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Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority has published 399 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 330 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Crowe, on 7 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 7 October 2026.

Name in source
Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Distinct suppliers
330
399
Awards
356 awards with a single named supplier
€413,966,636
Sole-supplier value
€86,737,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
43
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority published 399 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 (17%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 81% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 117 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €313.2M in one-off contracts across 403 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Managed Services€206.4M · 66%178 awards · 44% of awards
  2. Travel and HR Services€46.1M · 15%36 awards · 9% of awards
  3. ICT and office equipment€23.7M · 8%67 awards · 17% of awards
  4. Medical Professional Services€13.7M · 4%5 awards · 1% of awards
  5. Professional Services€12.8M · 4%69 awards · 17% of awards
  6. Facilities management and maintenance€9.8M · 3%24 awards · 6% of awards
  7. Fleet and plant€790K · under 1%12 awards · 3% of awards
  8. Minor Building Works and Civils€0 · 0%6 awards · 1% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Marketing, Print and Stationery (5 awards), Defence (1 award)

Services 94%Supplies 5%Works 1%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 44 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 67%
  • Framework agreement 23%
  • Call-off from a framework 5%
  • Direct invitation 3%
  • Simplified procedure 1%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1%
  • Dynamic purchasing system <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 3723
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 37236%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 37281%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 39480%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 406117 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 39527 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 5328%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 1172%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
330
Won by the top five
8%
of 356 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
17
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
15%
of one-off contract value: Spark Foundry (€45M)
Typical contract
€300K
median of 168 one-off awards with a value
All 330 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €304,286,636 in awarded value. 98 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

All 39 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

Latest awards

All 399 contracts