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Irish Naval Service

Irish Naval Service has published 92 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 67 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Arq Asset Solutions Limited, on 4 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 4 January 2024.

Name in source
Irish Naval Service
Distinct suppliers
67
92
Awards
92 awards with a single named supplier
€52,913,093
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Irish Naval Service published 92 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2024.

Where the category is recorded, it buys fleet and plant most often (43% of awards), then minor building works and civils (15%).

By value, most goes on utilities (57% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 79% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 104 days from notice to award.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €57.2M in one-off contracts across 118 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Utilities€32.6M · 57%6 awards · 5% of awards
  2. Fleet and plant€14.5M · 25%51 awards · 43% of awards
  3. Travel and HR Services€3.5M · 6%2 awards · 2% of awards
  4. Minor Building Works and Civils€1.9M · 3%18 awards · 15% of awards
  5. Facilities management and maintenance€1.6M · 3%16 awards · 14% of awards
  6. Defence€896K · 2%7 awards · 6% of awards
  7. Managed Services€700K · 1%2 awards · 2% of awards
  8. ICT and office equipment€457.3K · 1%6 awards · 5% of awards

Also: Veterinary & Farming (€360K), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€352K), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€240K), Professional Services (€180K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (2 awards)

Supplies 53%Services 47%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 1 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 100%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 1102
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 11047%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 11079%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 9284%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 119104 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 11935 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1337%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
67
Won by the top five
17%
of 92 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
0
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
60%
of one-off contract value: CIRCLE K IRELAND ENERGY LIMITED (€32M)
Typical contract
€280K
median of 43 one-off awards with a value
All 67 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €52,913,093 in awarded value; the largest single award is 38% of that. 1 framework agreement is not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

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 92 contracts