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Dept Social Protection has published 22 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 19 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Ergo, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 8 April 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Dept Social Protection published 22 contract awards in these records between 2024 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (46% of awards), then professional services (17%).
By value, most goes on professional services (95% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 58% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 130 days from notice to award.
2 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €310.9M in one-off contracts across 24 awards with a category recorded.
Also: Fleet and plant (€22.7K)
Services 83%Supplies 17%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 17 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 · 24 | 2 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 24 | 29% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 24 | 58% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 41 | 49% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 24 | 130 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 24 | 34 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 51 | 10% |
| Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 24 | 0% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €58,434,169 in awarded value; the largest single award is 35% of that. Awarded value is not money paid.
2 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.
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.
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