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Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council has published 1,102 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 1196 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 12 October 2026.

Name in source
Dublin City Council
Distinct suppliers
1196
1,102
Awards
874 awards with a single named supplier
€1,982,044,092
Sole-supplier value
€2,807,556,531 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
228
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Dublin City Council published 1,102 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (25% of awards), then professional services (15%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 84% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 215 days from notice to award.

69 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €740.8M in one-off contracts across 810 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€571.2M · 77%201 awards · 25% of awards
  2. Fleet and plant€59.7M · 8%116 awards · 14% of awards
  3. Managed Services€35.1M · 5%58 awards · 7% of awards
  4. Facilities management and maintenance€26.6M · 4%90 awards · 11% of awards
  5. Professional Services€18.9M · 3%125 awards · 15% of awards
  6. Medical Professional Services€7.7M · 1%7 awards · 1% of awards
  7. Veterinary & Farming€6M · 1%40 awards · 5% of awards
  8. ICT and office equipment€5.7M · 1%104 awards · 13% of awards

Also: Utilities (€4M), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€3M), Travel and HR Services (€2.6M), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€187K), Defence (9 awards), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (6 awards)

Services 50%Supplies 25%Works 22%Work Related Services 3%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 248 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.

  • Framework agreement 40%
  • One-off tender 37%
  • Direct invitation 14%
  • Call-off from a framework 8%
  • Dynamic purchasing system <1%
  • Simplified procedure <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer and the median across local authorities
MeasureThis buyerCouncils median
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 75333
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 75333%28%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 75384%88%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 93881%88%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 808215 days166 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 78834 days29 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1,2163%6%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 19218%24%

Compared with the median of 30 other local authorities with at least 20 awards. A figure is shown only when it rests on 10 or more records.

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
1,196
Won by the top five
9%
of 874 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
86
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
22%
of one-off contract value: GLENVEAGH LIVING LIMITED (€213.6M)
Typical contract
€398K
median of 410 one-off awards with a value
All 1,196 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €976,819,630 in awarded value. 513 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

69 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.

  • Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Works Contracts for Non-Residential Works Projects within a value range of € 1,000,000 - € 5,000,00010 suppliersFramework
    €30M
  • ISW024F-1-014 Mini-Competition for Lot 1 VMware Virtualisation Software and Associated Reseller Services for Dublin City Councileircom Limited (t/a eir business)
    €301.8K
  • Multiparty Framework Agreement for Provision of Homeless Accommodation Inspection Services2 suppliersFramework
    €800K
  • DCC SRFT for: Procurement of Event Management Services for Swellfest 2025DAVIS EVENTS LIMITED
    €140K
  • Dublin City Council Contract for Sandymount Flood Alleviation Scheme – Drainage Network SurveyENVA IRELAND LIMITED
    €189.5K
  • SPFA for the Provision of Software Licences, Subscriptions and Renewals of SoftwareMICROMAIL LIMITEDFramework
    €1M
  • SUPPLY OF GRANITE KERBS, FLAGS AND CHANNELS FOR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL 2025/6Stonepave
    €20K
  • The Provision of a Single Party Framework in respect of Dublin City Council’s Corporate GIS Infrastructure for the provision of Support for the GIS environmentIrish Mapping and GIS Solutions (trading as IMGS)Framework
    €950K
All 69 ending in the next 12 months

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.

Suppliers that appear in other public records

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