Irish Prison Service has published 173 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 132 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Harvey Nash, on 22 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 24 September 2026.
Name in source
Irish Prison Service
Distinct suppliers
132
173
Awards
163 awards with a single named supplier
€384,383,881
Sole-supplier value
€192,540,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
10
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Irish Prison Service published 173 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys medical professional services most often (18% of awards), then facilities management and maintenance (16%).
By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (29% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 77% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 195 days from notice to award.
8 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €248.1M in one-off contracts across 171 awards with a category recorded.
Facilities management and maintenance€71.6M · 29%28 awards · 16% of awards
Medical Professional Services€64.2M · 26%30 awards · 18% of awards
Veterinary & Farming€42.4M · 17%11 awards · 6% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€23.5M · 9%8 awards · 5% of awards
Fleet and plant€15.3M · 6%16 awards · 9% of awards
Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies€8.3M · 3%3 awards · 2% of awards
Managed Services€8.1M · 3%19 awards · 11% of awards
Defence€7.3M · 3%8 awards · 5% of awards
Also: Travel and HR Services (€3M), ICT and office equipment (€2M), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€1.3M), Professional Services (€963.5K), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€185K), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (2 awards), Utilities (1 award)
Services 58%Supplies 41%Works 1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 77 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 43%
Framework agreement 25%
Direct invitation 18%
Call-off from a framework 13%
Dynamic purchasing system 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 149
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 149
23%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 149
77%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 161
64%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 170
195 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 170
33 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 320
5%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 66
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €279,985,881 in awarded value; the largest single award is 25% of that. 30 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
8 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.
Single Supplier framework for the Supply and Delivery of Tools to the Irish Prison Service.Electrical World LimitedFramework
€360K
ISW024F-1-017 PROJ000010763 Mini-Competition for Lot 1 VMware Virtualisation Software and Associated Reseller Services for the Irish Prison Serviceeircom Limited (t/a eir business)
€410.8K
Six single Supplier frameworks for the provision of Self Development Courses to the Irish Prison Service2 suppliersFramework
€650K
ISW026F-3-003 PROJ000010890 - Lot 3 SRFT for Trellix Security Software and Associated Services for the Irish Prison ServiceBechtle
€123.3K
CFT for Single operator framework for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commission and Maintenance of Mobile Generators to the Irish Prison Service.DE POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITEDFramework
€140K
Ten single Supplier frameworks for the provision of Optometry Services to the Irish Prison Service2 suppliersFramework
€500K
CFT for the Provision of Accredited Horticulture Training and certification to the Irish Prison ServiceForus Training_100341
€200K
Single operator framework agreement for the supply and delivery of Handcuffs and required accessories to the Irish Prison ServiceINOVYNE (EUROPE) LIMITEDFramework
€135K
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