Department of Defence has published 139 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 102 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Nolan Construction Consultants Limited, on 9 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 22 September 2026.
Name in source
Department of Defence
Distinct suppliers
102
139
Awards
139 awards with a single named supplier
€158,156,060
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Department of Defence published 139 contract awards in these records between 2018 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (30% of awards), then minor building works and civils (26%).
By value, most goes on defence (64% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 86% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 206 days from notice to award.
11 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €350.5M in one-off contracts across 179 awards with a category recorded.
Defence€223M · 64%8 awards · 4% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€63.9M · 18%47 awards · 26% of awards
ICT and office equipment€23.8M · 7%11 awards · 6% of awards
Professional Services€23.3M · 7%53 awards · 30% of awards
Fleet and plant€11.9M · 3%36 awards · 20% of awards
Travel and HR Services€2M · 1%10 awards · 6% of awards
Managed Services€1.1M · under 1%4 awards · 2% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€930.1K · under 1%7 awards · 4% of awards
Also: Utilities (€270K), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€250K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (1 award)
Services 51%Works 26%Supplies 21%Work Related Services 2%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 32 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 83%
Direct invitation 11%
Call-off from a framework 3%
Framework agreement 2%
Dynamic purchasing system <1%
Simplified procedure <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 161
2
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 161
40%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 161
86%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 173
77%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 179
206 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 179
34 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 334
2%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 86
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €158,036,060 in awarded value. 1 framework agreement is not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
11 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
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