Irish Blood Transfusion Service has published 121 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 95 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Grant Thornton, on 5 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 30 September 2026.
Name in source
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Distinct suppliers
95
121
Awards
119 awards with a single named supplier
€67,382,644
Sole-supplier value
€2,000,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
2
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Irish Blood Transfusion Service published 121 contract awards in these records between 2015 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (26% of awards), then medical and diagnostic equipment and supplies (11%).
By value, most goes on medical, surgical and pharmaceutical supplies (25% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 70% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 137 days from notice to award.
6 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €57.5M in one-off contracts across 123 awards with a category recorded.
Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies€14.2M · 25%6 awards · 5% of awards
ICT and office equipment€11.4M · 20%32 awards · 26% of awards
Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€8.3M · 14%13 awards · 11% of awards
Travel and HR Services€5.5M · 10%6 awards · 5% of awards
Managed Services€4.8M · 8%12 awards · 10% of awards
Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€4.4M · 8%10 awards · 8% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€3M · 5%11 awards · 9% of awards
Fleet and plant€2.4M · 4%13 awards · 11% of awards
Also: Minor Building Works and Civils (€1.2M), Professional Services (€1M), Medical Professional Services (€717K), Defence (€572K), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€10K)
Services 54%Supplies 43%Works 3%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 16 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 86%
Direct invitation 8%
Framework agreement 3%
Call-off from a framework 3%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 124
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 124
21%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 124
70%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 120
68%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 124
137 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 124
33 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 282
5%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 28
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €59,160,644 in awarded value. 4 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
6 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service tests approximately 145,000 donations per annum. One of the criteria required for the issue of a blood component is the collection and long term storage of aThermo Electron Corporation T/A Fisher BioServices
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