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Irish Manufacturing Research CLG

Irish Manufacturing Research CLG has published 11 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 17 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Crowleys DFK Limited, on 2 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 26 January 2026.

Name in source
Irish Manufacturing Research CLG
Distinct suppliers
17
11
Awards
10 awards with a single named supplier
€876,003
Sole-supplier value
€500,000 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.

Irish Manufacturing Research CLG published 11 contract awards in these records between 2017 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (36% of awards), then facilities management and maintenance (27%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 79% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 136 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: €1M in one-off contracts across 11 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Fleet and plant€903K · 90%4 awards · 36% of awards
  2. ICT and office equipment€105K · 10%1 award · 9% of awards
  3. Facilities management and maintenance€0 · 0%3 awards · 27% of awards · all through frameworks
  4. Professional Services€0 · 0%1 award · 9% of awards · all through frameworks
  5. Managed Services€0 · 0%1 award · 9% of awards · all through frameworks
  6. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€0 · 0%1 award · 9% of awards · all through frameworks

Supplies 64%Services 36%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 4 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 53%
  • Framework agreement 20%
  • Direct invitation 20%
  • Call-off from a framework 7%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 113
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 119%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 1179%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 1173%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 11136 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 1131 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 486%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
17
Won by the top five
60%
of 10 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
1
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
45%
of one-off contract value: KUKA ROBOTICS IRELAND LIMITED (€397.5K)
Typical contract
€121.5K
median of 6 one-off awards with a value
All 17 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €876,003 in awarded value; the largest single award is 45% of that. 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.

  • Provision for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of a Robotic Welding Cell for Irish Manufacturing ResearchKUKA ROBOTICS IRELAND LIMITED
    €397.5K

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.

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

  1. –2017
  2. –2018
  3. €117.9K2021
  4. €90K2022
  5. €522.5K2025
  6. €145.6K2026

Latest awards

All 11 contracts