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Geological Survey of Ireland has published 34 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 46 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Aurum Exploration Limited, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 2 February 2017.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Geological Survey of Ireland published 34 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2017.
Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (55% of awards), then fleet and plant (17%).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 80% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 95 days from notice to award.
Awarded value by spend category: €13.5M in one-off contracts across 47 awards with a category recorded.
Services 68%Supplies 32%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. Values are awarded values, not money paid, and leave out framework agreements, which publish a ceiling rather than a contract value.
How each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 47 | 3 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 47 | 26% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 47 | 80% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 34 | 85% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 47 | 95 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 47 | 32 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 74 | 3% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €5,793,437 in awarded value; the largest single award is 52% of that. Awarded value is not money paid.
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
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out
sole supplier shared