Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has published 527 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 318 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is VERSION1 Software Limited, on 13 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 12 October 2026.
Name in source
Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine
Distinct suppliers
318
527
Awards
519 awards with a single named supplier
€580,614,454
Sole-supplier value
€31,217,500 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
8
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine published 527 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (32% of awards), then professional services (21%).
By value, most goes on professional services (39% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 76% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 118 days from notice to award.
7 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €445.1M in one-off contracts across 377 awards with a category recorded.
Professional Services€173.6M · 39%78 awards · 21% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€117.7M · 26%122 awards · 32% of awards
ICT and office equipment€101.5M · 23%68 awards · 18% of awards
Veterinary & Farming€16.1M · 4%25 awards · 7% of awards
Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies€10.8M · 2%4 awards · 1% of awards
Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€7.5M · 2%4 awards · 1% of awards
Managed Services€6.7M · 2%22 awards · 6% of awards
Fleet and plant€5.6M · 1%26 awards · 7% of awards
Also: Medical Professional Services (€2M), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€1.5M), Facilities management and maintenance (€1.4M), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€500K), Travel and HR Services (€283.7K), Plant Hire (2 awards)
Services 53%Works 31%Supplies 13%Work Related Services 3%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 124 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 75%
Direct invitation 14%
Call-off from a framework 10%
Dynamic purchasing system 1%
Framework agreement <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 363
2
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 363
33%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 363
76%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 405
68%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 378
118 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 376
31 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 765
2%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 34
Electrical Contractor Services at An Daingean Fishery Harbour Centre, Dingle, Co. KerryLiam O'Shea Electrical Ltd
€105K
IPS011F-02-046 - PROJ000009635 - Provision of an Enterprise Architecture Support Team for Department of Agriculture, Food and the MarineVERSION1 SOFTWARE LIMITED
€1.9M
Periodic Inspection Reporting and Electrical Services at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour CentreFLESK ELECTRICAL LIMITED
€110.6K
Architect Led Single Point Design Team for the Redevelopment of the Passenger Embarkation Area at Ros An Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre, Co. Galway, IrelandSFA42
€87.1K
Landing Pier and Town Pier, Killybegs FHC, Co. Donegal Structural Repairs 2026GABE IRE Ltd
€237.7K
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.
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
Value awarded by year
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out