Electricity Supply Board ( ESB ) has published 212 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 308 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Ernst and Young, on 5 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 9 September 2026.
Name in source
Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Distinct suppliers
308
212
Awards
151 awards with a single named supplier
€906,451,060
Sole-supplier value
€1,286,301,530 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
61
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Electricity Supply Board ( ESB ) published 212 contract awards in these records between 2016 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (29% of awards), then managed services (19%).
By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (60% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 7 bids, and 57% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 431 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: €642.4M in one-off contracts across 221 awards with a category recorded.
Minor Building Works and Civils€387M · 60%27 awards · 12% of awards
Managed Services€141.9M · 22%41 awards · 19% of awards
ICT and office equipment€99.7M · 16%64 awards · 29% of awards
Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€5.9M · 1%2 awards · 1% of awards
Professional Services€4.3M · 1%28 awards · 13% of awards
Utilities€1.9M · under 1%5 awards · 2% of awards
Fleet and plant€1.4M · under 1%21 awards · 10% of awards
Travel and HR Services€250K · under 1%8 awards · 4% of awards
Also: Facilities management and maintenance (18 awards), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (3 awards), Medical Professional Services (2 awards), Marketing, Print and Stationery (1 award), Defence (1 award)
Services 74%Supplies 15%Works 11%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 13 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 65%
One-off tender 30%
Simplified procedure 6%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 220
7
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 220
4%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 220
57%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 160
61%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 219
431 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 214
33 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 514
5%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 26
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €321,708,653 in awarded value; the largest single award is 43% of that. 130 framework agreements are 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.
The Supply and Maintenance of an end-end managed print serviceErgo
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