Education Procurement Service (EPS) has published 1,248 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 1314 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Particular Sciences Limited, on 21 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 12 October 2026.
Name in source
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Distinct suppliers
1314
1,248
Awards
1016 awards with a single named supplier
€352,774,224
Sole-supplier value
€770,307,597 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
232
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Education Procurement Service (EPS) published 1,248 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys laboratory, diagnostics and equipment most often (48% of awards), then ICT and office equipment (10%).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 77% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 157 days from notice to award.
48 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €342.4M in one-off contracts across 1,250 awards with a category recorded.
Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€147.5M · 43%596 awards · 48% of awards
ICT and office equipment€48.2M · 14%130 awards · 10% of awards
Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€27.9M · 8%130 awards · 10% of awards
Professional Services€26.4M · 8%52 awards · 4% of awards
Veterinary & Farming€21.3M · 6%47 awards · 4% of awards
Travel and HR Services€13.4M · 4%46 awards · 4% of awards
Managed Services€13.4M · 4%28 awards · 2% of awards
Marketing, Print and Stationery€12.6M · 4%40 awards · 3% of awards
Also: Fleet and plant (€9.2M), Medical Professional Services (€9.1M), Facilities management and maintenance (€4.8M), Minor Building Works and Civils (€3.5M), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (€3M), Defence (€2.1M), Utilities (2 awards)
Supplies 78%Services 22%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 2 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 87%
Framework agreement 13%
Dynamic purchasing system <1%
Call-off from a framework <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 1,232
2
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 1,232
32%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 1,232
77%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 1,184
76%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 1,246
157 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 1,236
28 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1,503
4%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 297
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €240,762,327 in awarded value. 174 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
48 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
LA2609C – RFT - UCD for the Upgrade of a Passthrough Autoclave for University College DublinMANEPA LIMITED
AG2549F ALAB RFT Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Technical Expertise to Evaluate the Ecological, Environmental and Technical Impact of Aquaculture Projects2 suppliersFramework
€400K
IT2197C Provision of Academic Dress & Related Services for South East Technological UniversityPHELAN CONAN LIMITED
€389.1K
LA3211F- CFT for a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Laboratory and Research Chemicals and Reagents30 suppliersFramework
€55M
LA3219C - UCC - CFT - Open (National) Procedure for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Calibration of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)PARTICULAR SCIENCES LIMITED
€130K
AG3008F Multi Supplier Framework for the provision of Services for the Control of Stray, Abandoned and Unidentified Horses for West Munster (Clare, Limerick, Kerry)MCM TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDFramework
€550K
LA3294C - University of Galway - CFT - Open Procedure (OJEU) for the Supply of a High-Speed Cell SorterLife Technologies Limited
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