | 86% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 28 | 232 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 28 | 36 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 50 | 6% |
| Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 28 | 0% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €4,542,000 in awarded value; the largest single award is 51% of that. 1 framework agreement is not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
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
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out
sole supplier shared