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Commissioners of Irish Lights has published 60 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 55 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited, on 4 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 16 April 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Commissioners of Irish Lights published 60 contract awards in these records between 2016 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (33% of awards), then minor building works and civils (25%).
By value, most goes on ICT and office equipment (35% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 4 bids, and 85% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 154 days from notice to award.
Awarded value by spend category: €3.2M in one-off contracts across 57 awards with a category recorded.
Supplies 54%Services 30%Works 16%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 5 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 · 56 | 4 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 56 | 4% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 56 | 85% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 45 | 87% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 57 | 154 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 56 | 24 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 125 | 2% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €5,136,147 in awarded value. 3 framework agreements are 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