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Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Food Safety Authority of Ireland has published 47 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 40 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 1 September 2026.

Name in source
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Distinct suppliers
40
47
Awards
46 awards with a single named supplier
€10,439,113
Sole-supplier value
€1,240,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
1
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland published 47 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (55% of awards), then managed services (26%).

Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 80% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 96 days from notice to award.

1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €9.2M in one-off contracts across 42 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€4M · 43%23 awards · 55% of awards
  2. Managed Services€1.9M · 21%11 awards · 26% of awards
  3. Marketing, Print and Stationery€1.5M · 17%2 awards · 5% of awards
  4. Professional Services€1.5M · 16%3 awards · 7% of awards
  5. Defence€243.5K · 3%1 award · 2% of awards
  6. Travel and HR Services€0 · 0%2 awards · 5% of awards · all through frameworks

Services 90%Supplies 10%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 14 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 70%
  • Direct invitation 20%
  • Framework agreement 5%
  • Call-off from a framework 5%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 342
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 3444%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 3480%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 4564%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 4296 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 4028 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 855%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 160%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
40
Won by the top five
26%
of 46 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
3
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
17%
of one-off contract value: APLEONA IRELAND LIMITED (€1.8M)
Typical contract
€211.6K
median of 30 one-off awards with a value
All 40 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €10,370,958 in awarded value. 2 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

1 award 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.

Suppliers that appear in other public records

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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 47 contracts