Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála has published 231 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 212 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is DHR Communications Limited, on 6 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 12 October 2026.
Name in source
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Distinct suppliers
212
231
Awards
206 awards with a single named supplier
€67,530,484
Sole-supplier value
€25,878,160 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
25
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála published 231 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys managed services most often (44% of awards), then professional services (19%).
By value, most goes on professional services (62% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 78% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 99 days from notice to award.
15 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €429.7M in one-off contracts across 263 awards with a category recorded.
Professional Services€264.8M · 62%51 awards · 19% of awards
Marketing, Print and Stationery€111.5M · 26%6 awards · 2% of awards
Managed Services€20.5M · 5%117 awards · 44% of awards
ICT and office equipment€17.7M · 4%44 awards · 17% of awards
Fleet and plant€7.5M · 2%4 awards · 2% of awards
Travel and HR Services€3.7M · 1%16 awards · 6% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€2.2M · 1%14 awards · 5% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€829K · under 1%5 awards · 2% of awards
Also: Medical Professional Services (€550K), Veterinary & Farming (€305.4K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€200K), Utilities (1 award), Defence (1 award)
Services 94%Supplies 6%Works <1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 10 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 92%
Framework agreement 4%
Call-off from a framework 3%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 246
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 246
22%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 246
78%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 246
76%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 264
99 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 263
28 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 377
3%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 64
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €67,324,484 in awarded value. 13 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
15 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
Consultancy Services to undertake a Review of Ireland’s Northern Ireland Lesson Sharing within the Colombian Peace ProcessIdalis
€63K
Provision of services for the development and implementation of ‘Back for Business’, the enterprise development programme for nascent entrepreneurial emigrants who have returned to IrelandFitzsimons Consulting
€875K
Event Catering and Hospitality Services for the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union, BrusselsArtfood Catering
€226.6K
Photography and Videography services at meetings and events related to Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, 20262 suppliers
€311.2K
PAS122F-13-011 - PROJ000009752- SRFT for Business, Management and ICT Consultancy Services for Department of Foreign AffairsBearingPoint Ireland
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